IIM Newsletter December 2019

CSU's IIM Award Winner
Tim Hennessey

CSU's IIM Award Winner
The Institute for Information Management (IIM) prize  was awarded this year to Mr. Trent Hennessey for achieving outstanding successes while completing the Information and Knowledge Management specialisation, with Distinction, as part of his Master degree.

In his usual work role, Trent is a senior librarian in Giblin Eunson library at the University of Melbourne, and specialises in providing expert guidance on company and industry resources, as well as support the learning, teaching and research needs of the Faculty of Business Economics and Melbourne Business School. The IIM prize Trent receives includes a cash award of $300, one year's individual membership to the Institute of Information Management, and an inscribed certificate.

About the School of Information Studies (SIS) @ Charles Sturt University: SIS is an established 30 years old institute; a global leader in the world of information and library studies (LIS); is the largest and now the only school amongst Australian universities devoted to LIS education and research.

The School currently has around 2,000 students enrolled in the Bachelors and Masters of Information Studies, the Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship) and other specialist courses. It also has fifteen full-time academic staff, teaching and researching in a wide range of LIS subfields, many adjunct and sessional staff, and a large cohort of PhD students.

SPY: Espionage in Australia – an exhibition about intelligence work at the National Archives of Australia
On 28th of November the “Spy: Espionage in Australia” exhibition was officially opened. This fascinating new exhibition with an everlasting intriguing theme reveals the stories of secret agents and the curious history of espionage and counter-espionage in Australia, from the early days of our Federation through to the present day.
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An Excellent Beginner’s Guide To Information Architecture (IA)
The world certainly needs information architects. In the information age we live in, it’s more important than ever before that every organization working with data is conscious of IA, that they plan ahead, plan carefully, and make sure that their content doesn’t turn into an unruly, illogical beast.
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Knowledge Management and the Digital Native Enterprise

Technology will change the way people perform work and will thereforeaffect the operating model of organisations. "The key challenge for Fourth Industrial Revolution organizations is to harness the real potential for digital transformation by having an integrated strategy and a holistic approach towards knowledge management". Ganesh Natarajan
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Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity.
Never knowing when they’ll use their evil prowess to destroy our credit or shut down the local power plant, what we need now are smart machines that help security professionals in the fight against this evil reality.  Cybersecurity is one of the greatest challenges of our generation.
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