SLA 2014 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO

Knowledge management has been discussed extensively by scholars, but very little has been written about how to make KM projects work in real organizations.  This session will focus exclusively on practical problems which often lead to the failure of KM projects within organizations and how to avert or overcome them.  Panelists share their years of experience gleaned from planning and stewarding KM projects in a variety of industries.  Come hear about the highlights of their new book Knowledge Management Practice in Organizations:  The View from Inside just published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/book/knowledge-management-practice-organizations/90644.

The Michigan State University International Business Center (MSU-CIBER) is home to globalEDGE.msu.edu, consistently ranked as one of the top international business websites. Attend this session to learn more about this valuable free resource and its many unique features. This session will include a review of the export tutorials available on the site, the Market Potential Index for Emerging Markets, and the extensive Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS). Numerous other tools and resources for the international business practitioner, researcher, or educator will also be covered in-depth.

Program Take-Aways:

1. Participants will be provided with a general overview of the globalEDGE website as well as in-depth coverage of the unique datasets available on the site. 


2. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how the data available from the globalEdge website is used by researchers, educators and practitioners. 

How do we decide what products we will purchase and invest our time in? Are these decisions driven by the functionality of the technology, or how the interaction enhances our experience? The speakers will explore models to measure user engagement along with teaching and learning applications, such as gaming.

Program Take-Aways

1. Participants will gain insights into the phenomenon of engagement and understand a conceptual model to measure user engagement as a process.

2. Participants will learn about a game developed to teach STEM students ethical research practice.

3. Participants will gain insight into the structure and creation of an educational web site reflecting museum holdings and indigenous knowledge content.

Join SLA Past Presidents Deb Hunt and Guy St. Clair as they discuss how our role as specialist librarians and information professionals is enhanced by our skills, competencies, and professional know-how to bring people together to provide Knowledge Services. To guide the discussion, Deb and Guy ask you to think about three questions:

1. Do other business units/departments in your organization collect and deliver information to users? If so, do you have a relationship with the managers of those units?


2. Are you responsible for the company's knowledge assets? Or closely connected with the people responsible?


3. With respect to the ILS or other information management system used in the business unit where you work, what are your expectations?

Please RSVP to reserve your seat by registering on our website or call 760-870-4243. 

All seminar attendees will be eligible to win an iPad Mini and the first 30 registrants will receive a copy of The Librarian's Skillbook: 51 Essential Skills for Information Professionals by Deb Hunt and David Grossman. Plus, all attendees will receive a copy of Soutron Global’s latest publication: From Collections to Connections: Managing the Transformation of Libraries into the Digital Resource Centers of the Future, by Guy St. Clair.

Learn about the practices, trends and vendors of primary market research. Featured speaker: Belle Frank, EVP, Global Director of Strategy & Applied Research at Young&Rubicam.

Program Take-Aways

1. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of  primary market research techniques. 


2. Participants will learn about major trends as well as vendors of primary research. 

Special libraries are able to use SharePoint for many different projects and purposes.

This session will feature a panel of librarians demonstrating their SharePoint projects and will act as an inspiration point for others that may be considering how they can also use SharePoint in a way that doesn't suck.