Exciting Times For The Electronic Reference Librarian: The Future Of News Is Here

"eMail alerts will be replaced with smart RSS feeds, AI algorithms will constantly monitor our selected newsfeeds to capture only the in-depth points of our current interest and projects. Smart snapshots of information will be analyzed, formulated and then disseminated to our projects or personal information bots. ...Information professionals who understand the process will offer human touch and evaluation to information sources that will aid business to accomplish their information needs at a realistic cost without having to pay for sophisticated computers and expensive algorithm formulae." In this one-on-one interview with Marcus P. Zillman Robin Good highlights the sweeping changes taking place in the information management and retrieval areas, and the opportunities for professionals and small businesses to become the emergent independent news sources of the future.