Information Outlook, Vol. 6, no. 4, April 2002
Features
Page 6		6 Managing External Content to Maximize Value and Minimize Costs If you are being asked to justify money spent on external resources, Janice Keeler recommends a simple solution: maximize value and minimize costs. When it comes to preparing a smart budget, Keeler offers advice and steps to make the most of your organization's information sources and needs.
Page 14		14 The Business World Discovers the Assets of Librarianship For information professionals, it seems apparent librarianship skills are a central component of knowledge management. Michael Koenig proposes the business world has been "woefully uninformed about that relationship." Is the business world avoiding the "L" word? Dissecting the stages of knowledge management, Koenig suggests this gap can and should be bridgedsoon.
page 20		20 Is There Life After Knowledge Management? Although a company's value was often measured in the past by quantity of production, today knowledge assets are key. Nigel Oxbrow and Angela Abel suggest that amidst budget cuts and a slow economy, knowledge management and "Chief Knowledge Officers" play a crucial role in keeping the ball rolling.
page 30		30 Organizing Corporate Knowledge: The Ever-Changing Role of Cataloging Over the years, the cataloging of information has been accompanied with several challenges. Suzanne Pilsk, Sandy McIntyre Colby, Paige G. Andrew and Alane Wilson document the history of cataloging, reveal predicaments involving information overload, and ask, "Where would our companies and organizations beif it were not for the rules of organization?"