If it is the third Friday in October, it must then be Scotchtoberfest.
Monthly Archives: October 2005
KM Practices in Organizations Undergoing Fundamental Change
On November 2 I will be speaking with three colleagues:
about Knowledge Management Practices in Organizations Undergoing Fundamental Change at the American Society of Information Science & Technology’s Annual Meeting.
Here is the requisite blurb about the panel:
This session combines individual presentations with a group discussion. The focus of this session and the expertise of this panel bring together the information-related issues of organizational change, managing knowledge, enabling technology and the role of senior management. This session reflects the interests of SIG-MGT membership and aligns with the ASIST 2005 theme of “Bringing Research and Practice Together.”
Of course, there is a Wiki page too.
New Book: Theories of Information Behavior
I am remiss in mentioning that a new book, Theories of Information Behavior, I have written a chapter for is finally out.
From the blurb:
This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. A practical and readable reference to both wellestablished and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Each theory description covers origins, propositions, methodological implications, usage, links to related conceptual frameworks, and listings of authoritative primary and secondary references. The introductory chapters explain key concepts, theory, method connections, and the process of theory development.
Check out the Table of Contents (pdf file). (I’m the last chapter in the book, it’s funny that the chapters are organized alphabetically by the title of each chapter.)
Amazon.com link to Theories of Information Behavior. American Society for Information Science & Technology Member Price is 20% off now.
Yahoo! Publisher's Guide to RSS : Promote Your Feed
Some simple tips from Yahoo about how to Promote Your Feed, there’s even a little bit of Information Architecture advice too.
SIGIR 2006 Call for Papers
The ACM Special Interest Group for Information Retrieval (SIGIR) has thier SIGIR 2006 Draft Call for Papers out already. The conference will be in Seattle next August.
SIGIR is one of the best academic conferences to keep up with what’s new and what’s possible for Web search and increasingly, in Desktop search and mobile device search. For 2006 I expect we will see more about vertical search and even blog search too as well as some new insights into user behavior for IR.