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Peer reviewedGorman, Paul; Ash, Joan; Lavelle, Mary; Lyman, Jason; Delcambre, Lois; Maier, David; Weaver, Mathew; Bowers, Shawn – Library Trends, 2000
Describes how experts create and use "bundles"--organized, highly selective collections of information--to help solve problems and maintain situation awareness. Based on fieldwork in an intensive care unit, five examples of bundles are described that illustrate the variety of bundles in use. A summary of bundle properties is given. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Sources, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedMiller, Jerry P. – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses the need for education programs for competitive intelligence professionals. Highlights include definitions of intelligence functions, focusing on business intelligence; information utilization by decision makers; information sources; competencies for intelligence professionals; and the development of formal education programs. (38…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAuster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Library Trends, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) in the Canadian publishing and telecommunications industries acquire and use information about the business environment. Topics discussed include environmental scanning; perceived environmental uncertainty; information sources; information use in decision making; and a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Environmental Scanning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDavenport, Elisabeth; Cronin, Blaise – Library Trends, 1994
Presents an overview of issues concerning civilian competitive intelligence (CI). Topics discussed include competitive advantage in academic and research environments; public domain information and libraries; covert and overt competitive intelligence; data diversity; use of the Internet; cooperative intelligence; and implications for library and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cooperation, Environmental Scanning, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWalker, Thomas D. – Library Trends, 1994
Describes competitive intelligence (CI) literature in terms of its location, quantity, authorship, length, and problems of bibliographic access. Highlights include subject access; competitive intelligence research; espionage and security; monographs; and journals. (21 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Environmental Scanning, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedHohhof, Bonnie – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses issues connected with developing information systems for competitive intelligence support; defines the elements of an effective competitive information system; and summarizes issues affecting system design and implementation. Highlights include intelligence information; information needs; information sources; decision making; and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedOkerson, Ann – Library Trends, 2000
Reviews past trends regarding electronic resources and publishing on the Internet, analyzes critical issues involving electronic resources, and makes predictions for the years 2000 through 2005. Examines important developments on a year-to-year basis from 1991 through 1998-99. Identifies archiving, usage, utility, and copyright as key issues,…
Descriptors: Archives, Copyrights, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
