Educause Leadership Strategies, Information Alchemy

GERALD BERNBOM is director of research and academic computing at Indiana University.

• Applying Corporate Knowledge Management Practices in HigherEducation (J. Kidwell, et al.). Knowledge Management in Higher Education (B. Cronin & E.Davenport). Knowledge Discovery in a Networked World P. Lyman). Databases, Information Architecture, and Knowledge Discovery (P.Wallace & D. Riley). Revaluing Records: From Risk Management to Enterprise Management(A. Gilliland-Swetland). Case Study: Knowledge Management Alleviates the Computing SupportCrisis at Indiana University (B. Voss). A Knowledge Management Action Agenda (G. Bernbom).

"Information Alchemy is full of advocacy and analysis on theapplication of knowledge management to universities. Theseinstitutions are among the most knowledge-oriented of all, and it'shigh time they began to manage their knowledge more effectively.This book will provide a great start." (Thomas H. Davenport,director, Andersen Consulting Institute for Strategic Change, andprofessor, Boston University School of Management) "The EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies series has become an importantresource for colleges and universities as they address thechallenges and opportunities of the digital age. This latest volumeprovides an important introduction for campus administrators to therapidly evolving discipline of knowledge management. Althoughevolving first in the business sector, knowledge management hassignificant implications for knowledge-intensive organizations suchas the university." (James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus,University of Michigan, and director, Millennium Project) "Information Alchemy offers a timely and unique assessment of theproblems and prospects of knowledge management in higher education.The book is a major contribution to a subject of real importanceand little prior attention." (John Leslie King, dean, School ofInformation, University of Michigan) "Perhaps the real value of this volume is in its ability tostimulate our thinking..." (Planning for Higher Education, Spring2002)