2003SpringQ1

Question #1
The history of the United States shows a strong link between technological innovation/development and the emergence of fields of professional knowledge (i.e. engineering, education, sociology, the information sciences). We are also now responding as a society not only to rapidly expanding technology, but to governmental responses to terrorist threats, homeland security issues, and commercial collection of private information.

Given this context, libraries may be very different institutions in five to ten years. What should a core curriculum for an information professional look like today? Choose a specific information environment (susch as an academic library or corporate information center, for example) and discuss the attributes in that environment that would necessitate the curricular elements you recommend.