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Future perspectives for informationists

Antonio P. DeRosa    Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States

Abstract

This chapter will focus on strategies and ideas for moving the informationist’s profession forward and future perspectives to consider in doing so. The skills sets and opportunities for training oneself on advanced techniques for providing above-and-beyond information and knowledge management services to users—data science, e-science, bioinformatics, translational science, and research and evaluation are discussed in detail. Getting institutional buy-in and marketing/self-promotion of informationist’s skills are also discussed—electronic medical record access, developing impactful and valuable services, updating job ...

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