People in information technology will need a business background to understand the business side as well as the changing nature of the field. “We’re actors and scriptwriters of the future.”
Predictor: Farmer, Nick
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Information Today, Lois Lunin reports on the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) ’93 Conference, held Nov. 24-28 in Columbus, Ohio, quoting Nick Farmer of Chemical Abstracts Service. Lunin writes: ”For information science, he foresees that people in information technology will need a business background to understand the business side as well as the changing nature of the field. ‘We’re actors and scriptwriters of the future,’ he said.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Employment
Name of publication: Information Today
Title, headline, chapter name: Puppets, Verbings, and Serious Reflections at ASIS ’93
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 11, Issue 1, Page 13 ISSN: 87556286
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