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Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice (Presentation), Adrian K. Ho Nov 2004

Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice (Presentation), Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

Based on the ethnographic data collected from the workplace of an academic library, I argue that workplace learning (WL) is a situated socio-cognitive process. It is expedited by knowledge management (KM), which is a collective effort to generate, share, and institutionalize work-related knowledge. KM is inherent in the face-to-face conversational interactions embedded in planned formal training, planned informal sharing, and spontaneous informal learning. When face-to-face interaction is not possible, KM is accomplished through textualization. It helps the members of the workplace acquire new work-related knowledge and integrate it to their common, contextualized knowledge base. The contents of the knowledge base …


Zines And The Library, Richard A. Stoddart, Teresa Kiser Jun 2004

Zines And The Library, Richard A. Stoddart, Teresa Kiser

Rick A Stoddart

Zines, loosely defined as self-published magazines, provide a cultural insight to the time in which they are published, making them a genre that libraries may want to consider collecting. Due to their ephemeral nature, however, they create collecting, cataloging, and preserving challenges to libraries. Few libraries across the country have met these challenges and maintain zine collections. Although no two libraries met the challenges in the same way, their unique approaches to zine collections may inspire other librarians to investigate the appropriateness and feasibility of zine collections


Effect Of Different Thyroid States On Mitochondrial Porin Synthesis And Hexokinase Activity In Developing Rabbit Brain., Philadelphia University Jan 2004

Effect Of Different Thyroid States On Mitochondrial Porin Synthesis And Hexokinase Activity In Developing Rabbit Brain., Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho Jan 2004

Interpreting Workplace Learning In Terms Of Discourse And Community Of Practice, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

Based on the ethnographic data collected from the workplace of an academic library, I argue that workplace learning (WL) is a situated socio-cognitive process. It is expedited by knowledge management (KM), which is a collective effort to generate, share, and institutionalize work-related knowledge. KM is inherent in the face-to-face conversational interactions embedded in planned formal training, planned informal sharing, and spontaneous informal learning. When face-to-face interaction is not possible, KM is accomplished through textualization. It helps the members of the workplace acquire new work-related knowledge and integrate it to their common, contextualized knowledge base. The contents of the knowledge base …


Striving For Success: Practical Advice For Reference Graduate Assistants, Brett Spencer, Amia Baker, Rick A. Stoddart, Sheri Helt, Adrienne Lee (Mcphaul), Bryan Tronstad Dec 2003

Striving For Success: Practical Advice For Reference Graduate Assistants, Brett Spencer, Amia Baker, Rick A. Stoddart, Sheri Helt, Adrienne Lee (Mcphaul), Bryan Tronstad

Rick A Stoddart

No abstract provided.