Cataloging professionals in the digital environment: A content analysis of job descriptions

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 844-857

  Park, Jung Ran ^a   Lu, Caimei ^a   Marion, Linda ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTRONIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS; HIGH DEMANDS; JOB DESCRIPTIONS; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; ON CURRENTS; SCIENCE PROGRAMS; SKILL SETS; SYSTEM MANAGEMENTS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; WEB APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CURRICULA; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; METADATA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COMPUTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63849334845     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21007     Document Type: Review

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