Information Today

{{Short description|American publishing company}}

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| founded = June 1, 1985

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Medford, New Jersey, United States

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| publications = Magazines, newsletters, books

| topics = Internet, knowledge management, library science

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| imprints = Plexus, CyberAge Books

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| numemployees = 150

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| url = {{URL|www.infotoday.com}}

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Information Today, Inc., is an American publishing company. It publishes Internet and technology magazines, newsletters, books, directories and online products.{{cite web|title=Information Today Inc|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/41317Z:US|access-date=2021-11-03|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}

Information Today was previously known as Learned Information, Inc. Learned Information incorporated on June 1, 1980; the name change was effective June 1, 1995.{{Cite journal|date=1996-07-19|title=Learned Information Changes Company Name|journal=Public Library Quarterly|language=en|volume=15|issue=2|pages=41–52|doi=10.1300/J118v15n02_05|s2cid=219711629 |issn=0161-6846}} Learned Information Ltd, an affiliate based in Oxford, England, remained Information Today's European distributor after the name change. Likewise, Information Today remained Learned Information Ltd's distributor.{{cite journal|title=... the news is|journal=Information Hotline|volume=27|issue=7|page=9|issn=0360-5817}}

{{As of|January 2000|post=,}} Information Today published Information Today, a newsletter (published at least since 1987{{Cite news|date=1987-05-24|title=You might not see them lying around ...|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88275523/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|via=Newspapers.com}}), and other products geared toward "information users and professionals". That year, it bought Knowledge Asset Media, a company with a similar focus on knowledge management.{{Cite news|date=2000-01-05|title=Medford publisher acquires similar firm|work=Courier-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88275460/medford-publisher-acquires-similar-firm/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{asof|2012|post=,}} Information Today ran a conference called Internet Librarian.{{Cite journal|last=Sullivan|first=Doreen|date=November 2012|title=Information Today, Inc.|journal=The Australian Library Journal|language=en|volume=61|issue=4|pages=317–318|doi=10.1080/00049670.2012.10739073|s2cid=220309634 |issn=0004-9670|doi-access=free}}

Information Today was founded by Thomas Hogan and Roger Bilboul.{{cite journal|last=Tenopir|first=Carol|date=March 2002|title=Information Today Stands Alone|url=https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1212&context=utk_infosciepubs|journal=Library Journal|volume=127|issue=4|pages=38–42|issn=0363-0277|id={{ProQuest|196829765}}}} Its headquarters are in Medford, New Jersey.

Publications

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=Magazines=

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  • Big Data Quarterly
  • Computers in Libraries
  • CRM Magazine
  • Database Trends and Applications
  • EventDV (formerly EMedia)
  • Information Today ({{issn|8755-6286}})
  • KMWorld
  • Link-Up/Link-Up Digital
  • Internet@Schools
  • Online Searcher – a 2013 merger of Online and Searcher
  • Speech Technology
  • Streaming Media
  • Streaming Media Europe
  • Streaming Media Producer

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=Newsletters=

  • CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research
  • The Information Advisor’s Guide to Internet Research
  • MLS – Marketing Library Services

Books

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  • Information Today Books
  • CyberAge Books
  • Plexus Publishing
  • Medford Books

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