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The Embedded Corporate Librarian: Delivering Value to R&D

Anne Rogers

Director, Scientific Knowledge Services

InfoCenter

Cargill, Inc.

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Professional Interests:

Applied Knowledge Management

Innovation

A little bit about me….Education:

B.S. Chemistry and M.L.S. Chemical Information, Indiana University

Work Experience:• Cargill, Inc., 2004-present

Director, Scientific Knowledge Services

InfoCenter, Corporate Affairs• The Dow Chemical Company, 1984-2004

Many positions in the information management disciplines

Personal:

Husband, Hal; Portuguese Water Dogs, GiGi and Catch; Maine Coon Cat, Eek

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Shared Services

Embedded Librarianship

• Strategic Alignment• ‘Inclusiveness”• Articulating ROI

Library and Information

Services

Corporate Strategy

R&D Strategy

Multiple Service Models

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Understanding your users’ needs

• Understand your key

stakeholders’ vision,

goals, critical success

factors

• Identify where you can

help achieve key

objectives

• Align your strategic

objectives as

transparently as possible

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Know your strengths

• What are your core

capabilities?

• What do you bring to the

table that can help your

stakeholders’ achieve

their vision?

• Align your capabilities

and deliver

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Strategy

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Strategy Definition

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Alignment

Cargill

Research and Development

KM Opportunity

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The Bottom Line

…….measuring value every day….measuring value every day…

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Flexibility