Scientometrics, Knowledge Management, and Social Network Analysis

I have been looking for a simple library management system recently.

Some popular proprietary system: by SirsiDynix (Dynix, Horizon, Symphony, Unicorn) and by Innovative Interfaces (Millenium).

Some popular Open Source Integrated Library System: Koha and Evergreen.

One library management system (for a small one) and if you don’t need it to work as an OPAC/Online Public Access Catalogue is BookDB2. It’s a stand-alone program which is suitable for your home library. You can also import from your LibraryThing. And it’s a free software.

I’ve seen this diagram before, but was reminded again of it through digg today. I wonder what role knowledge management plays in the network of companies shown below.

Source: zoharma

What are the steps involved in developing taxonomy for knowledge management?

1. Determine requirements: define scope, purpose, target audience, business objectives
2. Identify concepts: perform content inventory, do user interviews (i.e. knowledge audit)
3. Develop draft taxonomy: try not to have more than 10 large subjects
4. Review with users and subject matters experts: Conduct usability studies
5. Refine taxonomy: review the feedback from the usability studies at step 4
6. Apply taxonomy to content: taxonomies can be used as a navigation scheme and also applied against documents, users need to be trained to apply the taxonomy properly (manuals need to be provided for users)
7. Manage and maintain taxonomy: assign a team responsible for management, maintenance, and further development of the taxonomy.

Source: Taxonomy Development for Knowledge Management.

I stumbled upon two articles which describe the “history” of knowledge management.

The first one is an article written by Larry Prusak back in 1999 titled “Where did knowledge management come from?” In the article Prusak discussed the history of knowledge management and offered insights into what knowledge management means today and where it may be headed in the future. 

The second one is a six-part series of blogs written in 2004 by Bill Ives:

• Introduction
• Early Days
• Emergence of Media, Devices, and Techniques
• Print Changes Everything
• Print Has its Limits
• Digital Age Offers Scalability with New Possibilities for Dialogue

Happy reading.

Access it here.