Promoting Information Literacy in Corporate Research

Tragert discusses the promotion of information literacy in corporate research. The ability to communicate and collaborate is a vital information literacy skills and librarians must sometimes compensate for employees who lack such skill. In an information economy, the ability to work with information...

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Published inInformation Outlook (Online) Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 14 - 16
Main Author Tragert, Joe
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria Special Libraries Association 01.01.2020
Subjects
Academic libraries
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Digital literacy
Employees
Employers
End users
Higher education
Information literacy
Information professionals
Information Sources
Intelligence
Librarians
Library Personnel
Metadata
Online Surveys
Optimization
Reference interview
Reference Services
Researchers
Skills
Thinking Skills
Users (Information)
Workers
Workflow
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Summary:Tragert discusses the promotion of information literacy in corporate research. The ability to communicate and collaborate is a vital information literacy skills and librarians must sometimes compensate for employees who lack such skill. In an information economy, the ability to work with information is the key to optimizing organizational outcomes. It is essential to keep information expertise in the online research workflow. The librarian can optimize the end user's reference interview experience by incorporating appropriate functionality into the research application interface.
ISSN:1938-3819