Management development for information professionals of the future

Abstract

This simple title, Management development for information professionals of the future, hides within it a large number of difficult issues. I want firstly to make explicit some of my assumptions about the future as a background to addressing the question of what sort of systematic and continuing preparation information professionals will need to play the kind of central role envisaged for them by bodies such as Aslib. I hope to encapsulate the challenge and opportunities of the next few years as a speculative context, without going into too much detail. This will lead on to an identification of the key requirements and possible ways of meeting needs, with some final thoughts on our capacity as a profession to meet these complex challenges.