Swanson's Undiscovered Public Knowledge. Spurred by the Bates article, Eric adds Bradford's Law to the list of Statistical Laws he's cataloging on the Wiki. Digging deeper into the online literature, he finds a jewel in Don Swanson's (Chicago Library School) notion of undiscovered public knowledge. The idea is that there are links implicit among disparate fields and their associated published literatures, but which cannot be easily connected with reverse citation indexing without some analysis. [iaslash - news for information architects]
Thought provoking pieces on finding new ideas and areas of high-potential research. Applicable in both research and innovation settings.
