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Research:

A Call for Papers and Research:

The 2009 Student Research in Knowledge Management Book-

Summer 2009: New Brunswick, New Jersey
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The International Journal of Management in Education (IJMIE) -

A special Issue on “Knowledge Management in Education”. Articles are due October 15, 2009.

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Journal of Knowledge Management -

A special issue on Knowledge-based development. Papers due February 1, 2010.

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EKAW 2010

The Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management by the Masses 2010 is calling for general knowledge management papers. Due by March, 19 2010. The conference will be held October 11-15 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal.

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European Conference on Knowledge Management -

A call for papers, posters, round table proposals, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations. All submissions are due by February 12, 2010. The conference will be held September 2-3, 2010 in Famalicao, Brazil.

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Knowledge Management in Organizations (KMO) 2010 5th International Conference

The conference is calling for papers on the roles and challenges of knowledge management in innovation for services and products. Papers are due for submission by February 18th, 2010. The conference will be held May 18-19, 2010 in Veszprem, Hungary at the University of Pannonia.

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The "SENCER" Project:

"During spring semester 2008 Krista White, Library and Information Science Master’s student, Melody Townley and Kerri Hueftle, Information Technology and Informatics undergraduate majors worked with Professor Claire McInerney to re-work the website of..." Read more about the "SENCER" Project

Knowledge Institute Research Questions for 2009:

1. How do social media and networking software change the way professionals work in communication, information and journalism/media?

What are the optimum ways for people to interact with these processes and technology for knowledge development and knowledge sharing?
How can trust be developed most effectively to provide a hospitable climate for knowledge sharing through social media?

2. How are learning, play and gaming related to key concepts in communication, media or librarianship and information science?

3. What are the key elements in the study of language and language use that help with sense making in effective information interaction and knowledge development?

How can information content be “packaged” or formulated in order to ensure credibility and overall quality?
What is the role of collaboration and relationships in establishing the context for information sharing that leads to knowledge creation?