BY CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN WITH INFORMATION, SPECIAL LIBRARIANS CAN BETTER CONTRIBUTE TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF AN ORGANIZATION AND MAKE THEMSELVES MORE VALUABLE.
| AN INTERVIEW WITH LARRY PRUSAK |
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The future of information used to appear bright indeed, but lately its star seems to have waned. Whereas information used to be considered almost an end in itself, and organizations and even entire nations dedicated themselves to becoming "information societies" many people now complain that there's too much information, and experts are touting "knowledge societies" and urging businesses to identify and retain "knowledge workers."
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