Expand our skill set
Dennie Heye
Global Knowledge Manager at Shell International
Personal website with publications and presentations at http://www.dennie.heye.nl
Information professionals need a more diverse set of skills to succeed in the 21st century. New roles are offering us more exciting jobs and projects, but we need to expand our set of skills to meet those challenges. I see peers taking on new and exciting roles in records management, knowledge management, taxonomy design or data architecture--using their information science background, adding determination and a willingness to explore new areas. Our roles will be much more diverse but also so much more interesting and valuable.
In my view, being an information professional today is one of the most exciting professions: helping others to organize, navigate and manage information in this increasingly information-centric world. With our skill set and a continuous evolution of technology, we can play a key role in companies, organizations and society.
Being an information professional, however, requires certain characteristics to transform successfully into a twenty-first century information professional, constantly reinventing themselves to stay relevant. As technology, user behaviour and information needs
constantly change, we have to adapt -- meaning we must also constantly change. This change does not threaten our profession, but is an excellent driver to become key players and linking pins in the information ecology. Not only can we benefit from the accelerating speed of technology and innovation, but we also have a unique opportunity to be recognized as true professionals.
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