To learn more about emergent organizational forms, Information Outlook decided to interview the man who, quite literally, wrote the book on communities of practice three years ago. Consultant and speaker Etienne Wenger is widely regarded as perhaps the world's leading communities of practice "green thumb." Jeff De Cagna recently chatted with Etienne Wenger. We think his perspectives will help you tend to your organization's knowledge gardens more successfully.

16 EU Copyright Directive Adopted by the European Parliament

The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted on 14 February 2001 to adopt the draft EU Directive on copyright in the information society, with overall minor modifications. This is almost the final stage before the Directive officially becomes European law. Parliament's second reading opinion has now been forwarded to the European Commission and the Council of Ministers. Teresa Hackett, Director for EBLIDA, reports.

24 Custom Information Portals and the Delivery of Real-Time Intelligence

Over the past decade, the new Information Age has intertwined itself with the Internet to bring about the most expansive collection of data ever compiled. Today's knowledge workers are drowning in the sea of data streaming at them from disparate sources. It has taken the Internet to bring together content from television, radio, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, and miscellaneous other publications and papers. Michael Gallagher explains.

The successful design, development and deployment of a successful CI system requires a good project plan. Much like a roadmap, this plan serves to identify important milestones and provide information about alternative routes that can help the project team(s) avoid delays. Katherine Shelfer and June Verner explain what is necessary to achieve success.