A while back I wrote a brief article - an editorial comment, really - for the professional newsletter "Library Connect." The web version of this article has recently been featured on the publisher's website:
http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/roles-professional-development/2011-12/structural-change-and-librarianship
I would love to hear comments on this...
A new educational focus is emerging in some institutions of higher education. These schools are taking an interdisciplinary approach to educating tomorrow’s information professionals, by mixing together science, technology, social science, and design. These new programs are beginning to educate students in these new professions – not as programmers or coders or software developers, but as professional analysts, architects, and creators of our planet’s critical information infrastructure.