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Multilingual Information Management
Information, Technology and Translators
Draws on previous empirical research to explore how the community of translators can serve as information facilitators among different languages and cultures and become more productive and competitive in today’s market
Ximo Granell (Author)
9781843347712
Paperback / softback, published 17 December 2014
248 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.34 kg
Multilingual information is in high demand in today’s globalised economy. Industry and market globalisation, intensified collaboration between European countries, technological developments, the advent and consolidation of the Internet, the rise of electronic business, and the increased use of electronic documents are some of the factors that have fuelled this need. Multilingual Information Management draws on previous empirical research to explore how information and technologies are used within the community of translators as information facilitators among different languages and cultures, to help them become more productive and competitive in today’s market. The book consists of three parts, including a literature review on information and technology needs among translators; a research framework to investigate the perceptions and use of information and technology within their working environment; and a strategic proposal for an Information Systems approach to multilingual information professionals and information literacy training.
1: Introduction Part One: Multilingual information and ICT needs 2: Information and translators3: Technology and translation4: Information Literacy and Multilingual Information Management5: A strategic approach to adopt ICT: from using information and communication technology to making use of information and technology to communicate Part Two: Multilingual information and perspectives on ICT6: A research framework for Multilingual Information Management7: Research methods for studying multilingual information management: an empirical investigation8: Needs and perspectives of multilingual information professionals: findings of an empirical study Part Three: Multilingual Information Management: matching needs and perspectives9: From PLEs to PLWEs: a Multilingual Information Management System
Subject Areas: Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]
