The report aims to provide a picture of the knowledge and information management landscape in Scottish local government. The scoping study undertook to identify: information and knowledge-focused professionals within Scottish councils; the nature and scope of IM and KM activities in Scottish councils, loacl authority engagement in information managment professional networks; activities and support for local government practitioners by IM networks; opportunities for practitioners to collaborate adn share knowledge; opportunities for the IS to support this community and improve knowledge sharing; capacity and interest of this group for broader KM involvement within their council;  and messages about key knowledge and information resources available to local authority employees.

This document outlines a number of tools and techniques that can be used to improve knowledge management and create more effective working practices.  The Improvment Service can advise on all of these, support you in delivering these initiatives, and in some cases, deliver them in partnership with you.

Please fill out this application form and return it to the IS if you wish to set up a CoP on the IS/IDeA collaboration platform.  Please note that this facility is available to Scotland-based groups.

Instructions for facilitators of CoPs on the IS/IDeA platform on how to approve or deny membership requests to their community.

Instructions for facilitators of Communities of Practice on the IS/IDeA platform on the facilitators tools menu - what it is and how to use it.