The Changing Role of the Info-Entrepreneur

Abstract

One of the very first information entrepreneur businesses was Information Unlimited, founded by Sue Rugge and Georgia Finnigan back in 1971. Charging $10/hour for their research, Sue and Georgia essentially created a new industry, offering on-demand research provided by skilled librarians and researchers, to anyone who was willing to pay. Sue went on to found two more independent research companies, Information on Demand and The Rugge Group. Sue was also co-founder of The Information Professionals Institute, a company that focused on seminars for the information industry (including an all-day workshop on how to become an information entrepreneur).

Citation

Ellen Bates, M. (2005), "The Changing Role of the Info-Entrepreneur", Nitecki, D.A. and Abels, E. (Ed.) Advances in Librarianship (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 29), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2830(05)29006-2