Patrick Lambe created this Knowledge and Information Sharing Sub-Policy. I now forgot how I received it but Straits Knowledge was listed in the footer so I give them credit. It was in one of the several email groups that can fill up my email inbox. In the spirit of the topic I wanted to share it with you. But then I only had the word doc. So, this being the web, I found their site, their blog, searched their blog and found this post, What Would a Knowledge Sharing Policy Look Like? Through the blog post, I found something useful, guidelines for developing an information and records management policy. There was also a link to download the Knowledge and Information Sharing Sub-Policy that you can use with acknowledgement. You have to go to the post for the link.

So now I can share it in accord with the policy. It is designed to "help staff appreciate the importance of knowledge and information sharing; identify suitable sharing opportunities; explain how the organization's information systems can be used to support knowledge and information sharing." I like that fact that it is aimed more at encouraging sharing that restricting it as some policies in other areas are designed to accomplish.