Toolbox for IT has the answers

Toolbox for IT is a rich resource of information about all things related to information management - the complete gamut of knowledge management, records management, cloud, enterprise applications, enterprise architecture and much more. Taxonomy and ontology are covered too under knowledge management. This is a community-based site with blogs and wikis where participants contribute content and discuss issue. Good resource for getting definitions and descriptions, and for asking questions and participating.

Leveraging Knowledge

Wonder how knowledge management will change through the move to social networks and collaboration? Ross Dawson answers the question in The Future of Knowledge Management (2004)

"In the course of my travels and speaking and consulting engagements around the world, I have found that there are five key frames for leveraging knowledge in organisations that are emerging as the successors to knowledge management, and that executives find relevant, compelling, and actionable."

Book and Blog about Organizing Knowledge

People working with knowledge management, taxonomies, and folksonomies will be interested in Patrick Lambe's new book (February 2007) Organising Knowledge. Some excerpts and comments are provided on Lambe's page about the book.

He explained, "Hence, as far as I know, this is also the first taxonomy book that combines a practical guide to taxonomy development with a broader explanation of how taxonomy work contributes to knowledge management in a variety of ways."

His weblog, Green Chameleon, has several categories related to knowledge management and to taxonomy which provide various insights. This one on Folksonomies and Rich Serendipity argues for the value of people as "knowledge aggregators". This is a very thoughtful piece that was later included in Lambe's book.

Patrick Lambe is a principal with Straits Knowledge, a consulting firm for information and knowledge management based in Singapore.