Effective Project Management Techniques to Prepare Information Professionals for the Future Workforce

2018 ◽  
pp. 279-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Singh ◽  
Lindsay Jankovitz
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Management Techniques

scholarly journals Book Review: Project Management for Information Professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Chelcie Juliet Rowell
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Management Techniques

In a rapidly changing information environment, where resources are also scarce, increasingly memory institutions meet strategic goals by means of project-based work. Project Management for Information Professionals reaches out to accidental project managers working in libraries, archives, or museums (LAMs)—people who are asked to lead projects without formal project management training due to their competence, experience, and ability to win others over to their cause. For those tasked with leading critical projects, such as installation of compact shelving or a large-scale collaborative digitization effort, Note distills project management techniques more common in the for-profit industry but just as relevant in a cultural heritage context into a pithy handbook accessible to information professionals.

scholarly journals I, Librarian

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Kruger
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Society ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

<span>The fast and continuous technological change that is characteristic of the information society we find ourselves in has demonstrable impact on the way librarians go about their business. This paper offers a scenario of technological changes already in the pipeline and yet to come, and how those changes will impact the role of librarians in the future. One of the main concerns of this paper is the continued relevance of information professionals as infomediaries in our future society.</span><div><span style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>

Educating library and information professionals for the future

Comma ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Anna Tammaro
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
Information Professionals

Influence and Leadership

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Ulla de Stricker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Collaboration Management ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Library Profession

Innumerable conversations have been held over the decades, with increasing frequency, about the future of the library, information, and knowledge profession. The profession of librarianship was once well defined by describing library and information professionals as custodians of and guides to content; that description is no longer adequate, and the profession is perceived to be fragmenting. Furthermore, the rapid extension of the domains in which professionals with library and information credentials are active—information architecture, knowledge and collaboration management, social media—has led to the suggestion that the library profession is losing its identity in society. The chapter considers the profession's status and asks whether a focus on leadership and influence may have a role in securing a productive occupational future for its members: What single umbrella term could bind library and information professionals together, give them a cohesive identity, and tell the world why they are worth their pay?

Discovering Ways That Don’t Work on the Road to Success

2013 ◽  
pp. 94-113
Author(s):  
Tawnya Means ◽  
Eric Olson ◽  
Joey Spooner
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Process ◽  
The Road ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Studio Classroom ◽  
Complex Project ◽  
Edison Project

Educational technology projects undertaken by higher education institutions range in complexity, scope, and impact. The Edison project created a sophisticated studio classroom that supports active learning teaching methods for both local and distant students. The team undertaking this complex project was composed of information technology and instructional design professionals with no real background in formal project management techniques. The team soon discovered that intuition and organic processes for implementing a complex project with increasing scope resulted in risks and challenges that threatened the success and potential impact of the project. The project team learned valuable lessons about the need for a systematic project management process. This case shares the project details, major accomplishments, and lessons learned by the team through the Active Learning Studio classroom (Edison) project.

Online Information Retrieval Systems Trending From Evolutionary to Revolutionary Approach

2019 ◽  
pp. 303-317
Author(s):  
Zahid Ashraf Wani ◽  
Huma Shafiq
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Retrieval Systems ◽  
Diverse Species ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Retrieval Systems ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
The Web

Nowadays, we all rely on cyberspace for our information needs. We make use of different types of search tools. Some of them have specialization in a specific format or two, while few can crawl a good portion of the web irrespective of formats. Therefore, it is very imperative for information professionals to have thorough understandings of these tools. As such, the chapter is an endeavor to delve deep and highlight various trends in online information retrieval from primitive to modern ones. The chapter also made an effort to envisage the future requirements and expectation keeping in view the ever-increasing dependence on diverse species of information retrieval tools.

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