A few years ago, the department of information studies at the University of Sheffield invited me to be a visiting professor. At every visit, I find myself challenged and stimulated by the questions I am asked by undergraduate and postgraduate students. The department already uses a video they made of me talking about my vision of information management for use at Department Open Days, and yet still the students come to hear me in person, which is very gratifying. On a recent visit, I talked to an undergraduate student who was starting to look at what might be her first step on a career in information management. Like so many information professionals, I got into the business by accident, after discovering that I was not really that good at chemistry. While not uncommon, that approach is difficult to commend to a student.
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