Emerald Handbook of Modern Information Management

Award-winning information theorists and practitioners Pearlstein andMatarazzo have assembled a group of top international authors with experiencein public, academic, government, and special library settings, includingexperienced independent information professionals, to address the criticalissues facing Information Management (IM) today.This new handbook provides a context for approaching the world in whichinformation professionals work; a tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to helpdemonstrate contribution and value; and a review of opportunities for new areasof employment and career development, ripe for applying the InformationServices skill set. Through combinations of topical chapters with commonthemes, the professor and student will find a multi-perspective approach to theIM landscape. Used as a ready-reference, the IM practitioner will find boththeoretical and pragmatic approaches to inform their decision making ontraditional as well as new challenges.For information and IM professionals, librarians, and students, thismust-have handbook provides invaluable insights from the leading names in thefield, enabling you to make the best decision no matter what challenges youface.