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Information Outlook

Features

18 Info Pros at the Crossroads:
Gathering of the World's Best Promises to Highlight the Future of the Profession

The trends shaping the information industry transcend international boundaries. Copyright infringement, the role of the Internet in information distribution, knowledge management–these issues affect information professionals around the globe. Come get a sneak peek at the events planned for the Global 2000 Conference to be held in Brighton, United Kingdom on October 16-19, 2000.

26 The Wisdom Administrator:
Waiting in the Wings

Forest Woody Horton addresses the evolution of the role of an organization's senior information officer as that role has evolved primarily in the last half of this century. But his core thesis is that by no later than 2010, graduate students and people in their early work force years will be scrambling to position themselves as very high paid "Wisdom Administrators." In short, if we first saw data analysts, then information managers, then chief information officers, and now chief knowledge officers, can the Wisdom Administrator be far behind?

32 Spotlight on SLA Memebrs:

An Interview with Nigel Lees

This edition of "Spotlight" focuses on Nigel Lees, Manager, Library & Archive Services at the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. Lees talks about his library and his many client's inquiries which fall anywhere between the usage of fructose for hangovers to DNA fingerprinting and applications in forensic science. Read on to learn more about his fascinating library.

Columns

5 Executive Outlook

Leading Change: Advice on Getting to the Table

6 Making News

11 Strategic Learning Outlook
Make Learning Rock: Four Ways to Get the Most Out
of Your Distance Learning Experience

14 Communications Outlook
Keeping it Simple, Stupid

38 Money Matters
From the 1999 - 2000 Treasurer's Report at
the 2000 Annual Business Meeting

41 Copyright Corner
Does Deep Linking Infringe Copyright?

44 Conference Countdown
Discovering Tex-Mex,
the Cuisine of San Antonio

Departments

4 Classified Advertisements

46 Coming Events

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