Environmental Scanning and the Information Manager.

Newsome, James; McInerney, Claire

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Publication Date: 1990

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Environmental Scanning and the Information Manager.

Newsome, James; McInerney, Claire

Special Libraries, v81 n4 p285-93 Fall 1990

Discusses nine components of an environmental scanning model: selecting the scanning team; selecting resources to scan; choosing criteria for scanning; scanning the resources; identifying signals of new issues; selecting key events/issues; monitoring and analyzing events/issues; disseminating information; and deciding on appropriate organizational responses. (12 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Information Management, Library Role, Models, Special Libraries, Trend Analysis

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Language: English

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