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Death and Life in the Big Red One: a Soldier's World War II Journey from North Africa to Germany

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Joe Olexa enlisted in the US Army in December 1940, figuring that if he was going to be in a war, he might as well start training. Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed “The Big Red One,” he served in Company L of its 26th Infantry Regiment for the next four years. Along the way he trained with the division in maneuvers in the United States; shipped to England in 1942; landed at Oran, Algeria, in the Operation Torch landings of November 1942; and fought in Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Belgium, and Germany. Olexa was one of the first group of enlistees that brought the division up to full strength in the buildup prior to Pearl Harbor, and was a sergeant by the time he went overseas. He served as a squad leader, platoon sergeant, and acting platoon leader, outlasting nearly all the men in his company. His memoir features accounts of unusual adventures in Tunisia when his battalion was detached from the rest of the division, and presents a detailed and intense account of his platoon’s experiences at El Guettar. Later, Olexa became a “Sea Scout,” going ashore on Sicily the night before the invasion to provide signals to …
Date: March 2023
Creator: Olexa, Joseph P. & Smither, James R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access (open access)

Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the panels and the panelists argue that open access to scholarly knowledge production should be the modus operandi in the time and age we live in. Open access to knowledge is critical not just to accelerate advances in finding solutions to societal issues, but also to meet the growing expectations around higher education institutions’ social responsibilities in times of uncertainties.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Fourie, Ina; Rorissa, Abebe; Ford, Angela & Assefa, Shimelis
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
ConstelaDev: an Innovative Platform Based on Systemic Methodologies to Support Teams and Project Management (open access)

ConstelaDev: an Innovative Platform Based on Systemic Methodologies to Support Teams and Project Management

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the posters that presents the project-oriented bootcamp ConstelaDev, designed to promote a high-performance learning and development environment, allowing sharing of ideas and knowledge in practical and active fashioning. Its foundations are in modern and innovative technologies for project development and management (Scrum, Kanban) coupled with artificial intelligence and systemic constellation, which we call the Digital Constellation® framework.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Perazzoli, Simone; Santos, Wagner Sousa & Neto, José Pedrode Santana
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conventional and systemic Risks: Implications for Individual and Societal Governance (open access)

Conventional and systemic Risks: Implications for Individual and Societal Governance

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the local keynote speeches by Prof. Ortwin Renn, scientific director at the International Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam (Germany) and professor for environmental sociology and technology assessment at the University of Stuttgart.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Renn, Ortwin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of Tacit Knowledge Inside a Clinical Process Using the FRAM

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This poster highlights the qualitative study which was conducted in a major regional hospital in Germany, using the FRAM to analyze the recurrent and complex process of surgical care preparation in the morning. The aim was to offer the hospital a detailed qualitative analysis to promote resilience and maintain a safe state of operating during this process. The FRAM illustrated relevant system functions and unveiled sources as well as effects or variabilities that are now in the process of being evaluated according to appropriate goals and values. In this way, the FRAM illuminates hidden but relevant knowledge, so to speak tacit knowledge, within a complex sociotechnical system that is difficult or impossible to identify otherwise.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Aschwer, Carmen; Mühlbradt, Thomas; Unger, Helga; Fastner, Christian; Schröder, Stefan & Speer, Tillmann
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
First Observations from an Analysis of  KM Job Adverts from English-Speaking  Countries and Germany (open access)

First Observations from an Analysis of KM Job Adverts from English-Speaking Countries and Germany

This paper presents the first results from an analysis of recent job advertisements from online platforms from English and German-speaking countries. The full texts of about 4100 job adverts carrying the terms “knowledge manager” or “knowledge management” either in in the job title or in the short description have been analyzed. The main research aim was to identify the most common KM job titles, providing a basis for further analysis of tasks and required competencies to compare the data samples. In particular, the research will address the following research questions: RQ1: What are the job titles used in job adverts related to KM? RQ2: Which tasks are mainly associated with different KM job titles (roles)? RQ3: Which competencies & skill sets are typically required in job adverts? This research inform KM practitioners and HR managers as well as the KM community about landscape of KM roles, main tasks and skills required on the labor markets in the German-speaking (AU, CH, DE) countries and three English-speaking (AUS, UK, USA) countries.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Heisig, Peter & Neher, Günther
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Disparities Across Native American Communities: a Knowledge Sharing Perspective (open access)

Health Disparities Across Native American Communities: a Knowledge Sharing Perspective

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the posters that focuses on health despairities and how ethnicity is remarkably correlated to one’s health.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Kim, Yong-Mi; Steinmann, Davis & McBride, Don
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Sciences Department, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (open access)

The Information Sciences Department, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This presentation provides an overview of the host institution, The Information Sciences Department, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Heisig, Peter
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge Management System Innovation: From Global Needs over Decentralized Individual Devices and Affordances towards a Shared Transdisciplinary Knowledge Heritage Repository (open access)

Knowledge Management System Innovation: From Global Needs over Decentralized Individual Devices and Affordances towards a Shared Transdisciplinary Knowledge Heritage Repository

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the posters that focuses on real world digital projects and scenarios.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Schmitt, Ulrich
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Knowledge Surfacing by Expert Created Knowledge Connections

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This poster demonstrates the GuruScan in a practical interactive session. The presenter setup an online GuruScan Knowledge Booster, so audience can experience the power and speed of Expert created knowledge connections themselves.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Verheijen, Bart
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Level of Adoption and Use of KM Practices in Supply Chains of Manufacturing Companies

Business competition increasingly involves entire supply chains (SCs) rather than individual firms. Thus, knowledge, which is a strategic resource for companies, needs to be managed properly not only in single firms, but also at inter-firm level and in SCs, so that companies can coordinate and co-manage resources, activities, and innovative efforts in collaboration with their partners for improved competitiveness. To this end, knowledge management (KM) practices and their adoption for the effective management of SC inter-firm relationships can be of great help, but the current studies on this aspect are very fragmented, and there is still insufficient knowledge of what practices are adopted to manage knowledge in inter-firm relationships and how intensely these are used. This study contributes to filling this gap by measuring the adoption and intensity of KM practices and comparing their use at the intra- and inter-firm level. A survey of a sample of European large and medium-sized manufacturing firms was used. A descriptive statistical analysis and a correlation analysis were performed on the collected data. The study confirms that KM practices are less used at the inter-firm level. Also, a relative higher variation is depicted among firms in the use of the proposed practices at inter-firm …
Date: June 2022
Creator: Kassaneh, Tomas Cherkos; Bolisani, Ettore; Scarso, Enrico & Navarro, Juan Gabriel Cegarra
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Library Collection Development and Branding: An Exploration of Ranganthan's Fifth Law That "A Library Is a Growing Organism" (open access)

Library Collection Development and Branding: An Exploration of Ranganthan's Fifth Law That "A Library Is a Growing Organism"

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the posters that explores selected aspects of knowledge transformation. The research uses as reference and as the basis for methodological framework: “A Library is a Growing Organism” (Ranganathan’s 5th Law) within the context of library brands on collection behaviors.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Roughen, Patrick
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rimsky-Korsakov’s Harmonic Theory: Practical Manual of Harmony, Its Sources, History, and Traditions

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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Harmonic Theory is the first comprehensive study of his concept of harmony that also traces the history of tonal relationships. Larisa P. Jackson describes and examines Rimsky-Korsakov’s distinctive harmonic theory using his Practical Manual of Harmony as a basis, and places it in historical context of nineteenth-century music theory. She explores in great detail a concept of tonal relationships, fundamental to Rimsky-Korsakov’s view of harmony, and relates this to ideas by German theorists of the period and the Russian theoretical tradition. Jackson examines the concept of modulation and of the relationship of keys and presents a model of his tonal space/map extrapolated from his harmonic system. She identifies specific treatises that help to trace ties between German theoretical ideas and Rimsky-Korsakov’s work.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Jackson, Larisa Petrushkevich
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sense-Making: Panel of Discovery (open access)

Sense-Making: Panel of Discovery

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the panels that provide an overview of the different methodologies and theories of sense-making from several of the seminal originators of sensemaking.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Turner, John; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Allen, Jeff M., 1968- & Snowden, Dave
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uncovering Disruption of Knowledge Dissemination in the Context of Global Scholarly Communication - An Analysis of Scientific Editorials Using a Text Mining Approach (open access)

Uncovering Disruption of Knowledge Dissemination in the Context of Global Scholarly Communication - An Analysis of Scientific Editorials Using a Text Mining Approach

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the posters that presents the disruption in scholarly communications. Among other discussions, the poster analyzes the disruptions that can be mapped and identified in scholarly communication.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Cunningham, Anna & Praun, Alina
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Risk Under Conditions of Inherent Uncertainty (open access)

Understanding Risk Under Conditions of Inherent Uncertainty

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the keynote speeches by Dave Snowden is the founder of one of the five schools of sense-making, and takes an approach which draws heavily on natural science, in particular complex adaptive systems theory, cognitive neuroscience and the biological end of anthropology. He is the creator of the Cynefin framework and lead author of the recently published EU Field Guide to managing complexity.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Snowden, Dave
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Risk Under Conditions of Inherent Uncertainty (open access)

Understanding Risk Under Conditions of Inherent Uncertainty

The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management was held in the historic city of Potsdam, Germany. Since the conference was among the first post-pandemic face to face conferences, the overall theme of the 17th edition of the ICKM conference rightly focused on “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” at different levels of analysis and agency. This document highlighted one of the keynote speeches by Susanne Durst, a Full Professor of Entrepreneurship at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and Full Professor of Business Administration at the University of Skovde, Sweden. She holds a doctorate in Economics from Paris-Sud University, France. Her research interests include small business management, knowledge (risk) management, responsible digitalization and sustainable business development.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Durst, Susanne
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Workgroup KM  Certification (ISO  30401/DIN SPEC  91443) (open access)

Workgroup KM Certification (ISO 30401/DIN SPEC 91443)

New standards (ISO 30401 and DIN SPEC 91443) provide new momentum for knowledge management initiatives. Certification becomes a priority to demonstrate KM-proficiency on an organizational level to external partners (customers, suppliers, future employees) as well as to create a sense of urgency within organizations, in particular among organizational leadership. In this workshop, a joint working group of two independent communities and a research organisation, the Association of Knowledge Management for German speaking countries and the Federal Association of Intellectual Capital Statements e.V. presents the framework of DIN SPEC 91443 which was designed specifically for SMEs to operationalize the KM requirements of ISO 30401. The general objective of the workshop is to reflect on suitability of various instruments of KM, in particular the Intellectual Capital Statement – Made in Germany, to deliver on the standards requirements. Looking at some practical cases, an early-stage concept of auditing structures and procedures will be discussed. As a result of the workshop, the organizers aim to propose an auditing framework to certify knowledge management systems as a follow up.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Alwert, Kay; Bornemann, Manfred; Kohl, Holger; Orth, Ronald & Will, Markus
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Archiving and Analysing Elections: How can Web Archiving, Digital Humanities and Political Science go together?

Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses efforts by the Bavarian State Library to understand how web archiving is used as research source material, focusing on a case study on the Bavarian state election by the University of Passau.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Beinert, Tobias; Eckl, Markus; Gassner, Sebastian & Reiter, Florence
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Modern Performance Edition of Nina D'Aubigny Von Engelbrunner's Deutsche, Italienische und Französische Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte (open access)

A Modern Performance Edition of Nina D'Aubigny Von Engelbrunner's Deutsche, Italienische und Französische Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte

This dissertation examines the work of German composer and vocal pedagogue Nina d'Aubigny von Engelbrunner through her collection of songs entitled "Deutsche, Italienische und Französische Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte," published in 1797. A brief overview of the life and works of Ms. d'Aubigny is provided, followed by a discussion about the "woman question" as it relates to Ms. d'Aubigny's works. The second part of this project includes a new, modern performance edition of the collection of songs, complete with general editorial guidelines, notes and translations, and a critical report detailing all deviations from the original 1797 edition.
Date: May 2019
Creator: Scaggs, Leanne
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perseverance in the Face of Totalitarianism: The Life and Legacy of Józef Zygmunt Szulc in Nazi Occupied France (open access)

Perseverance in the Face of Totalitarianism: The Life and Legacy of Józef Zygmunt Szulc in Nazi Occupied France

The Reichsleiter Rosenberg Task Force of 1940, initiated a systematic confiscation of items belonging to Jews throughout Europe. Because of this task force and Hitler's decrees, Jews across Europe were labeled as stateless, and were stripped of ownership and rights to property. Not only did these actions devastate Jews economically, but intellectually and artistically as well. In parts of occupied France, this task force was legitimized by Vichy laws under the label of the Commissariat Générale aux Questions Juives (General Commission for Jewish Issues) and enabled Nazi officials to closely watch Jewish musicians and stop them from performing their music, profiting from anyone else performing it, and to halt any public performance of Jewish compositions. This dissertation exhibits the lost legacy of one such Jewish musician, Józef Szulc. It discusses him as a musician of great importance in the ongoing recovery of Jewish culture, music, and life during World War II. His musical output has historical notoriety, as seen through reviews and performance history. The study of Vichy laws and their effect on Jewish musicians in Paris during the Nazi occupation provides the socio-political context for Szulc's life. It also provides the most plausible reason why his contribution to French …
Date: May 2019
Creator: Mamola, Bethany Grace
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects (open access)

The European Union: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects

This report provides a brief history of the European Union (EU) and the major challenges confronting the bloc. It also discusses the potential implications for the EU and for U.S.-EU relations.
Date: December 3, 2018
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018

Edited transcript of an interview with Walter Poppe, discussing immigration from Germany to Kerrville as a child, his time in the Navy, and his family. Copies of photos and documents are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Poppe, Walter Eric
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018 transcript

Oral History Interview with Walter Poppe, November 6, 2018

Interview with Walter Poppe, discussing immigration from Germany to Kerrville as a child, his time in the Navy, and his family.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Poppe, Walter Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History