Attributes of information service professionals for information and knowledge management

Books, Proceedings, etc. | Knowledge Management education & training worldwide

Abstract: A value learned by information service professionals in ‘information studies’ is the belief that the key to empowering people is sharing expertise and information, and collaborating across organisational boundaries and functional units. This belief has become part of the information professional’s ‘culture’, part of our value system – the normal and accepted way

Dow Chemical’s information stewards

Abstract: Dow Chemical’s information stewards are the catalysts for sharing across business units … An 11-member executive team developed a five-year, $15 million effort to manage knowledge throughout Dow’s 23 business groups. The committee created the position of information steward–one to oversee each of the business groups. The stewards’ mission is

KMCI’s Knowledge Management Certification Programs

Abstract: An online community helps students to keep in touch. Knowledge Management Consortium International (KMCI), a nonprofit professional association in Vernon, Conn., is now offering two programs through which knowledge management practitioners can attain professional certification. The Certified Knowledge and Innovation Manager (CKIM) program, which started in April, is designed for