The evolution of the knowledge professional

Types of information professionals wax and wane with the information needs of the prevailing economic paradigm. This is another way of saying that market demand influences the supply of information services. Moreover, it suggests that CPAs can learn about their present situation by considering it in light of prior relationships between economic paradigms and types of information professionals. This article identified 4 economic paradigms of the past and present, the characteristic information professionals in each paradigm, and how the academic branch of the profession can help practitioners adapt to the current paradigm as it matures.