Comments on: Defining Our Professional Future: Thoughts on CILIP’s KI Conversation http://www.chuukaku.com/blog/2010/05/ki-conversation-thee-questions.html the website of Katie Fraser a librarian with a PhD in Learning Sciences Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:50:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie http://www.chuukaku.com/blog/2010/05/ki-conversation-thee-questions.html/comment-page-1#comment-144 Katie Sat, 15 May 2010 08:36:06 +0000 http://www.chuukaku.com/blog/?p=83#comment-144 Thanks Alan. That was certainly how we covered KM in my Occupational Psychology course. And you're right, perhaps this diversity in the field is both one of its issues, and the reason why I don't get CILIP wanting to claim it, when some aspects of this may be perfectly valid! However, I think it's something that a professional association which wants to claim KM is going to have to think carefully about. I also think that the whole 'I want CILIP to do more for me, but I don't know what' is fairly typical, and not personal to me. It's easy to say why I'm dissatisfied, but not necessarily easy to imagine what would make me satisfied. You've triggered me to think about a couple of ways that I think CILIP could make me a better professional though: i) In feeding me information in the way I like to consume it. I'd respond much better to information in RSS or Twitter format than in magazine format, and it would improve the speed with which they deliver information to me. I think CILIP is uniquely placed to inform me on cross-sector UK-specific information developments, such as government policy. ii) In helping me gain expertise in NEW technologies. At the moment I feel I know more than CILIP about new tech: not only social media, but basic technologies like new versions of Windows! CILIP needs to use its weight as a professional body to gain advanced access to software, providing online and face-to-face training, and helping place me as an institutional expert on the use of information technology. In libraries we're just now discussing mobile technologies and augmented reality, for example, but they've been talking about them for years in computer science! CILIP needs to be ahead of the curve, not behind it. Hope that's a bit more concrete. PS. I'll try and have a look at the IE6 issue soon. I've only just moved over to Wordpress (I've kept my theme the same so it might not show!) so I'm ironing out a couple of issues. The background doesn't work in Safari, either. Thanks Alan. That was certainly how we covered KM in my Occupational Psychology course. And you’re right, perhaps this diversity in the field is both one of its issues, and the reason why I don’t get CILIP wanting to claim it, when some aspects of this may be perfectly valid! However, I think it’s something that a professional association which wants to claim KM is going to have to think carefully about.

I also think that the whole ‘I want CILIP to do more for me, but I don’t know what’ is fairly typical, and not personal to me. It’s easy to say why I’m dissatisfied, but not necessarily easy to imagine what would make me satisfied. You’ve triggered me to think about a couple of ways that I think CILIP could make me a better professional though:

i) In feeding me information in the way I like to consume it. I’d respond much better to information in RSS or Twitter format than in magazine format, and it would improve the speed with which they deliver information to me. I think CILIP is uniquely placed to inform me on cross-sector UK-specific information developments, such as government policy.

ii) In helping me gain expertise in NEW technologies. At the moment I feel I know more than CILIP about new tech: not only social media, but basic technologies like new versions of Windows! CILIP needs to use its weight as a professional body to gain advanced access to software, providing online and face-to-face training, and helping place me as an institutional expert on the use of information technology. In libraries we’re just now discussing mobile technologies and augmented reality, for example, but they’ve been talking about them for years in computer science! CILIP needs to be ahead of the curve, not behind it.

Hope that’s a bit more concrete.

PS. I’ll try and have a look at the IE6 issue soon. I’ve only just moved over to WordPress (I’ve kept my theme the same so it might not show!) so I’m ironing out a couple of issues. The background doesn’t work in Safari, either.

]]> By: alanfricker http://www.chuukaku.com/blog/2010/05/ki-conversation-thee-questions.html/comment-page-1#comment-142 alanfricker Thu, 13 May 2010 08:23:09 +0000 http://www.chuukaku.com/blog/?p=83#comment-142 Hi Katie, Interesting thoughts. I am about due to put my own down. I am not sure I agree with your definition of KM - perhaps that is one of the other challenges with encompassing that area? People tend to understand what a librarian is in the same way but there is less agreement around what constitutes KM (though this may be a healthy thing). I like the recommendations around helping provide a guarantee of quality and improving the broader profession. I think it might be fair to give the prof association a bit more of a lead of how it might make you a better professional though. Something I plan to try and do in my post! Cheers Alan PS IE6 hates your blog Hi Katie,

Interesting thoughts. I am about due to put my own down.

I am not sure I agree with your definition of KM – perhaps that is one of the other challenges with encompassing that area? People tend to understand what a librarian is in the same way but there is less agreement around what constitutes KM (though this may be a healthy thing).

I like the recommendations around helping provide a guarantee of quality and improving the broader profession. I think it might be fair to give the prof association a bit more of a lead of how it might make you a better professional though. Something I plan to try and do in my post!

Cheers

Alan

PS IE6 hates your blog

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