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"managing information and knowledge together"

Describes a survey instrument to demonstrate the importance of knowlege management, information sharing and collaboration for librarians

Abstract: "UK public policy makers have a growing interest in collaborative research, where academics work with public, private or third sector partners on a joint project which supports the partner's aims. This paper reports on the findings of five case studies, looking at how information is sourced, managed, used and shared within collaborative research projects. It finds that researchers within collaborative projects have similar information management issues as are known to exist within academia more broadly, but that the specific conditions which govern research collaborations mean that interventions to improve or support information management must be carefully tailored."

A series of case studies presents how libraries (or knowledge centers) contribute to achieving organizational goals, including streamlining contracts with partners, increasing access to corporate members via newsletters and mobile-accessible technology, facilitating directories of "intellectual capital" (think HMS's Catalyst or MIT Expertise), a knowledge source and filter of developments in risk management, and a video archive of institutional knowledge. A wide range of organizations were consulted for the report and HBS' Deb Wallace was instrumental in its creation.

"The combination of Elsevier's and Collexis' knowledge discovery technologies will create a powerful set of applications designed to support scientific management and assessment." Publishers are offering more and more tools, e.g. Thomson Reuter's InCites and SciVal.

"creation spaces - places where individuals and teams interact and collaborate within a broader learning ecology so that performance accelerates."