Well .. no surprise there then…
Here’s how Lexis reveal the findings of their survey
LexisNexis Workplace Productivity Survey Reveals Extent, Impact of Information Overload on Workers
From Boston to Beijing, Professionals Feel Overwhelmed, Demoralized
Welcome to the results of the LexisNexis 2010 International Workplace Productivity Survey, a new study commissioned by LexisNexis and conducted by WorldOne.
1,700 white collar workers in five countries – the United States, China, South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia – were asked about their experience of, and attitudes towards, information in the workplace.
The study reveals that information overload is a remarkably widespread and growing problem among professionals around the world, and one that exacts a heavy toll in terms of productivity, performance and employee morale.
The survey builds on a similar study conducted in 2008 among professionals in the United States. That study established information overload as a phenomenon driving American white collar and legal professionals towards an ?information breaking point.? This year, the survey was expanded to include countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa, in order to explore if and how information overload impacts workers across the globe.
See more information at? http://www.multivu.com/players/English/46619-LexisNexis-International-Workplace-Productivity-Survey/
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I’m sure HOB shouldn’t say this but our experience of watching firms over the past 10 years brings us to believe that they have bought some of this on themselves and the publishers have just added fuel to the fire
Firstly if firms sideline the library and librarians in order to cut costs lawyers.. (especially those at the bottom of the feeding chain) will feel the result of this
We have heard too much over the last decade how librarians and KM’s have come under the control of partners who are looking to cut costs as much as bring their libraries into the 21st century…
and how about publishers who have made specific decisions to bypass the KM Centre? or the Library and sell direct to partners who might not always know how they will integrate? the content sold to them into a firmwide system – it’s not hard to guess who ends up picking up the pieces
Of course publishers and partners are all at fault for this but it is ironic that Lexis Nexis are publishing this survey and partners will probably use it as an excuse to cut library budgets
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