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<font size=3>[Forwarding from Malgorzata Stergios. --Peter
Suber.]<br><br>
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<b>A new knowledge network devoted to the changing role of information in
scholarly research, higher education and business practice.<br>
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Knowledge & Library Services at Harvard Business School and the
Library at Copenhagen Business School are launching an international
network of professionals interested in understanding the changing role of
information (both tacit and explicit)– its creation, management,
dissemination and use– in scholarly research, higher education and
business practice. The primary goal of the network is to identify and
discuss important emerging trends in a forum composed of subject matter
experts from a variety of disciplines. <br>
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The network is called the “Global Knowledge Exchange Network” (GKEN). Its
members will select areas of interest and form groups to address them. As
a start, we have proposed four areas: Scholarly Communications and
Open Access, Research Metrics, Cyberinfrastructure and Information
Behavior. Each group is expected to identify developing trends within its
subject, discuss them among its members, write trend briefings and,
finally, predict the likelihood of the trends using prediction markets.
Given the interaction, we expect that each member will gain and create
significant new knowledge. <br>
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If you are interested in participating, please email Gosia Stergios
(Harvard Business School) at
<a href="mailto:mstergios@hbs.edu">mstergios@hbs.edu</a> . <br>
The other network founders and administrators include Mary Lee Kennedy
(Harvard Business School), René Steffensen (Copenhagen Business School)
and Leif Hansen (Copenhagen Business School). <br>
____________________________<br><br>
Malgorzata (Gosia) Stergios, Knowledge and Information Programs
Analyst<br>
Knowledge and Library Services<br>
Harvard Business School<br>
Phone: 617.384.7311<br>
Fax: 617.495.8948<br>
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