Ken Wheaton @ SLA

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Monday, June 14, 2010
Knowledge Sharing Strategies and Roles
Art Murray, Ken Wheaton
Cosponsored by: KM (primary), LMD, News
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Ken Wheaton and Art Murray presented a case study of a corporate librarian’s journey of transforming himself and an industrial age organization from a knowledge-hoarding organization into a knowledge-sharing enterprise.

They retraced the steps taken, lessons learned and how the role of the corporate librarian changed from managing periodicals and subscriptions to proactively brokering critical knowledge across different segments of the enterprise.

They looked at the importance of business process modeling, how goals and objectives brought clarity and focus regarding what knowledge was essential, and avoided wasting effort on trying to capture non-essential knowledge. They describe the tools used, including data management and visualization, white boarding and collaborative decision making.

[Check out that cake! Ken's colleagues gave him a sweet knowledge management-infused farewell.]

Submitted by Ken Wheaton

SLA 2010 Report-Out

On June 30, several PNW members who attended SLA (virtually and in person) were treated to bite-sized discussions of several interesting sessions. Here are some of the sessions we talked about:

 

Joint Chapter/Division meeting (see write-up)
All members meeting  

• Academic, Education and Science & Technology divisions roundtable (see write-up by Jessica Moskowitz)
• “Knowledge Sharing Strategies and Roles” – Art Murray and Ken Wheaton
• “Medical Devices: Finding Information about Them” -- Marjorie Greer [see slides] Marlene Bobka, Patrick Clapp [see slides], Sandra Baker
• “Non-Traditional Roles for Information Professionals in Biomedical Research” –Emily Glenn and Betsy Rolland
• “Collection Intelligence” -- Mary Lane, Mat Willmott & Hilary Davis
• “The Science of Hot Sauce” -- Ben Villalón
• “Knowledge Continuity and Opportunities: the Future of Knowledge Managers” -- Patrick Lambe
• “Brand You and Web 2.0” – Mary Ellen Bates 
• “Negotiating Up: Achieving Your Goals with Internal Clients” – Mary Ellen Bates
• “Emerging Technologies – Real-Time Search” – Mary Ellen Bates
• “Ask the Competitive Intelligence Experts Panel” – Steve Arnold
• “Competitive Intelligence Transitions for LIS Professionals” – Ellen Naylor & Jan Herring
• “Nuts and Bolts of Contract Management” – Bill Noorlander, Carol Ginsburg, Craig Wingrove
• Contributed Papers: winners
• “60 Sites in 60 Minutes”[see slides]
• Diversity Breakfast presentation on White Privilege

Thank to everyone in the chapter who shared their experiences of the 2010 meeting!