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Information Outlook

Features

18 SLA's 91st Annual Conference:
Special Librarians Reinforce Role as Leaders of the Information Revolution
Information professionals from all over the world came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, to partake in the Special Libraries Association's 91st Annual Conference—Independence to Interdependence: The Next Phase in the Information Revolution. Get a bird's eye view of all the happenings that took place during this exciting week in June.

32 Greeting and Shaping the Future: Information Professionals as Strategists and Leaders
Every day brings new evidence about the importance of e-commerce, e-government, and the general shift to a digital economy. Information has assumed a new, central, creative and supportive role for business, government, and education. If this is the case, why aren't information professionals such as librarians, information center managers, records managers, and archivists thriving? Why are our confidence and optimism so often accompanied by anxiety and apprehension? Why are we so often exhorted in our professional journals to react, change, and reinvent ourselves? Bruce W. Dearstyne examines these questions.

39 An Entrepreneur ahead of his Time: A Look at Best Practices
The story of the Sport Information Resource Centre's evolution from humble documentation centre beginnings to a world class database and innovative web based services is the stuff special librarians' dreams are made of: entrepreneurship and tenacity at its finest, vision, and determination brought to fruition over the span of one outstanding information professional's career. Ulla de Stricker recounts Gilles Chiasson's labor of love.

Columns

5 Executive Outlook
The Rules of Engagement

6 Making News

9 Strategic Learning Outlook
What is Strategic Learning?

13 Communications Outlook
Networking the Right Way

14 IRC Notes
SLA Web Sites Prototype Launched at Annual Conference

16 Money Matters
Outcomes of the Finance Committee Meeting

42 The Cutting Edge
Working for an Internet Start-Up

44 Copyright Corner
MP3 and Napster Controversies

46 Index to Advertisers

Departments

4 Marketplace

46 Coming Events

46 Index to Advertisers

In Summary