May 2012

ThenewbookLeadingIssuesinSocialKnowledgeManagement (ISBN:9781908272386)isaselectionofpapershavebeenselected asbeingofspecialinterestfromtheanumberofconferences organisedfromAcademicConferencesInternational.Thebookis editedbyDavidGurteenwhohasalsowrittenusefulintroductionto thefield.Thebookisnowavailablefromwww.academic bookshop.comandispublishedbyAcademicPublishingLtd. PerhapsoneofthemostsurprisingifnotactuallyunsettlingthingsabouttheInternetand theWebisthatthereisalwayssomethingnewonthehorizonandthatitisverydifficultto seewherethisnewtechnologywilltakeus.WhenICTwasjustaboutbigcomputersand organisationalsystemsitwasprettyobviouswherethetechnologywasmovingus.Weall knewaboutMooresLawandthatweweregoingtohavegreatercapacity,smallerand fasterdeviceseveryyear.Andduringthe1990sandthefirstdecadeofthethirdmillennium weallbecameusedtowhattheInternetandtheWebhadtooffer.ButSocialSoftwarein theformofWeb2.0isdifferent.Ithasputtechnologyinthehandsofpeoplewhowewould neverhavegivenitasecondthoughtafewyearsago. LeadingIssuesinSocialKnowledgeManagementcontainsleadingedgeresearchwhich addressessomeofthemainissuesforthoseofuswhowanttouseSocialSoftwareina KnowledgeManagementcontextorwhowanttostudyitorresearchit.Thereare10 researchpapersaswellasanintroductionfromDavidGurteenwhoisaleadingthinkerin thisfield. Contributors
Aurilla Aurelie Arntzen Bechina, Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway; Robert Ayres, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, United Kingdom; Thomas Bebensee, Utrecht University, Department of Information and Computing Sciences The, Netherlands; Daniela Castrataro, Intellectual Assets Centre, Glasgow, UK; Marguerite Cronk, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas, USA; Alan Durrant Middlesex University, London, UK; Alexeis GarciaPerez, Coventry University, UK; Remko Helms, Utrecht University, Department of Information and Computing Sciences The, Netherlands; Eli Hustad, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway;MinnaJanhonen,FinnishInstituteofOccupationalHealth, Work and Society Team, Helsinki, Finland; JanErik Johanson, University of Helsinki, Department of Political and Economic Studies,Finland;AlwynLau,KDUCollege,KualaLumpur,Malaysia; Vincent Ribiere, Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand; Marco Spruit, Utrecht University, Department of Information and Computing Sciences The, Netherlands; Mustafa Tuncay, Atatrk TeacherTrainingAcademy,Nicosia,NorthCyprus;NazimeTuncay, Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus; Stuart Watson, Intellectual Assets Centre, Glasgow, UK; Tim Wright, Tescape, Glasgow, UK; Aboubakr Zade MiddlesexUniversity,London,UK

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