International Assoc. for Intelligence Education Blane K. Dessy Executive Director Federal Library and Information Center Committee

Definition of Intelligence The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of available information… A decision support function whose primary purpose is reducing ambiguity about all things as directed…

HYPOTHESIS If education, training and skills were compared, librarians and information specialists would be considered successful candidates for intelligence analysis.

Alternative Students for Intelligence Education Similarities between Intelligence Education and Library/Information Science Education (Bloom’s Taxonomy) Librarian/Information Specialist Training The Intelligence Cycle and Librarian/Information Specialists Possibilities

Bloom’s Taxonomy Cognitive Levels Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Bloom’s Taxonomy (Con’d) Types of Knowledge Factual Conceptual Procedural Metacognition

Libn. Competencies and Bloom’s Types of Knowledge Org. KnowledgeFactual LeadershipFactual ResearchContent CollectionProcedural Content Org.Metacognition TechnologyProcedural Specialized AbilitiesMetacognition

Librarian Knowledge and Cognitive Levels Remember UnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Factual XXXXXX Conceptual XXXXXX Procedural XXXXXX Metacognition XXXXXX

Library and Information Science Training Organization of Information Information Sources & Services Information Systems Information in Society Information Architecture/Web Design MetaData Indexing/Abstracting/Thesaurus Creation

Library and Information Science Training (Con’d) On-Line Retrieval Database Management Programming for Web Applications Systems Analysis and Evaluation User Interface Design Actionable Intelligence

The Intelligence Cycle/Process Requirement Initial Analysis & Research Determine Data Gaps Initial Collection Requirements Initial Collection Operations Collection Processing & Dissemination Additional Analysis and Research Final Analysis and Production Dissemination (may lead to new Requirement)

Future Possibilities for Collaboration Continued analysis between Intelligence Analysis and Library and Information Science skills and abilities Development of joint education or training efforts--shared faculty, cross registration Student internships or practica in intelligence analysis settings

Hypothesis Proven

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