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The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment: Challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States

The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment: Challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States

Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466643536|ISBN10: 1466643536|EISBN13: 9781466643543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4353-6.ch001
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Al-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser. "The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment: Challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States." Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries, edited by Mohammed Nasser AI-Suqri, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4353-6.ch001

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Al-Suqri, M. N. (2014). The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment: Challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States. In M. AI-Suqri, L. Lillard, & N. AI-Saleem (Eds.), Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries (pp. 1-15). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4353-6.ch001

Chicago

Al-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser. "The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment: Challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States." In Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries, edited by Mohammed Nasser AI-Suqri, Linda L. Lillard, and Naifa Eid AI-Saleem, 1-15. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4353-6.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter examines the changing nature of the information environment and its implications for Library and Information Science (LIS), with a focus on developing countries in general and the Arab Gulf states in particular. Drawing on key findings from previous LIS literature, it explores what is needed to ensure the future viability of the profession in the GCC region so that it can help underpin social and economic development in these states. Examples of successful practice in LIS innovation from other parts of the developing world are included to demonstrate some possible approaches and the chapter concludes by summarizing some key points for consideration by LIS education specialists, library managers, and policymakers in the Gulf States.

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