Knowledge Management: Is this the answer?
This Session

Special Librarians

• But - what was the question? (I'm not being facetious)
• Has our external environment changed so much that we need to revisit our mandates?
• Is there a hard question about our basic relevance and our long term survival, health and success?

"Knowledge is power, not information. Information is power only if you can take action with it." Daniel Burris, Technotrends

What Will We Do Tonight? Oct. 15th Just Stephen

• Basics of KM
• What is it and what isn't it?
• Learning your "I's"
• Available Resources

The Hand-outs

1. Investing in Knowledge and Creativity: Selected text from the Speech from the Throne September 1997.
   The revolution in the knowledge and information economy is transforming all sectors of the economy from primary resources to service industries. Canada is well-positioned to be a world leader in the global knowledge-based economy of the 21st century. We have the talent, we have the resources, we have the technology, and we have the institutions.
   The entire text of the speech can be found at:
   • Prime Minister's Web Site http://pm.gc.ca
   • PubliService Web Site: http://publiservice.gc.ca/parliament/parliament_3.html
   • Government of Canada http://canada.gc.ca

2. Knowledge Management Listservs
3. Selected References and Websites
4. Knowledge Management Soundbites
5. Information Outlook, June 1997

Why now?

Presentation by Stephen Abram, October 15, 1997
HTML prepared by G. Harris, December 19, 1997