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Article: Managing international resources.(Information Management)
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- Information Outlook
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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In this predominately international issue of Information Outlook, it is appropriate to look at the information professional's role in a global context. SLA's Competencies for Information Professionals refers to the essential nature of information management and how information professionals provide the competitive edge for the knowledge-based organization by responding to critical information needs with a sense of urgency. This requires information professionals to facilitate information sharing for any organization that is attempting to understand and manage its intellectual capital, often in a global context. Information professionals play a unique role in gathering, ...