DSOL Conference Blog

Knowledge Management 2.0?

I headed out to "Content to Context" yesterday, expecting to learn more about things like taxonomies and structured software packages.  However, those are apparently "1.0" tools, and the world of knowledge management has moved on to 2.0.  Knowledge is only useful if people are able to share it easily in ways that are meaningful.  And knowledge can't be so tightly defined as to only include printed and electronic files.  It is an organic concept that is, at its core, dependent on the people that generate it.  Coming from an organization that has been trying, somewhat in vain, to get its employees on the document management / sharing train and calling that effort "knowledge management," I found this a) disturbing, and b) liberating.  I would be excited to be able to implement a tool that fostered sharing from both the top down and the bottom up (and sideways, and in a mobius strip, if so inclined), and that was both easier to use and less expensive than our current software.  However, what I can't figure out is how to convince my company that they should abandon a project that has already had so much time / effort / money poured into it.  Is it better to make the best of what we've got?

Is there anyone out there with a similar problem?  Has anyone come up with a good solution that they would like to share?

--Julie

Conference Guide Posted on Website

Hildy Dworkin, our Chair-Elect and Webmaster, tried to hide this information in the Comments section of my last post, but we can't have that... :)

Check out the Solo Mini Conference Guide - it will give you a listing of Solo sessions, along with location and sponsor information.

While we're at it, hug your sponsors!  Well, figuratively, at least - we don't want any lawsuits.  Sponsors help make our programs happen, along with generating the tools that we need to do our jobs.

See you all in a couple of days!

--Julie (full of caffeine and exclamation points)

As noted in "Flying Solo"

As noted by Helen Tannenbaum in the latest edition of Flying Solo (accessible at http://units.sla.org/division/dsol/news/flyingsolospring%202008.pdf, although I couldn't get the link to work directly, and had to navigate to the newsletter via the Division home page), I will indeed be providing updates on conference happenings.  However, I can't be everywhere at once - yet.  I'm working on it...  If you attend an event and want to let others know about it, please let me know and I'll help you get your review posted here.  Even if someone else has already written about the same event, multiple perspectives are a valuable thing.

For those of you with late spring fiscal year wrap-ups like myself, may all of your invoices be signed and processed in a timely fashion, and may your budget grow like a well-fertilized azalea.

--Julie