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Does your knowledge management system need a precise dating for your content? Can it handle more fuzzy dates and go beyond the data to associate its meaning?
What are the traits of a good knowledge manager? Stan Garfield has the answer and gives you a guide whether you are recruiting or measuring performance.
While there is no one-size-fits-all KM strategy, there are specific components from which to select, based on organizational requirements and resources.
Solo librarians all have knowledge to share with external peers; this sharing helps each one-person library manager to run their library most effectively.
Elevator speeches—sound bites we practice in case we get the ear of a decision maker—are opportunities to bait the hook. How do you effectively follow up?
Today’s KM systems must capture the information in people’s heads—the tacit knowledge—that when added to explicit knowledge completes the picture.
Millennials are the museum patrons of the future. Appeal to them through social media, especially visual channels such as Instagram and Pinterest.
Special librarians’ best networking options begin outside the library. Stephen Abram offers a roadmap for client engagement via many channels and moments.
Fifteen years after its launch, evidence of SharePoint’s strengths and weaknesses as a knowledge management platform is emerging.
Stephen Abram explains what is needed for success and where to focus your professional development in order to increase client engagement in special libraries.
In part two, Stan Garfield shares more tips on how you can become your organization’s KM expert and its benefits too.
Stephen Abram explains how in special libraries, using a CRM platform helps to pull together your knowledge of your clients and colleagues.
Selling a KM within your organization means becoming a KM expert. This involves having a clear understanding of KM’s benefits to your unique organization.
Stephen Abram explores the difference between a Special librarian and an Information Professional what that means for client engagement. (Part 1)
In the future, jobs will impacted by artificial intelligence, but how does the hype surrounding AI affect your career today as a knowledge professional?
CEO, Ron Aspe share some ideas on how to break away from legacy software, so you organization can move on to new, more efficient tools.
Knowing the difference between what’s urgent vs. what’s important is key for special librarians in order to manage their libraries and deliver the most impact.
Knowledge and learning are twins and do not exist without each other. KM systems must enable people to take ownership of knowledge creation.
Sometimes it is difficult to offer guidance confidently, yet it is our obligation to do so. In this post, Stephen offers his thoughts on why and how to begin.
Stan Garfield announces that his new book, Proven Practices for Promoting a Knowledge Management Program, is now available. Get your free digital copy here.
Part 3/3: Stephen give the final ten tips (and a bonus) on how librarians can increase their capacity for innovation.
The second post in this series, Stephen shares 22 of his 33 tips for increasing innovation capacity in your special library.
The first post in a series, Stephen shares 12 of his 33 tips for increasing innovation capacity in your special library.
Letting your clients know you care requires some individualized attention, even when you are busy, and seriously impacts satisfaction and your library’s brand.