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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ570530 |
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- Professionalism and the Future of Librarianship. Abbott, Andrew Competition Cultural Influences Employment Opportunities Futures (of Society) Information Technology Librarians Library Role Library Science Library Services Social Influences Explores three contexts of librarians' professional work and their impact on the link between librarians and their work: social and cultural forces, other competing occupations, and competing organizations and commodities. Concludes that the central challenge to the profession lies in embracing various information technologies and the groups that service them. (PEN)