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Dr Brian L Hawkins
Bio: Dr Hawkins is currently President of EDUCAUSE, a professional association of more than 1600 colleges and universities, dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies. EDUCAUSE was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of EDUCOM and CAUSE, the two premier technology associations in higher education in the United States of America. Prior to this appointment, Dr Hawkins had a distinguished academic career at Brown University and at Drexel University: his experience and expertise has been in academic strategic planning and administration. He is a management professor by training and is the author of a book and many articles on organisational behaviour. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Michigan State University and his Ph D from Purdue University. He has taught at the University of Texas. His organisational work has focused on organisational structure, conflict management, communication, and performance appraisal. Dr Hawkins has served as a consultant to over 350 organisations, combining his academic and business experience. He has written extensively in the area of information resources, academic planning, and the use of technology in higher education. His most recent book, which he co-authored with Patricia Battin, is entitled 'The Mirage of Continuity: Reconfiguring Academic Information Resources for the 21st Century' . He has served on Boards, such as EDUCOM, CAUSE, the Coalition for Networked information, the International Consortium for Educational Computing and the Research Advisory Board of OCLC. He has been a higher education adviser to Apple, IBM, NeXT, Sun and Microsoft. In 1991 he was the recipient of the CAUSE ELITE Award, a lifetime achievement award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence. He has been a much invited speaker to many professional meetings as well as those sponsored by vendors. A list of publications is available on request. Paper Title: Libraries, Knowledge Management, and Higher Education in an Electronic Environment Abstract: This presentation discusses the challenges that libraries face as the transition from print-on-paper to digital environments unfolds. An attempt is made to explore the newly emerging field of knowledge management and to explore its implications for the world of academic libraries. Then, examining the shortfalls of the current electronic environment, this paper identifies a vision for which we might ultimately strive and explores how we might go about operationalizing a portion of this, envisioning a portal that would serve the academic environment. Finally, the challenge of collaboration will be explored, as a major obstacle in accomplishing the goals that have been identified.
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