Corporate libraries : basic principles in a changing landscape

Authored by Constance Ard - Corporate Libraries: Basic Principles in a Changing Landscape - provides in-depth strategic guidance on the challenges faced by corporate libraries due to the rapidly changing technological landscape, it tackles: Why corporate libraries are being downsized in response to technology shifts How to overcome the belief that employees can easily find the information they need themselves Key areas corporate librarians need to work on in order to continue enhancing the value they deliver With contributions, interviews, case studies and insight from information professionals with over 40 years' experience in the field.

Executive summary -- 1. The promise of technology: bold innovations or disappointing reinventions? -- 2. Big data: business, information, and a new hour in the information age -- 3. Personality traits of corporate librarians -- 4. The basics of library service: collect, organize, disseminate, and train -- 5. Knowledge workers and information professionals: partnerships for results -- 6. Emerging technologies that matter -- 7. The raw materials of the knowledge economy -- 8. Gaining a competitive advantage through corporate libraries and information professionals -- Case study: The importance of getting the research brief right: research basics from information professionals -- Case study: oral history as a knowledge management tool at Asphalt Institute -- Case study: Abbot Laboratories library: information services supporting business excellence -- Case study: AbbVie library: using basic skills to stay strategic for customers.