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Peer reviewedAuster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Library Trends, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) in the Canadian publishing and telecommunications industries acquire and use information about the business environment. Topics discussed include environmental scanning; perceived environmental uncertainty; information sources; information use in decision making; and a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Environmental Scanning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKovacs, Diane K.; And Others – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses the development of practical strategies for library mediation between Internet resources and potential users. Topics addressed include a hierarchy of information skills; awareness of information services and resources; the information structure of a discipline; analysis of information needs; and retrieval, evaluation, and management of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Management, Information Needs, Information Networks
Peer reviewedDahlen, Karen Hackleman – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses the current environment in which health information is disseminated. Topics addressed include health information versus patient education; a model for examining delivery of consumer health information; the role of library professional associations; national libraries; public libraries; hospital libraries; academic health sciences…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Health Services, Higher Education
