In consideration of our international readership, the following summaries of this month's feature articles are provided first in English, then in French and Spanish.

If modern thought is right, we may find it well (if not better) to keep planning to a sensible minimum, to be ready always to discard the schedule, or alter the outline as shifting reality shows us (if we are not too committed to the idea of inevitable order to look) that the task will not always bend itself to our will--that what we planned for yesterday does not come close to meeting the needs of now. Lettis explains why we need to work at warp speed, adapt to the changes, and prepare for "the eventuality of anything" to succeed in today's world.

The Phenomenon of Knowledge Management
by Marianne Broadbent

Knowledge Management is rapidly developing as a specific and planned management practice to capture and reuse organizational knowledge. This may sound familiar to librarians who think it si what they do know. But the situation is much more complex than the combination of some familiar terms at first might indicate. Knowledge management is a form of expertise centered management which draws out people's tacit knowledge making it accessible for specific purposes to improve the performance of organizations.

SLA's 89th Annual Conference: Information Professionals in the Driver's Seat

Get the latest on new programs, events, exhibits, tourist attractions, and more in this annual conference update. Also, get to know Dr. Stan Davis. SLA's keynote speaker, who will address attendees with his "Driving Profit from Knowledge" on Monday, June 8.