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Article: The Essential Peter Drucker.(management guru to speak at Special Libraries Assoc conference)(Brief Article)
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- Information Outlook
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- October 1, 2001
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Two critical events affected the world of libraries and information in 1909: the beginning of the SLA and the birth of Peter Drucker.
We all know how the SLA has affected our professional lives, but what about Drucker? He is probably best known as a management guru, but not as someone you would think of in the same sentence with the word library.
Drucker's writings and influence on the concepts of information, knowledge, and management are of the greatest importance and relevance to our daily lives. These qualities and his knack for being ahead of his time-or possibly setting the agenda-are likely some of the reasons he was chosen to be the keynote ...