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Articles by Stephen Abram
It is simple. Information professionals are in the business of creating environments, like intranets, for the effective transfer of information to the appropriate users so they can create personal knowledge. This is the process of "informing" and that is what information pros do, and do well. The process of knowledge creation that happens at the user level is called learning. These two processes are important and critical sides of the same coin. Informing without learning is the equivalent of placing article photocopies and books on a desktop and not reading them. No matter how carefully selected and chosen, the end result is moot. Learning without information or content is again risky and, arguably, significantly impacts progress in an intellectual arena.
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