Organising Knowledge with Patrick Lambe (Tuesday 24 July)

WHAT

Patrick will introduce the various forms that taxonomies can take, and how taxonomy representations like thesauri, hierarchies, matrices and facets are related to each other and how they differ. He will also discuss the emerging role of folksonomies, and if compelled to, the role of ontologies in the taxonomy arena. This talk will be based on material from his new book, “Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness” (Chandos: 2007) – see below for Patrick’s special book offer for forum members.

WHO

Patrick Lambe is President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society based in Singapore, and Founding Partner of Straits Knowledge, a research and consulting firm specialising in information and knowledge management. One of Asia’s most respected knowledge management practitioners, Patrick was originally trained in Library Science. He arrived in KM via a second career in training and development, and has been based in Singapore for 16 years. Patrick is also an Adjunct Professor in KM at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

WHERE: Ernst & Young, The Ernst & Young Centre, 680 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Download a map.

WHEN: 5.30pm for 6pm Tuesday 24th July. 

HOW MUCH: Gold coin donation.

WHAT NEXT?

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by e-mail to: rsvp<at>nsw-km-forum.org.au (hint: replace the <at> with a normal @ to complete the email address and please include the date and/or title of the event in the subject line).

For this session, Patrick will be able to bring along a limited number of copies of the book for purchase at A$68 (using author’s discount). To avoid disappointment, when RSVP’ing please indicate your interest in purchasing a discounted copy of his new book. For more information on this book, see www.organisingknowledge.com.