Dr. Tao Jin, assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University (LSU), is the recipient of the 2009 SLA Research Grant. His proposed research project, “Understanding the Value of Corporate Libraries in Competitive Intelligence Practices,” was selected from a number of submissions by the SLA Research & Development Committee.
Using a multi-method approach that combines quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, Jin will survey both competitive intelligence (CI) practitioners and information professionals and conduct four case studies at four different organizations. His research will explore how and to what extent CI practitioners use their corporate libraries, how CI practitioners value their corporate libraries and the information professionals with whom they work, and how information professionals view their role in the CI process.
According to the 2009 SLA Annual Salary Survey, information professionals in the United States who identified CI as their primary job responsibility earned an average salary of $75,411. Of that group, those who reported they had been with the same employer for 11-15 years earned as much as $169,500 annually.
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