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Re: SIGIA-L: various ramblings

From: Manjari Prashar (manjarip_at_myriadweb.com)
Date: Fri Apr 28 2000 - 15:22:26 EDT


Please remove my name from this list.
Thanks
Manjari
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Charton <charton_at_research.att.com>
To: Henric Beiers <henric.beiers_at_rmit.edu.au>; Sigia-l_at_asis.org
<Sigia-l_at_asis.org>
Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: various ramblings

>Business should be one part of the mix. To really understand how
information
>works, all sorts of disciplines are needed. Library Science, Linguistics,
>Sociology, Psychology, maybe Political Science, (and I am probably leaving
>some out). Don't be offended.
>Mike
>
>
>Mike Charton
>Shannon Lab Library, NJ0644 Building 103
>Room B002
>180 Park Avenue
>Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
>USA
>http://library.research.att.com, a member library of the Information
>Research Center, http://irc.att.com
>Telephone: 973-360-8603
>Fax: 973-360-8020
>E-Mail: charton_at_research.att.com
>Personal Website:
>http://www.mikecharton.com
>"Librarians aren't know it alls. We just know where to look."
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-sigia-l_at_asis.org [mailto:owner-sigia-l_at_asis.org]On Behalf Of
>> Henric Beiers
>> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:29 PM
>> To: Sigia-l_at_asis.org
>> Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: various ramblings
>>
>>
>>
>> >>> Eric Reiss wrote:
>>
>> <big snip>
>>
>> >My point? I'm willing to bet that half of the people attending the ASIS
>> >2005 Information Architecture conference will have gone to B-school.
>>
>> Please no!!! The limitations of a purely business orientation
>> will kill so much of what allows us as an eclectic group of
>> people to contribute to IA. It is vital that this 'profession'
>> keeps its vitality alive by continuing to draw from the
>> incredible range of backgrounds evident at the conference.
>> Awareness of marketing - yes. Hegenomy of a business culture - no!!
>>
>> And yes, I do teach in a business school!
>>
>> Henric
>>
>> Henric Beiers - Lecturer
>> School of Business Information Technology
>> Faculty of Business
>> Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
>> Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
>> Ph: +61 3 9925 5820
>> Fax: +61 3 9925 5837
>> Email: henric.beiers_at_rmit.edu.au
>> ICQ: 21924763
>> URL: http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/bit/html/lecturers_2.html
>>
>>
>
>



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