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Abstract:
Sylvain Bélanger will examine the transformation that has occurred over the last few years in information management, and the context of the evolution of professions with respect to archival science and librarianship. He will present this perspective according to the issues that the professions will face in the future.
Target audience:
Professional groups, experts in learning and training, and archivists.
Overall purpose and significance of session:
To identify the determining factors effecting the information management environment and their impacts. To examine the ways in which they will effect the professions associated with archival science and librarianship.
Content description:
The world of information management has undergone numerous and profound changes over the years. Technology, new trends in organizing work, the manner in which decisions are taken in organizations, and a citizen-focused approach, are only some of the factors that have drastically changed the evolution of the professions linked to this domain. Influenced at the same time by organizations themselves, by unions, by professional associations, and training institutions, the evolution of these professions raises crucial questions. Sylvain Bélanger, Corporate Secretary for Library and Archives Canada will address some of these questions and will present the issues that these questions will raise in the future. Increased specialization? A break-down or regrouping of fields of practice? A calling into question of professional identities? A reorganization of the professions?
I wish to extend a warm invitation to all archivists and information professionals to the 16th ICA Congress in Kuala Lumpur from 21- 27 July 2008.