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KM Conversation: Proven Practices for Social Collaboration
Best practices for KM include embedding social collaboration in a KM system making it more useful than a content-only or standalone social platform.
Teens, Smartphones, and the Myth of What Museum Engagement Looks Like
Visitor engagement with museum collections and exhibits includes the use of technology to augment and expand their experience and enjoyment.
Writing to Enhance Learning; a Key Skill for Special Librarians
Writing well is an essential skill for special librarians. Writing expands your ability to articulate concepts and techniques to your clients.
KM Conversations—Social Collaboration Part 3: Sharing and Reusing Knowledge
Knowledge management best practices include facilitation of sharing and reuse of internal and external knowledge via enterprise social collaboration
Museum Digital Project Specifications
If a digital museum project requires working with a digitization vendor, museum staff must put digital project specifications in place—here’s a primer
Preparing Your Special Library for Generation Z
Skills for special librarians include engaging with Generation Z as they enter our daily work lives; meeting their needs ups library sustainability.
Arrangement in Archival Collections
Archivists provide a structure—a framework of knowledge— through arrangement and description, supporting research in collections of enduring value.
The Paul Martin Law Library’s Template for KM Success
Inmagic Presto enabled the University of Windsor’s Paul Martin Law Library to capture, organize, make accessible critical policies and documents
KM Conversations—Social Collaboration Part 2: Communities of Practice
Knowledge managers build/facilitate communities of practice where community members share tangible and intangible information on topics of interest
When to Consider Museum Digitization Vendors
Digitization is costly either done in-house or by a vendor; museum staff should assess digitization needs and risks/benefits of using external vendors.
Setting Educational Goals for Your Special Library
Special librarians can set professional goals throughout the year, using SLA’s enabling competencies as thought starters, and the SMART goals model
Archives and Memory
Archives are institutions that control the past yet are assumed to be impartial, neutral, and objective, but with power over memory, identity, history
KM Conversations—Social Collaboration Part 1: Enhancing Content
Knowledge management best practices include enabling users to enhance content through social collaboration: tagging, recommending, and editing
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