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Knowledge Management (For The Information Professional)

Author: T. Kanti Srikantaiah Michael E. D. Koenig

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ISBN 9788170005438
Year of Publication 2008
Binding HardBound
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Language English
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Knowledge Management for the Information professional unfolded in stages from several concerns and perceptions on the part of the authors and editors.
The first concern, the first stage, was the practical requirement of introducing and teaching a course on knowledge management to students already enrolled in graduate programs of library and information science, business schools, information./records management, information technology and similar disciplines who not unnaturally believe that all of their courses were already devoted to various aspects of information and knowledge management. To thee students, an elective course on knowledge management tended to appear as would an elective course titled simply "medicine" might appear to a medical student in medical school.
The topic is clearly relevant, but questions arise such as: What does knowledge management consist of; where does it fit in; and what will I learn that I don't already know or can't elsewhere to pursue a career in knowledge management? The first section of this book, particularly the chapters by the editors, directly addresses these issues.
The next stage was the realization i assembling material for the course that while there is a large and rapidly burgeoning literature on knowledge management (see appendix B) there are two significant and overlapping gaps. The first gap is that although there is substantial literature written from the viewpoint of general, and particularly senior management, and from the viewpoint of those who need to be the central actors in the unfolding of his drama---the information professionals. The second gap was the realization that although the literature is already indeed very large, there is no one good textbook or sourcebook on which to base a knowledge management, or in the context of undergraduate business education.
The next stage was the attempt to address this gap. The authors concluded that in this rapidly evolving field the attempt to write an up-to-date textbook was a task that would be heroic to say the least, and likely futile. We decided upon a multi--authored book, not a "key papers in" approach, as the field is changing too rapidly for that, but a collection of simultaneously written components by authors who are active and experienced in the field. This book will be useful, not only as a course book, but also as an updated background on the field of knowledge management for information professionals and managers.

Preface and Acknowledgments
PART I : Overview
Chapter 1 : An Introduction to Knowledge Management ----------T. Kanti Srikantaiah, Dominican University
Chapter 2 : Knowledge Management: A Faceted Overview-----T. Kanti Srikantaiah, Dominican University

PART II : Background & Issues
Introductory Notes
Chapter 3 : The Evolution of Knowledge Management --------Michael E. D. Koenig, Long Island University, and T. Kanti Srikantaiah, Dominican University
Chapter 4 : From Information Management to Knowledge Management: Beyond the "Hi-Tech Hidebound" Systems---------Yogesh Malhotra, Florida Atlantic University and BRINT Research Institute
Chapter 5 : Is Knowledge Management Really the Future for Information Professionals? -----Judith Albert, Ernst & Young LLP
Chapter 6 : Information Services and Productivity : A Backgrounder--------Michael Mazzie, Barrett International
Chapter 7 : Key Challenges Facing the Evolution of Knowledge Management----------Mark Mazzie, Barret, International
Chapter 8 : ethics for Knowledge Management -----------David P. Schmidt, Fairfield University
PART III : Knowledge Management--Creating the Culture of Learning & Knowledge Sharing in the Organization
Introductory Notes
Chapter 9 : Organizing to Know and to Learn: Reflections on Organization and Knowledge Management-------Mark Addleson, George Mason University
Chapter 10 : Knowledge Management and Building the Learning Organization --------Vicki L. Gregory, University of South Florida
Chapter 11 : Knowledge Markets: Cooperation Among Distributed Technical Specialists-----Steve Sawyer, Kristin Eschenfelder, and Robert Heckman, Syracuse University
Chapter 12 : Tacit Knowledge and Quality Assurance: Bridging the Theory--Practice Divide-------Bill Crowley, Dominican University
Chapter 13 : Knowledge Management : A Research Scientist's Perspective--------Sumitra Muralidhar, Georgetown University Medical Center
PART IV : Knowledge Management--The Tools
Introductory Notes
Chapter 14 : Telecommunications and Networks in Knowledge Management ---------Curt M. White, DePaul University
Chapter 15 : Internet Search Engines and Knowledge Management --------Ken Black, Dominican University
Chapter 16 : Information Technology in Support of Knowledge Management---------Vikas Sahasrabudhe, World Bank
Chapter 17 : Knowledge Management and Vocabulary Control--------Ileen Fiddler, Comdisco., Inc.
Chapter 18 : Infomapping in Information Retrieval--------Bor-sheng Tsai, Pratt Institute
Chapter 19 : Information Coding in the Internet Environment-------Abraham Bookstein, University of Chicago
Chapter 20 : Repackaging Information-------John Agada, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
PART V : Knowledge Management -Application
Introductory Notes
Chapter 21 : Components of a Knowledge Strategy: Keys to successful Knowledge Management ---------Thomas Short, IBM Global Services
Chapter 22. From Library to Knowledge Center: The Evolution of a Technology Info Center------Ellen J. Ryske and Theresa B. Sebastian, Andersen Consulting
Chapter 23. Knowledge Management in the Health Sciences ------------Prudence w. Dalrymple. Dominican University
Chapter 24. Knowledge Management: Can It Exist in a Law Office?---------Nina Platt, Faegre & Benson LLP
Chapter 25. The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Competitive Intelligence: Smartcards and Electronic Commerce-------------- Katherine Shelfer, Drexel University
Chapter 26. Knowledge Management in Developing countries --------T. Kanti Srikantaiah, Dominican University
Chapter 27. Knowledge Counseling: The Concept, the Process, and Its Application --------Anthony Debons, University of Pittsburgh: Jorge Encarnacion, Consuelo Figueras, Susan J. Freiband, Mariano A. Maura, Annie F. Thompson, University of Puerto Rico; and Edwin Reyes, Office of Management and Budget Information Center, Puerto Rico
Chapter 28. Knowledge Management is Swedish Corporations: The Value of Information and Information Services---------Margareta Nelke, Tetra Pak Research & Development AB
PART VI : Appendices
Appendix A: A Course Syllabus for Knowledge Management (Business, Records Management, Library and Information Science Disciplines) T. Kanti Srikantaiah
Appendix B: A Comprehensive Bibliographic on Knowledge Management ------Prepared by Morgen MacIntosh and T. Kanti Srikantaiah
Appendix C : Information Driven management : A Thematic Model
Appendix D : About the Contributors
Index

Taverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah, Director, Center for Knowledge Management at Dominican University, joined the university faculty in 1997 as an associate professor. He teaches graduate courses in GSLIS and also cross-disciplined courses with the School of Business at Dominican University. Prior to that, Kanti had a distinguished career at the World Bank where he headed varied and important assignments in the area of information management at headquarters in Washington D.C. (and also at the World Bank's field offices in Africa and Asia). Before joining the World Bank, Kanti, built a strong and advanced academic foundation in the sciences as well as in the social sciences. He received his B.S. (Chemistry and geology) from the University of Mysore; M.S. (geology) from Karnatak University; M.S.I.S. from the University of Southern California; M.P.A. from the University of Southern California; and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. He also worked at the Library of Congress as an area specialist and taught at the California State University as an associate professor. His areas of specialization include systems analysis, organizations of information, information policy, and knowledge management. some of his research includes: several research studies and project reports at the World Bank; articles and presentations at IFLA and similar international organizations; and two prominently published books, one on systems analysis and the other on quantitative research methods.

Michael E. D. Koenig, Dean, Long Island University, was formerly professor and dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science of Dominican University. He has thirty years of experience in information systems design and management. This experience includes positions as vice president of information management for Tradenet, Inc., and head of information services for Pfizer Research. He holds a Ph. D. in information sciences from Drexel University, an M.B.A. in quantitative methods, and an M.S. in library and information Science from the University of Chicago. Koenig is the author of more than eighty peer-reviewed papers. One of his principle research focuses has been the effect of information services on organizational productivity. He is also the former president of the International Society of Scientometrics and Information.

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