But we have begun establish some practices that will allow the exploration of this area. It's an organization in which learning processes are analyzed, monitored, developed, managed, and aligned with improvement and innovation goals. Second, we have begun to put in place a new organizational structure that will foster learning organization behaviors. Further, it's giving us some much needed flexibility to deal with change in general - and to begin to engage the long term implications of knowledge management. In future issues of Cowles Updates, we will highlight some of the key issues surrounding knowledge management - and what it they may mean for Drake.
Darling is a resource used by researchers all over the country.
Darling was a cartoonist for the Des Moines Register from 1906-1949. His cartoons appeared on the front page of the Register almost daily during this time period and were later syndicated in hundreds of other newspapers across the country. Two wars, the Great Depression, and Prohibition are among the momentous events Darling chronicled but farming, weather, marriage and family life also appear frequently as topics. After his death in 1962, some of the originals of Darling's cartoons were given to the University of Iowa Library, while 6,000 proofs of the cartoons were later given to Cowles by his friend John M. Henry. Use of this collection will now be much easier thanks to a CD-ROM produced by Christopher Koss, Darling's grandson, and kindly donated by him to Cowles.