The Professional Information Scientist

A case is not being made to equate specific tasks of the professional information scientist with skills expected of the student information scientist. There are, however, some potential practices for the student that can be drawn from the business of professional information scientists.
Information Scientist Expertise

Gary Marchionini, a professor of information science at North Carolina University, has grouped his field of investigation into classification, use behavior, knowledge dissemination, social informatics, and human/computer interaction.

Click each photograph below to read about the questions and issues facing professional information scientists.

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