This third edition of Information Services Today: An Introduction
demonstrates the ever-changing landscape of information services
today and the need to re-evaluate curriculum, competency training,
professional development, and lifelong learning in order to stay
abreast of current trends and issues, and more significantly,
remain competent to address the changing user needs of information
communities. Specifically, the Information Services Today: An
Introduction: provides a thorough introduction, history, and
overall state of the field, explores different types of information
communities, the varying information needs within those
communities, and the role of equity of access, diversity,
inclusion, and social justice in those communities, addresses why
information organizations and information and technological
literacy are more important today than ever before, discusses how
technology has influenced the ways that information professionals
provide information resources and services in today's digital
environment, highlights current issues and trends and provides
expert insight into emerging challenges, innovations, and
opportunities for the future, and identifies career management
strategies and leadership opportunities in the information
professions. The new edition features chapter updates to address
changes in information services, introducing new/updated topics
such as emergency/crisis management/community resilience,
sustainability, data analysis and visualization, social justice,
and equity of access, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Information
Services Today: An Introduction begins with an overview of
libraries and their transformation as information and technological
hubs within their local and digital communities, as well as trends
impacting the information field. Information Services Today: An
Introduction covers the various specializations within the field -
emphasizing the exciting yet complex roles and opportunities for
information professionals in a variety of information environments.
With that foundation in place, it presents the fundamentals of
information services, delves into management skills needed by
information professionals today, and explores emerging issues
related to the rapid development of new technologies. Information
Services Today: An Introduction addresses how libraries and
information centers serve different kinds of communities,
highlighting the unique needs of increasingly diverse users.
Information Services Today: An Introduction provokes discussion,
critical thinking, and interaction to facilitate the learning
process. The content and supplemental materials - discussion
questions, rich sets of online accessible materials, multimedia
webcast interviews featuring authors from this book discussing the
trends and issues in their respective areas, and chapter
presentation slides for use by instructors - give readers the
opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement
with the topics.
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