Jossey-Bass Educause Leadership Series - Böcker

"Anyone with a serious interest in the future of education will find this book provocative, prescient, prescriptive, and pivotal. It is a must-read for those responsible for preparing educational institutions at all levels for their new role in our networked society."--Vinton G. Cerf, senior vice president, MCI WORLDCOM, and chairman, Internet Society "Transformative. That's what networks are; that's the role our institutions must fill for society; and that's what our leadership must be. This book provides valuable insight into networks and the challenges we must address to ensure that higher education thrives in the Knowledge Age."--Molly Corbett Broad, president, University of North Carolina "This book will prove essential to presidents and other campus leaders who must plan for, and invest in, the networking infrastructures that will powerfully impact the futures of our institutions."--John Hitt, president, University of Central Florida "All of educational practice will eventually contribute to the creative and fast-paced links that we know through the Internet. The thoughtful essays in this volume can, indeed, help us prepare for that future."--Jane Margaret "Maggie" O'Brien, president, St. Mary's College of Maryland This first volume from the EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies series examines the changes and challenges that the advanced Internet2 will bring to higher education campuses everywhere. Edited by Mark Luker and featuring the insights of experienced campus leaders and information professionals, this forward-thinking guide provides a roadmap to the extraordinary capabilities of the advanced Internet to come. The contributors reveal how this new networking environment will affect business operations, academic instruction, libraries, information management, regional partnerships, federal funding, policy decisions, and more. Each chapter offers specific recommendations and strategic advice to help institutional leaders make complex decisions about the future of networking on their campuses-such as when, how, and how much to invest in upgrading current technology to support the new networking environment. Far from a technical study, Preparing Your Campus for a Networked Future is a pragmatic exploration of what leaders can do to prepare for continually evolving technology.

"Full of advocacy and analysis on the application of knowledgemanagement to universities. This book will provide a greatstart."--Thomas H. Davenport, director, Andersen Consulting Institute forStrategic Change, and professor, Boston University School ofManagement "An important introduction for campus administrators to the rapidlyevolving discipline of knowledge management."--James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus, University of Michigan,and director, Millennium Project Written for university presidents, college deans, programdirectors, and other leaders in higher education, InformationAlchemy presents a foundational introduction to knowledgemanagement and its growing significance to campuses everywhere.Each chapter addresses a critical aspect of knowledge management,identifies key strategic issues, and offers practical advice andguidance on how such issues might be addressed on an institutionalor departmental level. Since knowledge management is aninterdisciplinary field of study and practice, the authors in thisvolume represent a rich array of backgrounds, disciplines, andorganizational affiliations. Their expertise and insights will helpreaders to make sense of the information revolution and becomethoughtful leaders of knowledge management.