The Changing Role of Information Professionals: New Opportunities Created by Enterprise 2.0

As Enterprise 2.0 management philosophy and technologies are being introduced and adopted in organizations, information professionals in established roles (e.g. Corporate Librarian, Knowledge Manager) are investigating how they may best contribute and create value in the new environment. This session will explore how information professionals' jobs are changing and how they can thrive in highly collaborative organizations. Potential Discussion Questions: How has the traditional role of information managers changed? What new opportunities are available for information managers to help their organizations? What new skills are needed for current information managers to remain relevant? Are information managers becoming community managers? If your organization was hiring a new information manager, how would the job description be worded?