Knowledge management systems track introduction

It is with great pride that we are celebrating the inaugural year of the Knowledge Management Systems Track. The track includes Knowledge Management (KM) which addresses the process of acquiring, creating, distributing and using knowledge in organizations; Organizational Memory (OM) which is defined as the way an organization stores organizational knowledge and applies it to present activities; and Organizational Learning (OL) which is the development of shared meanings and interpretations of those meanings to enhance future activities. The Track has evolved from the first mini-track on OM initiated by Lorne Oflman and Joline Morrison thirteen years ago. The KMS Track seeks to maintain the integrity and continuity established in the past while continuing to grow the breadth of the discipline and acknowledge the growth in KM research by increasing the number of papers accepted. The KMS Track also seeks to preserve and grow the strong community developed over the last thirteen years. We appreciate the efforts of all our colleagues who submitted and/or reviewed papers. Through these collective efforts, we continue to see these interrelated research domains grow and flourish. Eighty-one submissions were received this year; Thirty-eight were accepted. The profile of accepted papers reflects the breadth and diversity of the research domain that the Track supports. Papers are organized in the following six mini-tracks covering thirteen sessions.