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Do you have a product, service, user-group, network, project, consultancy business, event or funding/assistance request that you'd like to bring to the attention of KM specialists and allies in Africa and the developing world? As a registered KnowledgeHub user, you can create a free advert of up to 500 characters in length. Please email us on info@kmafrica.com and we'll help you setup your ad and write the appropriate copy. All ads appear on the top right hand side of the site and are renewed on each page click ensuring that all ads get seen.

Steve KMAfrica.com

Khulisa has approximately 60 employees and is growing rapidly. We have a strong commitment to being a learning organisation, which requires excellent and robust systems.

For more information, please see www.khulisa.com

Part Time Librarian/ Knowledge Management Specialist

Part time position to establish and maintain systems for managing both paper-based and electronic resources. This part time position is flexible and will require approximately 25 hours per week.

Required abilities

· Electronic records management.
· Collection management and classification
· Web content management
· Experience as a librarian and/or archivist

Desirable qualities

· Web design and development, familiarity with content management systems
· Database design & administration
· Working knowledge of HTML/CSS, PHP & SQL
· BA/BSc (Hons),
· Five years exp in similar position.

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Johannesburg, November 2nd, 2009

DBSA Information Unit's KMAfrica.com finalist in the Investing in the Future 2009 award

The DBSA Information Unit was last week recognised as a finalist in the Mail & Guardian 2009 Investing in the Future Awards in the Company Partnership section for the KMAfrica.com KnowledgeHub portal.

“We are delighted to be a finalist in the Investing in the Future Awards” said Gordon Coburne of the DBSA Information Unit. “The recognition of KMAfrica, along with feedback from our members confirms that our strategy of building features and content to meet the expectations for Africa's Knowledge Community is working and that increasing numbers of KM practitioners are making the connection with each other”.

We've added a new feature to KMAfrica which is the ability for visitors to comment on all content types on KMAfrica. The comments will go through a moderation queue in order to avoid spam so please be patient while we look at what you have to say. The new comment policy will allow anyone to comment without having to create an account on KMAfrica.com

Interesting to come across new knowledge-related terms, for example the Semmelweis reflex or "Semmelweis effect". This is a metaphor for the reflex-like rejection of new knowledge because it contradicts entrenched norms, beliefs or paradigms. It refers to Ignaz Semmelweis, who discovered that child mortality rates could be reduced ten-fold if doctors would wash their hands (we would now say disinfect) with a chlorine solution. His hand-washing suggestions were rejected by his contemporaries.