Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore-560 059. E-mail: raghavan@drtc.isibang.ac.in
The paper addresses the implications of a few major emerging trends in the design of educational programmes for the information profession. It describes the emergence of the knowledge society, the phenomenon of the globalisation, and convergence of the technologies. It also describes the direct bearing these phenomena have on education for the information management profession.
Information management, knowledge society, globalisation, knowledge economy
