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Designing a Knowledge Management Approach for the CAMRA Community of Science

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CAMRA (Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment) gathers a community of scientists that investigate several stages in the life cycle of biological agents of concern. This paper describes the knowledge management (KM) approach adopted for CAMRA’s community of scientists. The approach includes knowledge facilitators, a web- and repository-based KM system, and use-centered design. The approach relies on a KM methodology that addresses the most common causes of failures in KM approaches that was complemented with a use-centered design methodology. The resulting combined methodology represents a unique way of implementing KM to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration. We describe the principles in our design and the initial steps undertaken to implement it for CAMRA. We conclude by laying out our future steps.

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  1. College of Information Science & Technology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Rosina O. Weber, Marcia L. Morelli, Michael E. Atwood & Jason M. Proctor

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  1. Institute for Information and Process Management, University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen, Teufener Strasse 2, 9000, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Ulrich Reimer

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, Department of Knowledge and Business Engineering, University of Vienna, Bruenner Str. 72, 1210, Vienna, Austria

    Dimitris Karagiannis

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Weber, R.O., Morelli, M.L., Atwood, M.E., Proctor, J.M. (2006). Designing a Knowledge Management Approach for the CAMRA Community of Science. In: Reimer, U., Karagiannis, D. (eds) Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management. PAKM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11944935_28

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