Personal Knowledge Management Laura Larsson Cedar Collaboration November 6, 2004

Agenda Personal Knowledge Management (7 competencies) Comparing competencies PKM Competencies Instrument - How good are your PKM competencies?

What Do We Need to Know To… Be a competent and literate member of the information society? Find, organize, retrieve and disseminate the information we need/have? Cope with the vast amounts of information we are bombarded with each day (InfoGlut) ? Manage our own knowledge efficiently?

What is Personal Knowledge Management? It is a system or strategy designed by individuals to –Organize and integrate personally important information –transform random pieces of information into something that can be systematically applied and that expands our personal knowledge Similar to information literacy

Seven PKM Competencies Based on work done by Paul Dorsey, et al., Millikin University Acquiring information and ideas Evaluating information and ideas Organizing information and ideas Analyzing information and ideas

Seven Areas, continued… Cpnveying information and ideas Collaborating around information and ideas; and Securing information and ideas Source:Paul Dorsey, Millikin University, Decatur, IL. Dorsey (

Basis of Information Literacy a set of abilities "[I]nformation literate people are those who have learned how to learn …”they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning." Source: American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report. (Chicago: ALA), 1989.

Comments Many of the information literacy resources stop at presenting methods for assuring that you can keep information and ideas But, PKM gives you tools and hints for finding, evaluating, organizing, analyzing, presenting, collaborating and securing information and ideas

Information Literacy vs Informatics Competencies Council on Linkages Competencies Project Public Health Informatics Competencies

Council on Linkages

Council Competencies

Council Competencies Highlighted Today Defines a problem (acquiring) Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources (acquiring) Partners with communities to attach meaning to collected quantitative and qualitative data (collaborating) Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data (evaluating) Source: Council on Linkages Competencies Project. [online] Site URL:

Competencies, continued… Obtains and interprets information regarding risks and benefits to the community (acquiring) Applies data collection processes, information technology applications, and computer systems storage/retrieval strategies (organizing) Recognizes how the data illuminates ethical, political, scientific, economic, and overall public health issues (evaluating)

Informatics Competencies

Informatics Competencies Highlighted Today (1) Digital literacy (acquiring, organizing) (2) Electronic communications (collaborating) (3) Selection and use of IT tools (today’s focus) (4) Online information utilization (acquiring) (9) Information and knowledge development (analyzing, conveying) Source: Public Health Informatics Competencies. [Online] Site URL: ml. Site visited: 08/09/04. URL: ml

So What?!? We will be learning about resources that we will want to keep going back to and use My role is to discuss some relatively simple and inexpensive techniques and tools to manage information

AM/PM AM –Look at applications for finding, organizing, using and conveying/disseminating information PM –Retrieving and using the information you’ve already found

How Good Are Your PKM Competencies? Baseline PKM competencies Take the survey home with you Fill it out and determine your skill level Ask for training materials if you need additional help Plan on learning constantly

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