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Volume 17, Issue 6
1 December 1999
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Leading the field: the role of the information professional in the next century

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Jackie Marfleet
JP Morgan
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-616X
Print ISSN: 0264-0473
© MCB UP Limited
1999
The Electronic Library (1999) 17 (6): 359–364.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005333

Considers the role of the information professional in the next century in addition to informational retrieval skills. Covers the need to develop the role as trainer and facilitator of information retrieval. Identifies the need to be able to adapt to change, work closely with IT specialists and specialize in the subject of their industry.

Keywords: Librarians, Core competences, Roles, New technology, Trainers
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