Information and Users: How To Bring Them Together--The Intermediary Role of the Professional.

Autor/in	Ng'Ang'A, James Mwangi
Institution	International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
Titel	Information and Users: How To Bring Them Together--The Intermediary Role of the Professional.
Quelle	(1987), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Archives; Competence; Curriculum Design; Decision Making; Developing Nations; Documentation; Higher Education; Information Retrieval; Information Scientists; Information Services; Library Education; Problem Solving; Technological Advancement; Users (Information) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Archivwesen; Archiv; Kompetenz; Lehrplangestaltung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Dokumentation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationswissenschaftler; Informationstätigkeit; Bibliothekarausbildung; Problemlösen; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer
Abstract	This discussion of the role of the information professional in the utilization of information by all categories of users begins by suggesting answers to two questions: What is information? and Who are the users and their characteristics? Against this background, analyses are made of the intermediary role of the information professional who serves to link the user and the contents of documents--both those that are under his control and those that are not--and how he should be trained in order to obtain the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform his duties effectively. An outline of a curriculum designed to produce an information professional who will play a leading role in creating this link between the user and his information needs is also provided. (9 references) (CGD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC