The role of information professionals in the knowledge economy : skills, profile and a model for supporting scientific production and communication / / Javier Tarango, Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910583325703321
• Autore: Tarango Javier
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, , [2017]; �2017
• ISBN: 0-12-811222-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 136 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Disciplina: 026.5
• Soggetti: Information technology; Knowledge management; Information society - Economic aspects; Institutional cooperation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Scientific production in the knowledge economy and its influence on the competitiveness of universities and research institutions -- Conceptualization of scientific productivity, production, dissemination, and communication -- The new profile of information professionals as scientific production and communication managers : identification of competences -- An academic model to support scientific production and communication.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy: Skills, Profile, and a Model for Supporting Scientific Production and Communication presents tools, products, and resources that are necessary for institutions to acquire and develop a scientific culture; a key area that defines their international competitiveness. It redefines the role and skills of information professionals that institutions need to support and manage their scientific production and communication through a model provided. This book is ideal for information professionals and students who are interested in scholarly communication as avenues of endeavor. Researchers, professors, and ; decision makers involved in knowledge generation processes will also find useful insights to advance in this area. Key points: Promotes the idea that an information professional is the right person to support scientific production and communication; Provides guidance on how to develop a scientific culture in an institution; Identifies the competencies needed by information professionals with a stake in scientific production and communication; Redefines the profile of such information professionals and identifies this new skillset as a job opportunity." -- Back cover.