Browsing by Subject "knowledge management"

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    Creating a Knowledge Base: Analyzing a Veteran Reference Librarian's Brain
    (2006) Early, Charles; Copeland, Andrea J.; Endres, Sarah
    Virtual reference transactions provided a solution to a knowledge-management problem at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library. Online reference services, real-time and e-mail, allow for the development of a knowledge base. One hundred e-mail question-and-answer pairs were analyzed to reveal the steps taken and the sources used by a soon-to-retire librarian. A guide to the information sources and producers at Goddard was created. Given the dynamic nature of information at Goddard, a database built on the Apache, MySQL, PHP (AMP) open source platform was designed for the guide. The resource is now dynamic and can continue to grow with input from all Goddard's librarians.
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    Use of social network analysis tools to validate a resources infrastructure for interinstitutional translational research: a case study
    (http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.medlib.iupui.edu/pmc/articles/PMC3257477/, 2012-01) Hunt, Joe D.; Whipple, Elizabeth C.; McGowan, Julie J.
    QUESTION: How can knowledge management and innovative technology, cornerstones of library practice, be leveraged to validate the progress of Clinical and Translational Science Awards? SETTING: The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) promotes interdisciplinary research across academic institutions. METHODS: Using social networking tools and knowledge management skills enabled the department of knowledge informatics and translation to create a visualization of utilization of resources across different Indiana CTSI programs and coauthorship and citation patterns. RESULTS: Contacts with different resources per investigator increased; every targeted program was shown to be linked to another. Analysis of publications established a baseline to further analyze the scientific contribution of Indiana CTSI projects. CONCLUSION: Knowledge management and social networking utilities validated the efficacy of the Indiana CTSI resources infrastructure and demonstrated visualization of collaboration. The bibliometric analysis of publications provides a basis for assessing longer-term contributions of support to scientific discovery and transdisciplinary science.