scholarly journals Back to the Future: Information Science for the New Millennium

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
José-Marie Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Information ◽  
New Millennium

Inventing the Future: Information Services for a New Millennium

2001 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
John M. Budd ◽  
Stan A. Hannah ◽  
Michael H. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Information Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Information ◽  
New Millennium

scholarly journals Jesse Shera, The Wars and The Pietá

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Porto Bozzetti ◽  
Gustavo Saldanha
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Information Science ◽  
World War ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Theoretical Formulation ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Subject

The purpose of this paper, considering the relevance of Shera thoughts and its repercussions, is to reposition, in epistemological-historical terms, Jesse Shera’s approaches and their impacts according to a relation between life and work of the epistemologist. Without the intention of an exhaustive discussion, the purpose is to understand some unequivocal relations between the Shera critique for the context of its theoretical formulation and the consequences of this approach contrary to some tendencies originating from the technical and bureaucratic roots of the field (before and after World War II). It is deduced that Shera, rather than observing the sociopolitical reality and technical partner in which the texture of alibrary-based thought (but visualized by him as documentaryinformational), establishes, in his own praxis, social epistemology as a sort of "critique of the future," that is, as a praxis of the reflexive activity of the subject inserted in this episteme. In our discussion, the epistemological-social approach represents a vanguard for the context of its affirmation, a reassessment for the immediate decades to its presentation(years 1960 and 1970) and a critique for the future of what was consolidated under the notion of information Science, anticipating affirmations of "social nature" of the 1980s and 1990s in the field of information.

Information Technology and the Internationalization of the Firm

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Michael J. Mol ◽  
Otto R. Koppius
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Global Sourcing ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Right ◽  
Suitable Location ◽  
Future Information

A key concern for all multinationals is where to find a suitable location for their business activities, bearing in mind that they must find the right balance between global integration and local responsiveness. This article contributes to the internationalization debate by asking: in what sense will information technology enable globalization? We focus on the sourcing process, an area where globalization is often claimed to be the case. Re-examination of empirical evidence shows that global sourcing is not as generally predominant as is claimed. Consequently inhibitors to global integration exist and we classify these inhibitors into three categories: geographical, relational and environmental inhibitors. We then analyze the role information technology plays in reducing these inhibitors and formulate propositions that are then illustrated in two case studies. Information technology is proposed to reduce the geographical and relational inhibitors, but it will have no effect on environmental inhibitors. However, the latter category of inhibitors will become more prominent in the future. Information technology thus shifts the balance towards global integration, but simultaneously creates new problems in managing internationalization.

MOOCs Evolution and Perceptions of Library and Information Science Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Anna Kaushik
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Main Barrier

This chapter provides the genesis of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) concept and perceptions of library and information science professionals towards the evolution of MOOCs in libraries and the information science domain by using a survey. The results of this study revealed that a majority of library and information science professionals who participated in this survey were working in academic libraries and aware of the MOOCs concept from three years, by scholarly literature. The MOOCs concept was updated and useful in libraries and the information science domain, while a lack of MOOCs related specific to competencies and skills emerged as the main barrier. This survey also showed that the concept of MOOCs will continue to grow in the future. This chapter will be helpful to understand the concept of MOOCs and the insights of library and information science professionals in the MOOCs context.

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