Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ459873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Information Transforming Society: Challenges for the Year 2000.
Bearman, Toni Carbo
Information Services and Use, v12 n3 p217-23 1992
Discusses changes in society resulting from improved access to information and describes sociocultural, political, economic, and technological trends that influence the information field. The following challenges for the information field are addressed: the need for recruitment; appropriate education, including continuing education; visual information; partnerships and cooperation; and policy and ethics. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperation, Economic Factors, Ethics, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Information Science, Information Science Education, Information Services, Political Issues, Professional Continuing Education, Recruitment, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns, Visual Aids
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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