Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a cybrarian at Oracle, Inc. and the owner of Social Information Group, an independent information practice that focuses on the effective use of social networking tools for sharing and finding information. His book, Social Information: Gaining Competitive and Business Information Using Social Media Tools, was published in September 2012. He has over 20 years of experience in library and information organisations.
Articles by Scott Brown:
My Favourite Tipples from a digital disruption tracker
Wednesday, 6th June 2018
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Scott Brown, senior cybrarian at Oracle, Inc. and owner of Social Information Group. He shares a few of his favourite online sources from the perspective of "digital disruption", a hot topic in the high-tech industry.
Future-proofing your information service, in the company of peers
Monday, 2nd April 2018
Co-facilitator Scott Brown reflects on the Community series "Future-proof your information service" which offered participants the opportunity to work on structured approaches and to take practical frameworks and models back to their organisations.
My Favourite Tipples from a competitive tech researcher
Wednesday, 24th August 2016
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Scott Brown, cybrarian at Oracle, Inc. and owner of Social Information Group. He shares a few of his favourite online sources, both from the high-tech and competitive realm as well as the the sphere of Brexit and "obsessions".
What Are We Doing?
Tuesday, 11th December 2012
The framing question of this Information Practice Newsletter editorial seems to be: what are we doing? The tone of that question seems fraught with existential angst, but this issue provides some practical guidance.
Right Time, Place, Skill Set, Mind Set
Tuesday, 27th November 2012
Robin Neidorf observes that our work as information professionals is perhaps not about trying to manage knowledge ‘but the application of knowledge: enabling the right know-how to emerge for workers at just the right time and place’. While this can seem like a random and serendipitous event, well outside of our control, how can we consciously create an environment for this to happen more often?
Reports by Scott Brown:
FreePint Report: Product Review of Attensa StreamServer
Monday, 13th August 2012
The Attensa StreamServer is an enterprise-scale content management and delivery application. Attensa bills the product as providing "enterprise inform...
From information retrieval to integrated intelligence - with Dow Jones
23rd January 2025
AI contracting and licensing; Strategic information managers; End-user training
10th December 2024
- Jinfo Community session (TBC - Mar 2025) (Community) 20th March 2025
- Jinfo Community session (TBC - Feb 2025) (Community) 25th February 2025
- From information retrieval to integrated intelligence - with Dow Jones (Community) 23rd January 2025