Knowledge management sources - How to find @ McGill Library

 McGill Library, Liaison Librarian: Maya Kucij

• Sources for Background Information
• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
• Core Databases 
• Selected Internet Sites 
• Other Resources, Related subject guides: Library and Information Studies
• Searching the Library Catalogue:

Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - information, reference, librar?, etc.

Search tips

Truncation symbol:	?	e.g. librar? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words library, libraries, librarian, etc.
Phrase searching:	"___"	e.g. "knowledge management" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase (both words side by side in the order entered) knowledge management
Boolean operators:	(), AND, OR, NOT default: AND	e.g. management AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word management AND either Canada OR the phraseUnited States

Top Seven SharePoint document scanning best practices

By Nalaka Withanage, http://idm.net.au
Extract:

1. Define a metadata extraction Strategy
2. Define content search criteria first and work backwards.
3. Get your SharePoint content type design right
4. Centralise the routing and business rules
5. Configure the SharePoint Site collection as DRM site
6. Do your capacity planning and container design right
7.  Select a OCR scanning software solution that has seamless integration with SharePoint

Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate Bell's data collecting - Media reports

• Bell's move to track customers' web history, TV viewing sparks probe by privacy  regulator Financial Post
• Privacy commissioner to investigate Bell's data collecting, CBC via Yahoo! Canada News
• Bell goes Big Brother, will track customers' web history, viewing, calls, mobile  usage. Hamilton Spectator
• Bell to collect customer personal information for marketing, targeted ads,  Toronto Star 
• Further updates: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• See also All News releases: BCE Bell Canada Enterprises: Canada's Top Communication ...

Technology Can Expose Government Sins, But You Need Humans to Fix Them

Written by Lorelei Kelly, 

01 Oct 2013 CityWatch 

This article appeared first in the New America Foundation’s Weekly Wonk and ZocaloPublicSquare.org … connecting people and ideas.) 

EXTRACT:ZOCALO PUBLIC SQUARE-The National Security Agency, in its surveillance, is unaccountable. But we don’t know what to do about it. Why?
At a recent meeting on Capitol Hill, a young Congressional staffer offered the answer. He said:
People think that tweeting or commenting online about the surveillance is actually doing something to hold the surveillance accountable. In other words, we’re confused about the connection between transparency and accountability. We haven’t defined the difference between using this era’s technological tools to shine a light on how government works and using this era’s technological tools to hold the government accountable. 
... According to calculations by the Sunlight Foundation, today’s Congress is operating with about 40 percent less staff than in 1979. According to the Congressional Management Foundation, it’s also contending with at least 800 percent more incoming communications. Yet, instead of helping Congress gain insight in new ways, instead of helping it sort and filter, curate and authenticate, technology has mostly created disorganized information overload. And the information Congress receives is often sentiment, not substance. Elected leaders should pay attention to both, but need the latter for policymaking.
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Frequently Asked Questions in Libraries - Role of Knowledge Managers

Reading now: Unshelved Volume 6: Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes

On the same shelf:

• Frequently Asked Questions - Ohio State University Libraries 

Extract:"The Ohio State University Knowledge Bank proposes to create a knowledge management system for the university that will encourage and support the creation, organization, storage, dissemination and preservation of the institution’s digital information assets. It is intended to be both a “repository” that captures the intellectual output of the university produced in a digital format, as well as a “referatory” providing links to digital objects."

Organization of Islamic Knowledge by Haroon Idrees

Found two intensive research articles  on  the subject, both by by Haroon Idrees @ Academia.edu:

• Library Classification Systems and Organization of Islamic Knowledge: Current Global Scenario and Optimal Solution
• Classification of library materials on Islam: a literature survey

About Haroon Idrees: IRI, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and  Berlin School of Library & Information Science, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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