For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals (Length: 20 pages)

May 20, 2008

Best Practices: Reinventing The Corporate Library

by Leslie Owens

with Matthew Brown, Connie Moore, Diana Levitt


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Knowledge workers and the companies they work for will only thrive if they have the best information. People have been lulled into thinking that there are just two places where information exists: somewhere in the enterprise or on the consumer Web. They're mistaken. In many cases, essential insights, facts, and primary research are only available via sources that require subscriptions or license agreements. Meanwhile, the role of the corporate librarian — the budget-holding professional who identifies and purchases qualified information resources — is becoming increasingly marginalized. The most successful librarians follow three best practices: 1) spend strategically on resources and staff; 2) make effective content delivery the mission; and 3) redefine information to include history and people.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemKnowledge Workers Founder When They Lack High-Quality Information

itemYet Corporate Librarians Face Information Resource Management Barriers

itemHow Workers Get The Information They Need

itemLibrarians Must Evolve To Meet New Demands

itemBest Demonstrated Practices In Information Resource Management

itemBest Practice No. 1: Spend Strategically On Resources And Staff

itemBest Practice No. 2: Make Effective Content Delivery The Mission

itemBest Practice No. 3: Redefine Information To Include History And People

itemAssess Your Information Resource Management Maturity

itemForrester's Information Resource Management Next Practices

itemIdentifying Your Challenges

itemCase Studies

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 18 vendor and user companies, including: Boeing, CEDROM-SNi, Deere & Company, Dow Jones & Company, Gilead, Harvard Business School, National Geographic Society, Navigator Limited, SirsiDynix, and others who wish to remain anonymous.

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Analyst: Leslie Owens
Technology: Enterprise Collaboration, Information & Knowledge Management, Information Governance, Information Workplace
Industry: Manufacturing
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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