This talk looks at some of the primary shifts in digital scholarship and the related changes in the nature of the information profession. It highlights the challenges of being in a time of transition as well as the opportunities to create new services and products that bring significant value to our constituents. Mary Lee Kennedy will refer to the work at Harvard Business School, as well as related activities with colleagues in other institutions, including the new opportunity for a Global Knowledge Exchange via GKEN.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett of the Center for Work-Life Policy discusses how to keep engagement up when business is down.

In the last 14th APEC Women Leaders’ Network Meeting , held on August 4 and 5, 2009, makes 10 policy recommendations in Singapore…

The surge of new technologies and social media innovations in today’s environment is significantly altering the future media landscape for marketers. Consumer behaviour is changing and the way marketers reach their audience must also change. Marketers are searching for new ways to not only reach their customers, but to understand them, to peer inside their minds …

Starting up a business requires a lot of work, from securing funding to rolling out a product to marketing it to the world. But an entrepreneur also has plenty of opportunities to outsource various startup-related tasks and projects, freeing him or her up to focus on getting the business up, operational, and churning a healthy profit. Here, we provide a list of 25 entrepreneurial outsourcing opportunities. Check it out — and let us know your suggestions.

Manufacturing automation, process control systems and information technology are converging. Regulatory demands and economic pressures are forcing manufacturers to relook at the relationship between engineering, business operations and finance. Commercial IT platforms that should be the solutions are often seen as the primary obstacles. Find out why and what insights can be drawn from Mr. [...]

The Internet Information Providers such as Yahoo! (YHOO) , Google (GOOG) and Baidu, Inc (BIDU) forms one of the giant online information provider companies. And, yesterday GMAIL was down for a couple for a whopping two and a half hours starting at 9:30 GMT. Sarah Lacy, a Yahoo Tech-Blogger, shares that “Gmail Goes Down, Safari [...]

Facebook is first started as a social website for the Harvard University in America to stay in touch and be in network with their own peers. Today , Facebook has opened its site to the Internet. Facebook users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. [...]