You're familiar with the terms "information management," "knowledge management," and "strategic learning." Too often, however, these are seen as separate elements of the work that specialized librarians and information professionals do. Guy St. Clair writes why it is now time to move beyond these specific terms to an overarching concept which includes them all.

Organizations today are focused on the intellectual analysis of knowledge management and knowledge strategy. Often this cerebral view causes them to overlook a valuable tool for sharing, creating, analyzing and building upon knowledge, called knowledge mapping. Xenia Stanford shares her insights in using a vee map.

Knowledge management has been considered by many to be the solution to our information woes. But the focus on technology in most knowledge management programs has only contributed to the problem. The key is how people deal with information. Julie Oman explains why.

The SLA Awards and Honors Program was created in 1948 to honor individuals for their achievements and contributions to the Association and the information profession. This year, twenty-one unique individuals have been selected by the Association for their leadership, innovation and contributions to the profession and Association.

Knowledge is universally recognized as the most important strategic asset that an organization has. The challenge for today's information professional is to identify the information that is needed to optimize the achievement of organizational objectives, who it is needed by, how it will be used, its source and how it flows through the organization and between the organization and its external environment. The information audit is an established management methodology that will address all of these issues. Susan Henczel explains.

With the span of actual Internet years between yesterday and today under a decade, tomorrow's virtual reality very soon may become actuality. Judith Gelernter writes briefly about the history, and current ideas that are dictating directions in online evolution.