2010 NFAIS Annual Conference: “Redefining the value of information: exploring the new equation”

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report on the NFAIS Annual Conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 28‐March 2, 2010.

Design/methodology/approach

Summarizes the presentations, reports, plenary sessions, and panels.

Findings

The meeting explored information value and ways of creating value, determining value, measuring value, and emerging innovations for redefining value.

Originality/value

This paper refers to the revolutionary changes going on in the information marketplace due to social media, and points out they have not only repercussions for the information industry but for libraries too. Libraries must go out to where users are; users who will increasingly be mobile and out on the Net utilizing their own social networks to discover, aggregate, and share information beyond the walls of their institutions. If librarians are instead constrained by their buildings and not out there with them, and innovating using our unique skills, they will likely continue to be an afterthought and become redundant.

Citation

Kesselman, M. (2010), "2010 NFAIS Annual Conference: “Redefining the value of information: exploring the new equation”", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp. 4-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419051011070626