Lesley Thomson
Lesley Thomson is Knowledge Manager with the Scottish Government"s Centre for Housing Market Analysis. She"s been a civil servant longer than she"s been a librarian, which is fairly unusual. She"s done all sorts in her 15 years with the civil service - from data input in, what was then, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department, full circle back to the Scottish Government doing librarianship "proper", information literacy and knowledge management - by way of front line service, IT management, information security, learning and development and web management ... and several government departments. Her current obsession is digital engagement and she"s helping develop a digital engagement strategy for the Scottish Government.
Articles by Lesley Thomson:
In the thick of it: Why information professionals should be at the heart of government digital engagement activity
Monday, 3rd October 2011
As government strives to create two-way communication with people, librarians are ideally placed, and equipped, to be at the heart of this digital engagement. Lesley Thomson describes the perfect skills government librarians have to facilitate this engagement and the value breaking into this new “information territory” would bring.
In the thick of it: Why information professionals should be at the heart of government digital engagement activity
Monday, 3rd October 2011
As government strives to create two-way communication with people, librarians are ideally placed, and equipped, to be at the heart of this digital engagement. Lesley Thomson describes the perfect skills government librarians have to facilitate this engagement and the value breaking into this new “information territory” would bring.
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