In the new future, we have to see ourselves pioneering new knowledge frontiers. We can be the physical guides, the procedural guides and the intellectual guides to knowledge resources in various formats.Cooperation is a key theme for the furure, and all information professionals are going to have to function as collaborators. Teaming and collaboration are not appropriate for every activity or every decision that needs to be made. As with an ability, we must applyy ti to the reight situation and ensuire that hte right components are in place for collaboration to create effective results