This October 25th marks the 3rd anniversary of the Ibero-America Information
Literacy Project that began with the blog:
http://alfiniberoamerica.blogspot.com and has continued with the generation of
different Web resources: http://aurl.es/bd.u
To mark this anniversary, and as part of the Open Access Week (22 to 28
October), we want to share two news of great value:
* This week we attained 1442 contents-resources from the repository-wiki:
http://alfiniberoamerica.wikispaces.com, that reflect the state of the art of
this subject in our 22 countries (Latin America, Spain and Portugal), most
open access:
Articles (425) - Papers (309) - Books/Chapters (93) - Degree
Works/Undergraduate (30) - Thesis/Postgraduate (72) - Declarations, models,
levels and standards (32) - Presentations (140) - Videos (43) - Audios (5) -
Events (46) - Web Resources (34) - Experiences and information literacy
courses (213)
* The publication of the "Havana Declaration: fifteen information literacy
actions from Ibero America..." in its English version:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BweUYcipCswRUlUwMEV0dXJOZzQ (thanks to the
collaboration of Jesus Lau, Mari Carmen Torras and Sean Cordes), whose aim is
to present our vision and information literacy purposes internationally. This
English version is attached to and made to Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal
Portuguese and Catalan:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BweUYcipCswRN3lLXzFBMldXeVU/edit?pli=1
Therefore, we invite you to visit and report both our wiki-repository with
multiple content-resources, as this declaration in these languages,
considering that from Latin America can work together and make different
contributions to information literacy in the world.
Regards,
Alejandro Uribe Tirado
PhD Candidate / University of Granada (Spain)
Professor / Inter-American School of Information Science
Researcher / Information, Knowledge and Society Group
Information Literacy, Information Technology and Knowledge Management Areas
University of Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
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auribe@bibliotecologia.udea.edu.co
auribe@correo.ugr.es
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http://alfincolombia.blogspot.com
http://alfiniberoamerica.blogspot.com
http://ci2-colombia.blogspot.com
http://tecnologiasdelainformacioneib.blogspot.com
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http://bit.ly/mfvCdc (Curriculum Courses using Moodle)
http://bit.ly/lLqBiY (Information Literacy Course using Moodle)
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http://bit.ly/9kckMh (Research Group)
http://bit.ly/dkxuDd (Curriculum Vitae)
http://bit.ly/jAJHv5 (Research Extranet)
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http://bit.ly/kv8kef (Open Access Publications)
http://bit.ly/qGh0W8 (Citation Index G. Scholar)
http://bit.ly/kayLhk (EXIT-Directory of Experts in Information Handling)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
[KMDG-L] Resent: KIM2013, Knowledge and Information Management Conference
KIM2013 Knowledge and Information Management Conference
4 - 5 JUNE 2013
 | Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club, Meriden, CV7 7HR, UK.Theme - Sustainable Quality | |
| Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club | ||
Conference Announcement
KIM2013 is the OR Society's inaugural Knowledge and Information Management conference.The theme of Sustainable Quality is relevant to organisations and individuals working in any sector of the economy. Knowledge management has become a key process in understanding organisations and their use of resources and, ultimately, quality is a major differentiating factor when considering goods and services. Sustaining quality requires taking a strategic view that may present short to medium term challenges and knowledge management should be able to help address such challenges. For large organisations, knowledge management may be seen as an intra-organisation activity, but sustaining quality for small to medium enterprises may require inter-organisational cooperation. The different quality and knowledge management issues faced by different sectors and differently sized organisations, and how these are addressed in practice and in theory, will help to make this a very interesting conference.
We are extremely fortunate in having three highly knowledgeable and exciting plenary speakers, who will present very different and challenging thoughts:
- Dr. Jay Liebowitz, Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology, The Graduate School, University of Maryland University College.
- Professor John Edwards, Executive Dean, Aston Business School and Editor of Knowledge Management Research and Practice (KMRP).
- Trevor Howes, Director, BRM Fusion Ltd.
- services
- education
- health
- manufacturing.
Submissions will be accepted for a special issue of KMRP and will be published electronically with DOI in time for the REF, subject to papers being completed (refereed, revised and accepted) by early July 2013.
We shall also be inviting the submission of poster presentations.
Full details of submission procedures and poster presentations will be available soon.
The conference will incorporate the Tenth Birthday Party of KMRP and there will be a drinks reception, sponsored by Palgrave Macmillan and a gala dinner.
A bar quiz will be offered to delegates choosing to arrive on Monday 3 June.
We hope you will join us at the very Heart of England for a stimulating and highly enjoyable event.The Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club has recently undergone a stunning £5 million refurbishment. The KIM2013 conference hotel is set in the heart of the English midlands in the rural Warwickshire countryside yet just four miles from the NEC complex, Birmingham Airport and the international train station. http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/hotel-information/travel/cvtgs-forest-of-arden-a-marriott-hotel-and-country-club/
www.theorsociety.com/kim2013
Best wishes,
Brian Lehaney
Take a look at "Business Information Systems and Technology - A Primer", by Brian Lehaney, Phil Lovett and Mahmood Shah" (Published 21st April 2011): http://www.routledge.co.uk/books/details/9780415559195/
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
[KMDG-L] UNESCO Call for participation: Poster Contest on Knowledge Societies
Call for participation: Poster Contest on Knowledge Societies
Are you inspired by the ability of today's communications technologies to empower people with knowledge? Are you a believer in knowledge as the gateway to connected, creative and resilient societies? Share your vision of Knowledge Societies with UNESCO, the only UN agency with a mandate to promote freedom of expression and information as a human right. The poster contest will be running from now until 20 September 2012 at eYeka.
Marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the WSIS Plan of Action, UNESCO, in cooperation with ITU, UNCTAD and UNDP, is organizing the first review meeting entitled "Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable Development" to be held in Paris, France, from 25 to 27 February 2013.
On this occasion, UNESCO is organizing a poster contest at eYeka online platform) until 20 September 2012. Selected entries will become the graphic identity of the event and will be used for poster, brochure, roll-up and other promotional materials.
The first winner will also earn 300 euros, and the second and third places will receive an official UNESCO certificate. Artists, graphic designers, photographers and everyone interested are encouraged to submit their proposals.
For more information and submission of your entry, please click here.http://en.eyeka.com/projects/7156?trk_acaq=act&trk_matter=fscox&trk_platform=uno&trk_target=un
The partners and audience for this first WSIS+10 review meeting are Ministers and high-level government officials, Heads of UN agencies and intergovernmental organizations, CEOs of the private sector, leaders of NGOs and other civil society entities, practitioners and experts in the field of education, culture, science, human science and communication and information.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
[KMDG-L] Reminder: last chance to book for ISKO UK "Shape of Knowledge" afternoon event on Sept 4
The final programme for the next ISKO UK meeting, The Shape of Knowledge, is now shown on the website at http://www.iskouk.org/events/shape_of_knowledge_Sep2012.htm. This afternoon meeting at the London College of Communication gives us an opportunity to think about the ways in which knowledge and information can be analysed and presented, for example to bring out underlying patterns or to emphasize specific aspects of the information. The meeting will also examine some of the organizing principles behind the presentation and different approaches to visualizing data, information and knowledge. One talk addresses touch technologies too. The event should appeal not only to those whose main business is the organization of knowledge, and who wish to disseminate this knowledge as effectively as possible, but also to designers, whose main concern is how design can be used to present knowledge and information in the most attractive and appealing way
If you have not already booked, please don't forget to do so by 30 August and encourage any colleagues who may be interested. The meeting is free for ISKO members and full-time students, and just 40 pounds for everyone else. Hope to see you there.
Anna Harvey
ISKO UK publicity
ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year.
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
[KMDG-L] Primary Research Group publishes The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition ISBN 157440-207-2
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition (ISBN 157440-207-2), which examines trends among the digital repositories of academic and other major research libraries worldwide. The 225+ page study examines costs, policies and future plans of academic and research library digital repositories, with data broken out by size and type of institution, among other variables. Some of the many topics covered include: budgets, marketing, staffing, detailed statistics on access, downloads and faculty cooperation, cataloging, rights management, impact on institutional scholarly reputation, efforts to develop publishing ventures and peer review networks and much more.
Just a few of the report�s many findings are that:
� The mean annual budget of the repositories in the sample is $84,240.
� Only 18.42 percent of all repositories surveyed contain lectures (notes or video), courses, or other coursework.
� Generally speaking, the larger the institution the more likely its repository will contain audio and video files, with 71.43 percent of those with an enrollment of at least 25,000 having the former and an identical 71.43 percent having the latter.
� A mean of 5.82 percent of all downloads from institutions in the sample come from Canada.
� A little less than a quarter of the repositories in the sample publish an annual report.
� Just 2.63 percent of survey participants say the repository charges any form of fee for any articles or downloads (including charges aimed only at cost recovery).
� 30.56 percent of the repositories surveyed provide their authors either with an email or with access to some sort of record that periodically summarizes the downloads of their materials.
� Just 8.11 of participants say there is a system in place for authors to communicate with those who have downloaded their articles, either through instant message, message boards, or some other means.
� Only 5.41 percent of participants say the repository has�either alone or in concert with others�established any form of peer review network.
� The mean number of man-hours of librarian and librarian technician labor required per year to operate and market the digital repository is 3,186.5
Participants include Australian National University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the National College of Ireland, Rutgers University, the Naval Postgraduate Schools, the University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, the University or Warwick and many others.
For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
Just a few of the report�s many findings are that:
� The mean annual budget of the repositories in the sample is $84,240.
� Only 18.42 percent of all repositories surveyed contain lectures (notes or video), courses, or other coursework.
� Generally speaking, the larger the institution the more likely its repository will contain audio and video files, with 71.43 percent of those with an enrollment of at least 25,000 having the former and an identical 71.43 percent having the latter.
� A mean of 5.82 percent of all downloads from institutions in the sample come from Canada.
� A little less than a quarter of the repositories in the sample publish an annual report.
� Just 2.63 percent of survey participants say the repository charges any form of fee for any articles or downloads (including charges aimed only at cost recovery).
� 30.56 percent of the repositories surveyed provide their authors either with an email or with access to some sort of record that periodically summarizes the downloads of their materials.
� Just 8.11 of participants say there is a system in place for authors to communicate with those who have downloaded their articles, either through instant message, message boards, or some other means.
� Only 5.41 percent of participants say the repository has�either alone or in concert with others�established any form of peer review network.
� The mean number of man-hours of librarian and librarian technician labor required per year to operate and market the digital repository is 3,186.5
Participants include Australian National University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the National College of Ireland, Rutgers University, the Naval Postgraduate Schools, the University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, the University or Warwick and many others.
For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
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