[Sigkm-l] InfoMapper

[Michael Smith]

I am passing on a portion of an email from one of our list member (with
his permission) that you might find interesting.....

Dear Michael,

A long time ago I created a DOS-based program called "InfoMapper."  It
was
programmed in dBase and C+ and translated into three other languages
besides
English:  French, German, and Spanish.  A fair number of copies were
used in
different countries, primarily in classrooms to help teach students
the
principles of information mapping.  From time to time when I'm visiting
a
country in Latin America I encounter an instructor who is still using
it.
But I unfortunately never found the time to convert it to a Windows
format,
nor update it to take into account the impact of Internet and the World
Wide
Web.  It essentially "leaves off" at a point when online databases
were
being extensively used, but the Web itself was still primarily over at
ARPA.

Good luck with the new SIG.  I look forward eagerly to seeing how the
Knowledge Management idea evolves.  I have no idea if the SIG would be
interested in any of the aforementioned InfoMapper details, but I
thought I
would at least mention this to you.  Feel free to send this message to
Sigkm-l if you wish.

Woody Horton (whorton at nclis.gov) 

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Thanks Woody, I for one would love to hear a little more about
InfoMapper. maybe someone out there on the list would be interested in
working with Woody to convert the software.

Regards,
Michael Smith
Chair, SIG-KM



Michael M. Smith
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University Libraries
5001 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-5001
979.845.2902
michaelsmith at tamu.edu