Monthly Archives: May 2009

Social Networking Competencies for Librarians and Community Managers

The following abstract is from “Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians: Exploring Considerations and Engaging Participation”, Contributed Paper, ACRL 14th National Conference, Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend, 14th March 2009 by Joe Murphy and Heather Moulaison. I thought it … Continue reading

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The Knowledge Management Culture Shift

Great blog post from Nick Milton , all about the Knowledge Management culture shift. I’d seen this before, but worth repeating since I think it encapsulates the key elements of collaboration in successful communities of practice, a key area of … Continue reading

Posted in Communities of Practice, Knowledge Management | Tagged culture, | 5 Comments

Bookmarks for May 24th through May 26th

These are my links for May 24th through May 26th: Social Networking and Online Security: Replacing UserID and Password Logins with Open Source Web Identities | Suite101.com | Twine – Social Networking and Online Security: Replacing UserID and Password Logins … Continue reading

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Information Management in a Web 2.0 world

I’ve given a few talks and presentations recently to various groups and departments from the UK public sector on the dichotomy between the traditional and highly structured information management (IM) disciplines and the almost anarchic environment that we refer to … Continue reading

Posted in cloud computing, Information Management, Web2.0 | Tagged cloud computing, Information Management, Web2.0 | 11 Comments

Bookmarks for May 11th through May 24th

These are my links for May 11th through May 24th: Beyond Web 2.0 and the Pragmatic Semantic Web 1.0 or Web 3.0? | Dugg Me – RT Beyond Web 2.0 and the Pragmatic Semantic Web 1.0 or Web 3.0? … Continue reading

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US Now film now online

For anyone that has been following the US Now project the film is now online to watch. For anyone else this is the background: In a world in which information is like air, what happens to power? Us Now is … Continue reading

Posted in Social Computing, Social Media, Video, Web2.0 | 2 Comments

Local Government Communities of Practice strategy wins award

I’m pleased to announce that the IDeA CoP Platform won an award at the GC Awards yesterday evening. The award was for the best public sector project for collaborative working, and can be placed alongside the award we won at … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for May 6th through May 11th

These are my links for May 6th through May 11th: Turn your Google Services into a Powerful Personal Knowledge Management Toolkit at | SoulSoup | Blog on E-Learning, Usability, Knowledge Management etc. – Now with all the Google services – … Continue reading

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Online Information Conference – Call for Speakers

For anyone who has not yet made a submission for the 2009 Online Conference, the deadline has now been extended to Friday 8th May. The organisers want to hear from people and organisations that have transformed themselves to be more agile … Continue reading

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Knowledge 2.0 for local government

I’ve recently signed up to LocalGovCamp, an ‘unconference’ for local government. Taking place on 20 June 2009, at the Fazeley Studios in Birmingham. If there is the time and the interest, I am hoping to run a session on a … Continue reading

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