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• Making the transformation to sharing knowledge: making changes in the mission and operations of the library was the first step in promoting a culture of knowledge sharing within an entire organization 

  From 1994 to 2007, I managed a traditional corporate library for Kalsec, Inc., a food ingredient manufacturer in Southern Michigan. I had a strong...

  09/01/09 by Ken Wheaton · More from publication

• Businesses want good information, but lack strategy to manage and retrieve it: many organizations are in danger of being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and their inability to organize and prioritize it 

  Companies rate information as their highest business priority this year, but fewer than half of business decision makers have a high confidence...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Saving special libraries in a recession: business strategies for survival and success 

  Abstract In difficult economic times, it is common for organizations to cut back on spending. Unfortunately, one of the first places that many...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Help SLA build our alignment tribe: with your help, we can change our association and profession in ways that will benefit all of us for many years to come. Will you join our tribe? 

  At our 2008 Annual Conference in Seattle, Seth Godin spoke to us about how to market our ideas and ourselves. He recently published another book,...

  07/01/09 by Gloria Zamora · More from publication

• SLA 2009 conference hosts nearly 6,000 attendees: the opportunity to learn from experts and network with colleagues trumped concerns about budget cuts and layoffs 

  Despite tough economic conditions, sweeping layoffs and shrinking travel and professional development budgets, SLA members turned out in record...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

• Success stories could help promote our value 

  At a time of widespread layoffs, high unemployment, frozen and reduced salaries, and even bankruptcies, it would be appropriate for SLA to conduct...

  07/01/09 by Jim Schwartz · More from publication

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