Autumn
2011
This
assignment will give you experience in examining, understanding and evaluating
trends in the information environment.
You are to work in groups of 2 or 3 on this assignment. You may find this
Catalyst tool of some assistance in forming a group.
For
this assignment, you are to prepare a document for some relevant information
organization (library, museum, publisher, technology company, bookstore,
scholarly society, etc) describing and analyzing the likely future trends of
importance over the next 12-24 months, in the book and/or scholarly journal publishing domain, for them to use in future
planning
Your
report should include, at a minimum:
· an executive summary of
your findings
· a brief description and
background of the organization you choose
· a discussion of the
environment and important relevant trends, which might include such elements as
important organizations, technological initiatives to watch, recent successes
and/or failures, etc.
· a recommendation of the single most important innovation that
this organization could implement to take advantage of these trends (with
appropriate justification)
What
you submit should be a professional document, of at most 7 pages (plus
citations and any appendices).
Your
submissions will be evaluated on the depth of research, thought and analysis of
your work, understanding of the organization and its environment, the
creativity and appropriateness of the recommended innovation, the strength of
your recommendations and justification, and the professional manner of
presentation of your report. Please be sure
that your submission has the last 4
digits of your student numbers and not your names in the upper right hand
corner of the first page.
The
Assignment is due at 8:30am on November 23 NOTE new deadline. Please submit as a
Word document to this
Catalyst dropbox.