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I've been involved in knowledge management for nearly 20 years. And over most of that time, one of the most familiar ideas is that we spend 20% of their time searching for stuff. I wonder. Is this 20% of time truly wasted?
"The greatest crisis facing us is ... a crisis in the *organization* and *accessibility* of human knowledge." Robert Heinlein
The book for which my wife has written a chapter, A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science , is now available. And her chapter is excerpted on the information page online.
Mohamed Taher turned up a research paper that delves into the "Role of Information Professionals in Knowledge Management Programs."
My wife contributed a segment to "A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science" to be published on 30 April 2007. Yipee!
I was talking with some students at Northwestern about blogs, and the question of trustworthiness and accuracy arose, particularly if one is planning to site a blog in a research paper. I came up with some criteria that turn out to be similar to those in a publication from Google.
David Buchan suggests that a group needs to come to an agreement to always respond when asked. People in the group need to have some understanding of everyone's expertise as well.