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Keith Berkland, applications development manager for Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, has been a pioneer in the implementation and support of enterprise-wide KM solutions for the firm. See this KM World article for details about his work.
Knowledge in a Click! by Robert J. Ambrogi references a number of websites and portals focused on KM applications related to or specific to the legal environment.
Andrew Adkins, director of the Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida, is the author of Knowledge Management: Simple Concept, Difficult Reality (reg req’d). He describes what he terms the “big six” pieces of KM software as well as recommended guidelines to launch and implement a successful KM program.
In his article Management by Blog? author Jimmy Guterman indicates that blogs have not yet achieved corporate buy-in, although they may be on the crest of the wave as the next gen app even though big muscle KM systems still have a hold on the spotlight.
Enterprise Search Engine Technology Strikes Gold offers useful, albeit brief, overviews of how some large companies are leveraging Enterprise Search Engines (ESE) and other supplemental tools as well. “Enterprise Search Engines perform much the same function as Internet search engines, but targeted to the needs of a particular group of people rather than the broad …
Dave Pollard posted this commentary, Why Complex Intranets Don’t Work and ‘Librarians’ Do: Re-intermediation, that appeared as the Library Link of the Day. He makes an interesting case for the continued, if not expanded, need for expert researchers to leverage the demand within organizations for knowledge resources and information.
Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: OCLC Research White Paper by Brian Lavoie. (via David Mattison)
According to this article by Jon Udell, “There will always be a need for automatic ways to propagate awareness within and among corporate teams. With “k-logging” (knowledge logging) — the enterprise flavor of blogging — knowledge that is not explicitly shared can nevertheless be found and made available.”
The April 2003 issue of Modern Practice features three articles on knowledge management: Evaluating the Benefits of Knowledge Management, KM: What’s in it for you?, and KM Survey – A World First.
Hummingbird Ltd., a leading KM enterprise management portal, announced the acquisition of LegalKEY® Technologies, Inc., a provider of conflicts and records management software.
From InfoWorld on March 14, four useful articles on KM: Technical trends bode well for KM: “Making knowledge more available gets easier with Weblogs, improved information sorting, better user connections.” Knowledge managing: “The technology to make KM work is available; now is the time to reconsider old implementation hurdles and reap the benefits of knowledge …
LexisNexis Among Top 100 Companies Recognized for its Knowledge Management Innovations for a Second Year in a Row.
