Developing trends and challenges for the information industry examined in the context of the Online Information Conference

Abstract

Using the development of the annual Online Information conference as a touchstone, this paper examines emerging trends in the information industry that are likely to be of interest to information professionals during 2008. These include web 2.0, enterprise 2.0, social networking, semantic web, risk management, user-generated content, universal search, crowdsourcing and new roles for information professionals. Copyright © 2008 SAGE Publications.