There are those who assert that KM is “the new librarianship.” Might it be? When we transition KM from a stand-alone management function to knowledge services, certainly there are attributes that support that assertion. When we think, for example, about the convergence that takes place with knowledge services, the coming together of information management, knowledge management, and strategic learning to reach a common knowledge development/knowledge sharing goal, the link between librarianship and knowledge services becomes very clear. Here’s a valuable case study: In the latest SMR e-Profile, Marcie Stone writes about Betty Mayfield. Stone’s description of Mayfield’s career - Evolving Connections:…
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For a couple of years now, I’ve been playing around with some pretty important changes I’ve observed in the overall KM/knowledge services/knowledge strategy picture. Clients and colleagues are doing things differently than they were a few years ago, and I’m watching with considerable interest what’s happening here. And it’s an appropriate time to be thinking about these things, since in June we’ll have the tenth anniversary of my first mention of knowledge services (it was in the June, 2001 issue of Information Outlook). In that article – “Knowledge Services: Your Company’s Key to Performance Excellence – I described the concept of converging…
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For many knowledge professionals, corporate knowledge strategy and strengthening the connection between knowledge strategy and the organization’s business strategy are important subjects. Taking the subject to a new level, Columbia University in New York has just announced a graduate degree in this area. The Columbia University M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy is a sixteen month integrated program taught in a hybrid in-class and online format, framed by three short residencies on the Columbia University campus in New York City. Particularly attractive for mid-career individuals looking for new challenges, the program is ideal for people who want to expand or extend…
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