{"title":"Mediation in a Shrinking Information Economy","authors":"Renee Tjoumas","doi":"10.1300/J120V17N37_16","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to outline the current socioeconomic factors present within the United States and explore the effect of these trends on libraries and information services. The resulting portrait depicts a deteriorating information environment where mediation is often hampered or obstructed. The closing segment offers conclusions and a recommendation for professionals seeking to maintain their role as information mediators.","PeriodicalId":167660,"journal":{"name":"The Reference Librarian and Implications of Mediation","volume":"90 8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Reference Librarian and Implications of Mediation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J120V17N37_16","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to outline the current socioeconomic factors present within the United States and explore the effect of these trends on libraries and information services. The resulting portrait depicts a deteriorating information environment where mediation is often hampered or obstructed. The closing segment offers conclusions and a recommendation for professionals seeking to maintain their role as information mediators.