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| Editorial from FreePint No.133 |
| Author: | William Hann |
| Date: | Tuesday, 25th Mar 2003 09:37 |
| Views: | 3,163 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | FreePint | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b23047 |
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[Since my Editorial from FreePint No.133 seems to have started a number of discussions elsewhere, I am posting it here so that FreePinters can respond or discuss the issues here at the Bar]
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FreePint
20th March 2003
No.133
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EDITORIAL
You won't be aware of this, but I've actually spent quite a while now writing and rewriting this Editorial.
The problem is that if you're talking to someone on a one-to-one basis then you generally know (or can discern) a bit about who they are, what they might want to know about, etc. If you're talking to a bunch of people then there's likely to be a common interest or background between members of the group, which again helps when deciding what to say.
When I started FreePint five years ago, it was simply information professionals talking to information professionals. I'm an information professional. I have a degree in information science. I've worked for information vendors in the past. I'm a member of information-related associations. The majority of my colleagues and contacts are in the information industry. Simple.
Not so simple now though. As the awareness of the importance of information has mushroomed, thanks to the Internet, information seeking skills are now needed by pretty much anyone looking for serious information on the Web. So, where are the boundaries of the information industry now? Who are its members?
What is slowly starting to dawn on me is that there are no boundaries, and indeed there should be no boundaries. Everyone's welcome. The information profession is not a private club. It's not 'members only'.
Having information management skills is something to which many people aspire. They can see a direct relevance and use for them in their everyday work. They don't want to be 'information professionals'. They don't want to have a degree in the thing, or charter. They just want to learn new skills which will be useful every single day.
There's been discussion about this again this week at the FreePint Bar. For instance, someone asked "Are there many young people going into the profession?" http://www.freepint.com/go/b22337 . My answer would be that there are hundreds of people of all ages and backgrounds with an interest in information who are joining the fringes of our profession all the time.
So, bravo to those educational institutions, associations, publications, companies and individuals who've worked this out; and there are many more than you may realise. Let's talk, and think about how, together, we can make the most of the diversity in the information profession. We can talk at the TLS/ILI show next week http://www.total-library.co.uk or at the various conferences in the States and Europe which I'm attending in the next couple of months.
I'm very proud to be an 'information professional'. However, I realise that there's a lot of work to be done in updating how the profession is viewed, from both outside the industry and (I'm afraid to say) within it too.
Cheers William
Managing Editor, FreePint
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 | Editorial from FreePint No.133 | | [Since my Editorial from FreePint No.133 seems to have started a number of discussions elsewhere, I am posting it here ... |
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William Hann |
25/03/03 09:37 |
23047 |
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Tim Owen |
31/03/03 14:27 |
23138 |
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Diana Nutting |
01/04/03 09:32 |
23143 |
 | Re: Editorial from FreePint No.133 | | Diana - a further thought...
CILIP Consultancy Services works with information professionals to deliver consultancy services to a wide range of ... |
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Tim Owen |
01/04/03 15:24 |
23160 |
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Tim Owen |
01/04/03 15:15 |
23159 |
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Jeremy Kapp |
01/04/03 18:49 |
23167 |
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Tim Owen |
02/04/03 16:39 |
23183 |
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Jeremy Kapp |
03/04/03 20:46 |
23213 |
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Tim Owen |
04/04/03 09:43 |
23217 |
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Edw. Stollery |
09/04/03 05:09 |
23280 |
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Jeremy Kapp |
09/04/03 09:04 |
23284 |
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Tony Walker |
15/04/03 12:04 |
23370 |
| | Re: Editorial from FreePint No.133 | | Hi Jeremy
Regarding your question about ASLIB, I would recommend reading the article/interview in this month's Information Today, available in full ... |
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William Hann |
14/04/03 15:54 |
23357 |
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Edw. Stollery |
10/04/03 02:35 |
23301 |
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Tim Owen |
09/04/03 17:49 |
23294 |
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Diana Nutting |
01/04/03 15:34 |
23161 |
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Sue Harris |
01/04/03 17:48 |
23164 |
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Tim Owen |
01/04/03 15:55 |
23163 |
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Miranda O'Brien |
09/04/03 12:14 |
23287 |
| | Membership of CILIP | | Tim
I have read your exchanges on Free Pint. If you follow the link to www.alanreynolds.com you will see ... |
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Alan Reynolds |
04/04/03 14:01 |
23225 |
| | Re: Membership of CILIP | | Dear Alan,
I'm sorry about the delay in coming back to you, but I hope that my response to Diana was ... |
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Tim Owen |
08/04/03 12:16 |
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| | Re: Membership of CILIP | | Tim
Thanks. I will investigate Associate membership but I cannot get the link on the CILIP page to work. ... |
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Alan REYNOLDS |
08/04/03 15:00 |
23273 |
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Katharine Schopflin |
31/03/03 17:15 |
23139 |
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Eva Lang |
25/03/03 09:47 |
23048 |
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falhlax olak |
09/04/03 08:45 |
23283 |
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