Knowledge and Special Libraries

ISBN-13: 9781138159167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 280 str.

Suzanne Connolly; James Matarazzo

Opis

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

* Introduction * INFORMATION AS A STRATEGIC WEAON FOR THE ORGANIZATION * Competitive Edge in the Elements of Information Management"(Cronin, & Davenport) * Information Politics"(Davenport et al) * Powers of Information (Davidow & Malone) * Importance of Information Services for Productivity (Koenig) * How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage (Porter & Millar) * THE SPECIAL LIBRARY AS A BUSINESS ASSET * Toward a Better Understanding of New Special Libraries (Christianson & Ahrensfeld) * the Library as a Business Asset (Greenman) * Valuing Corporate Libraries (Matarazzo & Prusak) * The Value of Corporate Libraries (Matarzzo & Prusak) * The Librarian as an Information Source (Wilson) * Information Management in Large Organizations (Woodman) * A NEW MODEL FOR SPECIAL LIBRARIES * Post Information Age Positioning for Special Librarians (Abram) * Future Librarians (Berrings) * The Electronic Librarian (Cronin) * Blow Up the Corporate Library (Davenport and Prusak) * Our Profession is Changing (Eddison) * The Library Manager as Part of the Organization Team (Ferguson & Mobley) * Information Management: Process Review (Matarrazo)

O autorze

James M. Matarazzo is Dean and Professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Prior to joining the Simmons faculty, he was Assistant Science Librarian, and later, Government Documents Librarian and Head of Technical Reports at the Libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jim's research interests focus on three general issues: the closing of corporate libraries, how management values these libraries, and excellence in corporate library operations. He holds a B.A. and M.A. degrees from Boston College, and an M.S. degree from Simmons College, and a Ph.D from the University of Pittsburgh.

Suzanne Connolly is a Manager with Ernst & Young's Center for Business Knowledge, a center devoted to the capture, synthesis and redeployment of knowledge resources. Her work focuses on creating business processes to support Ernst & Young's internal management infrastructure. Suzanne's research examines the changing role of the corporate library in American business and knowledge management within organizations. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, she worked for Fidelity Investments in Boston. Suzanne holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.