Andre Saito at JAIST

Srikantaiah, Kanti

--05.5.17--

KM training is offered by a wide variety of organizations, including academic institutions, software vendors, consulting firms, and professional organizations. In academic institutions, training in KM was developed at various levels: academic degree programs, concentration in KM in other degree programs, certificate programs, continuing education programs, workshops and seminars.

Academic training in KM center in three central themes: learning organizations, information repositories, and technology.

Three schools dominate in KM training: library and information science, engineering and computer science, and business schools.

There are also academic campuses that specialize in sector-specific KM training (e.g. health sciences).

Which courses should be included in the curriculum for a graduate degree in KM?

There are lots of non-academic KM programs.

Professional associations
  • Special Libraries Association
  • American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Association for Information and Image Management
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • American Productivity and Quality Center
  • Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau
  • Knowledge Management Professional Society
  • eKnowledge Center
  • Knowledge Management Consortium International
Private companies
  • Information Today, Inc.
Software vendors/ consulting firms
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • ???

 
 
 

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