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fulfilling our missions in research, education, and service. With the
addition of Wuhan to the group, we have broader, more international,
more global perspectives on these issues, and that will help us to gain
critical distance on our own environments, as we come to realize that

some of the things we take for granted are not always and everywhere
true, and so could be different in our case, if we were moved to change
them.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. What does the term ‘evolution’ mean?
2. Do you agree that “it is highly commendable to review and amend

our programs from time to time, in response to changing
circumstances”?
3. How does library and information science research and education

help society?
4. How do iSchools work?
5. What are the most significant challenges for the future of library

science education?
6. What are the main problems for schools of information?
7. How do the schools of information provide comprehensive education

to students?
8. Do you agree that information managers can have new roles in
society? Explain.
9. What does the term “embedded librarian” mean?

10. Summarize the text.

Text 7

INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN THE CORPORATE
WORLD
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By Susanna Rogers Smith
Many corporate organizations engage in information gathering
practices, whether it is discerning what the consumer will purchase next
month, sharing information between divisions or plants, or discovering

what the competitor’s next merchandising scheme will be. These
organizations also employ information professionals, sometimes in the

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Rogers Smith S. Information Professionals in the Corporate World / Susanna Rogers
Smith. – Available at : http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11022006-105707
/unrestricted/SusannaSmithThesis.pdf