Evidence for KM practice

Case study: Using AI in research in a way that is faster, more thorough and, crucially, defensible

This article is part of an ongoing series looking at AI in KM, and KM in AI.

A recent article in RealKM Magazine reported on the GenAI-KM organizational readiness self-assessment tool1,2 which has been presented in a notable new research paper.

One of the five strategic areas that are the focus of the tool is risk management. A newly published open access Creative Commons paper3 by Anastasia Stepanovic in the Australian Law Librarian journal provides a practical guide for using AI in ways that maximise its beneficial use in research, while at the same time thoroughly addressing risk management. Law librarians are an important part of the global KM community, and their leadership in this regard is of great assistance to the whole community.

The approach put forward is a very valuable case study of what every organisation in every sector needs to do.

Research reloaded: Using AI to transform legal research

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References:

  1. Boyes, B. (2026, May 28). GenAI-KM organizational readiness self-assessment tool. RealKM Magazine.
  2. Cerchione, R., Liccardo, G., & Passaro, R. (2026). Artificial knowledge generation: investigating the revolutionary role of generative AI in knowledge management. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 11, 100866.
  3. Stepanovic, A. (2026). Research reloaded: Using AI to transform legal research. Australian Law Librarian, 34(2), 47–57.

Bruce Boyes

Bruce Boyes is editor, lead writer, and a director of RealKM Magazine and winner of the international Knowledge Management Award 2025 (Individual Category). He is an experienced knowledge manager, environmental manager, project manager, communicator, and educator, and holds a Master of Environmental Management with Distinction and a Certificate of Technology (Electronics). His many career highlights include: establishing RealKM Magazine as an award-winning resource with more than 2,500 articles and 5 million reader views, leading the knowledge management (KM) community KM and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, using agile approaches to oversee the on time and under budget implementation of an award-winning $77.4 million recovery program for one of Australia's iconic river systems, leading a knowledge strategy process for Australia’s 56 natural resource management (NRM) regional organisations, pioneering collaborative learning and governance approaches to empower communities to sustainably manage landscapes and catchments in the face of complexity, being one of the first to join a new landmark aviation complexity initiative, initiating and teaching two new knowledge management subjects at Shanxi University in China, and writing numerous notable environmental strategies, reports, and other works.

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