Systems thinking and information literacy: Elements of a knowledge enabling workplace environment

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 150-

  Somerville, Mary M ^a   Mirijamdotter, Anita ^b   Collins, Lydia ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN; CAMPUS STAKEHOLDERS; DIGITAL INFORMATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; SOFT SYSTEM METHODOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LIBRARIES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749665662     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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