Business information courses: A consideration of requirements

Education for Information

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 27-37

  Roberts, N ^a   Wilson, T D ^a   Ellis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974759776     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1988-6103     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. The writings of J. Rennie are an exception-Education and training in business information at the City University. Business information review 2(2) (1985) 22-29
2. A. Taylor, Training in business information-what the practitioners want. Business information review 3(2) (1986) 24-38.
3. In the most recent survey available to us, seven library schools, out of sixteen surveyed, provided a specific option in business information. Others treated business information issues under general headings of reference, special libraries, etc. (V. Messenger, C. Mullings and T.D. Wilson. Workshop on business information needs. London: British Library, 1983 (BLR&DD report no. 5797).
4. See, for example, S. Ghoshal and S.K. Kim. Building effective intelligence systems for competitive advantage. Sloan management review 28(1) (1986) 49-58.
5. See, for example, M.J. Campbell. Manual of business library practice. London: Bingley, 1985
6. M.J. Campbell. Business information services. London: Bingley, 1981
7. K.G.B. Bakewell. Business information and the public library. Aldershot: Gower, 1987
8. K.D.C. Vernon. Information sources in management and business. London: Butterworth, 1984.
9. N. Roberts and D. Clarke, Information education in business and management schools: A review from the perspective of Schools of Librarianship and Information Studies. Sheffield: CRUS, Sheffield University, 1987.
10. C. Offor. Business information: Problems and opportunities. Keynote address. (see ref. [2]).
11. For an introduction to this literature from the viewpoint of information specialists see N. Roberts and D. Clarke. The treatment of information issues and concepts in management and organisational literature. Sheffield, CRUS, Sheffield University, 1987.
12. A notable exception is the work of D. White and T.D. Wilson. Information needs in business: A case study approach. London: British Library (in press). Insights into managerial attitudes towards information issues may be found in other contributions by information specialists, in passing, it might be said. See, for example, Capital Planning Information. Information and the small manufacturing firm. Edinburgh: CPI, 1982
13. N. Roberts and B. Clifford. Regional variations in the demand and supply of business information: A study of manufacturing firms. Sheffield: CRUS, Sheffield University, 1986.