Online video RAILS conference presentation by Alexander Schauer

As stated in the previous blog post, Alexander Schauer presented at the Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) conference in Melbourne last week. A copy of the presentation can be found by following this link: The future of knowledge sharing strategies: How elements that influence an individual’s knowledge sharing differ by demographic variables

Alexander Schauer attended RAILS conference in Melbourne, Australia

Alexander Schauer was invited to present at the Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) conference at RMIT University in Melbourne 18 June 2013.

According to the organisers, "this is the 9th event in the series that brings together educators, researchers and practitioners within the information professions to enable a culture of informed and innovative research practice. All members of the information profession - libraries, archives, information & knowledge management, records, schools, museums - are invited to come and share their ideas and work with others."

2013 Top 100 Twitter Influencers in Knowledge Management

David Gurteen had a section in his latest monthly newsletter (Issue 154) about a company called MindTouch, which published the top 100 influencers in KM in April 2013 that use Twitter. The blog post can be found here: http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2013/04/11/influencers-in-knowledge-management/

Care should be taken though as the algorithm included some people and excluded others that are also influential in knowledge management.

How new graduates search for knowledge

This study provided insights into how new graduates searched for knowledge in an organisation compared to colleagues already working there: http://www.nickmilton.com/2013/04/how-new-graduates-search-for-knowledge.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=linkedin

Second White Rose DTC Annual Spring Conference 2013 – The Methods Mix

The White Rose DTC is organising a conference which is open to all postgraduate research students in the social sciences at Leeds, Sheffield and York and is a great opportunity to network with other researchers at all stages and share research interests.

More information can be found under http://wrdtc.ac.uk/events/leeds-spring-conf-2013/

 

Advanced Google feature - the proximity search

Many of us know the Boolean features such as AND or OR to serach more accurately on databases or journals.

However, I was surprised to read that Google had a proximity feature, similar to others that use NEAR(X) or W/X, where X is the number of words between the two search terms.

For Google the proximity search is called AROUND(X) and Phil Bradley has written more about this feature on his blog: http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2011/01/proximity-search-in-google.html

Enterprises Must Formalize KM in Academia

An article by Angelo Mohanan on how schools and colleges provide an ideal ground for learning on how to share knowledge.  The link to the article is: Enterprises must Formalize KM in Academia.pdf

Gamification of Knowledge Management

An article by Angelo Mohanan on how games can be introduced into enterprises to enhance knowledge sharing. The link is to the Google document is: Gamification of Knowledge Management.pdf

Phrasebook for academic writing

John Morley from the University of Manchester has created a useful Phrasebook for academic writing. This includes on how to introduce work, refer to existing literature, reporting results and writing conclusions.  The link to the website is: http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/index.htm

Early Career Fellowhips

The Leverhulme Trust is offering approximately 80 Fellowships, in all subject areas, tenable for three years, to commence between 1 September 2013 and 1 May 2014.

The closing date is 7 March 2013.

For more information, please go to: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/jobs_jobdetails.asp?ac=99958