Research

PpcSoft iKnow is a Personal Knowledge Management tool, and not a social media, Web 2.0 or generic knowledge management tool.

The world of knowledge management, knowledge sharing and information overload is complex, and a lot of research has been done over the years trying to understand and handle these complex isssues.

We've collected some interesting links for various topics which may be useful for you when trying to figure out which tools to use for which problems.

Information scraps

- Information scraps (list.it), MIT News
- Information Scraps (jourKnow), University of Southampton (2007)
- Research PDF and abstract

Information overload

- Information Overload (Wikipedia)
- Information Overload Research Group
- A Framework for Information Overload Research in Organizations - PDF
- Managing Knowledge Content Quality - PDF
- The concept of Information Overload - PDF

Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

- One vs. two heads and Information Overload - (Research summary)
- Personal Knowledge Management: Who, What, Why, When, Where, How ?
- Personal Knowledge Management
- Individual, Organisational and Social Perspectives
- Self-organization: Taking a personal approach to KM - PDF

Knowledge sharing/transfer

- Knowledge transfer publications
- Knowledge sharing papers (Stanford)
- Does knowledge sharing deliver on its promises?
- - Different knowledge, different benefits
- - Knowledge Gathering

Searching for information

- The high cost of not finding information
- Ontology is overrated
- The problem of where to file
- The Semantic Web

Misc projects

- Mymory - Personal Memories with Attentive Documents for Knowledge Workers
- Gnowsis - Semantic desktop environment
- Haystack - Research on Information Access, Analysis, Management, and Distribution (MIT)
- Inky, Information Scraps and Jourknow
- Visual Knowledge Builder