How LIS professionals can use alerting services / Ina Fourie

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- 'Current awareness' or 'alerting services: where do we come from and where are we heading? -- A dynamic LIS environment and the need to be a benchmark -- Available alerting services -- Learning from studies on information seeking behaviour -- Surviving the negative side of alerting services -- Time to reflect on creative use of information - seizing opportunities and surviving

Examining how Library and Information Service (LIS) professionals can use alerting services to survive, this work shows how they can grasp new opportunities to enhance information services, their professional development, professional image and job satisfaction.