Information Today

Information Today
FoundedJune 1, 1985
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationMedford, New Jersey, United States
Publication typesMagazines, newsletters, books
Nonfiction topicsInternet, knowledge management, library science
ImprintsPlexus, CyberAge Books
No. of employees150
Official websitewww.infotoday.com

Information Today, Inc., is an American publishing company. It publishes Internet and technology magazines, newsletters, books, directories and online products.[1]

Information Today was previously known as Learned Information, Inc. Learned Information incorporated on June 1, 1980; the name change was effective June 1, 1995.[2] 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.[3]

As of January 2000, Information Today published Information Today, a newsletter (published at least since 1987[4]), and other products geared toward "information users and professionals".[5] That year, it bought Knowledge Asset Media, a company with a similar focus on knowledge management.[5] As of 2012, Information Today ran a conference called Internet Librarian.[6]

Information Today was founded by Thomas Hogan and Roger Bilboul.[7] Its headquarters are in Medford, New Jersey.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Information Today Inc". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Learned Information Changes Company Name". Public Library Quarterly. 15 (2): 41–52. July 19, 1996. doi:10.1300/J118v15n02_05. ISSN 0161-6846. S2CID 219711629.
  3. ^ "... the news is". Information Hotline. 27 (7): 9. ISSN 0360-5817.
  4. ^ "You might not see them lying around ..." The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 24, 1987 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Medford publisher acquires similar firm". Courier-Post. January 5, 2000 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Doreen (November 2012). "Information Today, Inc". The Australian Library Journal. 61 (4): 317–318. doi:10.1080/00049670.2012.10739073. ISSN 0004-9670. S2CID 220309634.
  7. ^ Tenopir, Carol (March 2002). "Information Today Stands Alone". Library Journal. 127 (4): 38–42. ISSN 0363-0277. ProQuest 196829765.