Journal of Library and Information Sciences

Corporate Libraries: A Confluence of Forces Pressing on their Future
James M. Matarazzo, Toby Pearlstein

Abstract
The authors briefly survey the literature of the past twenty-five years on survival and sustainability of corporate libraries and the ongoing confluence of forces challenging information professionals working in them to demonstrate how they contribute to their employer’s organizational goals. The question posed throughout the period reviewed remains the same: Despite warnings that if they don’t act dire consequences will result; why aren’t information professionals taking the lead in aggressively demonstrating how they contribute to their organization’s success?

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