Tuesday, March 25, 2008

FIS course you might be interested in

If you're interested in special libraries don't forget about the following FIS course.
FIS2158H - Management of Corporate and other Special Information Centres

This course focuses on the theory and current practice pertaining to information services in special libraries. There are many guest speakers (they vary each year) and tours of special libraries. This course also has a 40 hour practicum which provides the opportunity to apply management and information practices and skills.

Alternate Job Titles

More and more often information professionals are no longer called Librarians, especially in special libraries job titles tend to vary widely. A quick brainstorm comes up with the following jobs and job titles that "Librarians" now fill:

Information Specialist
Information Management Specialist
Records Manager
Research Analyst
Market Research Specialist
Information Architect
Information Analyst

Please suggest others that should be added to the list.

Help us start our Professional Profile Series

What is a special librarian? We think the best people to answer this question are the special librarians who work in various information roles. We would like to have regular profiles of different information professionals, and we're looking for your help! If you're interested in special librarianship and would love to meet and talk with special librarians, please contact us at fissla@gmail.com.