#corporate libraries

[kentuckylibrarian]

Special Libraries: Characteristics, Purpose, and Types.

[netscribes]

Unlocking value from corporate libraries | Netscribes

Through real-world examples, this whitepaper examines how corporate libraries can build greater efficiencies by collaborating with external knowledge partners.

[libraryjournal]

Why “content librarian” will be one of the hot new jobs in 2016

According to a recent Accenture Interactive survey, 50 percent of marketers now have more content than they can effectively manage. Mark Schaefer predicted it two years ago–content shock is officially

A new job for a new problem: Organizing, labeling, and managing content.

First–who’s going to do this job? Who knows. I do know that it won’t be the sexiest job in the world, so convincing existing PR/social folks to take this on might be tough. You’re not going to see a lot of volunteers.Second–who’s qualified to do this job? Does it really require a refined skill set? I probably lean toward “no.”

I guess there’s no corporate library at this writer’s PR firm.

[thelifeguardlibrarian]

I've got lots to say about work these days, and I think I'll say some of it this evening. But it occurs to me I haven't asked:

Do we have any other librarians working in special libraries here?

[librarianwardrobe]

Senior Intranet Manager, MSLIS

Corporate Library

New Jersey

[thecardiganlibrarian]

selected pearls of wisdom from my Corporate Libraries prof

"I tried to stay away from the mathematicians. They're not normal."

"Oatmeal! It's like something you put on the outside of your house."

"Librarians are liked. They are not valued."

It could be a subject I wasn't at all interested in, but the instructor makes it fun with his compelling weirdness. Also, he passes around little baskets of M&Ms and Oreos and popcorn and scolds us to eat it all.

I'd estimate the median age of our class is...35.