The Future Information Professional

Proceedings of a conference organised by Aslib, May 1996

Partial contents: The information professional in Europe; Professional futures: why the prospects are so rosy; Consumer health information in the year 2000; Effectiveness and efficiency: new roles and new skills for health librarians; Management development for information professionals; NVQs and information and library services at the onset of the next millennium; When does information become advice? The information profession from the publisher's point of view; Tourism in informania; The quality of information provided by the future information professional; Information as an asset; Computer-based training and professional development; Is the information superhighway creating fundamental changes in the way society uses information? Will commercial organisations need information professionals beyond 2000?