The "standing on the shoulders of giants" metaphor is often used to acknowledge the work of others when undertaking research and, in particular, stresses the importance of literature reviews in scientific inquiry. Though the significance of literature reviews has never been in doubt, researchers, especially novice researchers, still struggle with developing effective strategies for reviewing literature. An important reason for this difficulty is the rapidly increasing number of potentially relevant publications-not all of which necessarily add value to a literature review. As such, avoiding standing on the shoulders of dwarfs literature search emerges as a major issue in crafting an effective literature review. In this paper, we discuss challenges of literature searches in the increasingly dynamic context of information systems (IS) research and make recommendations for how to deal with them. We present practical guidelines and a checklist to help researchers with planning and organizing their literature searches.

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This article collects and analyzes seventy-six maturity model articles that have been published in leading Information Systems (IS) journals and conference proceedings during the past fifteen years. We study the IS literature on maturity models from three different perspectives: a research perspective, which is particularly relevant for scholars who are interested in the design and adoption of maturity models; a publication perspective, which reflects the interests of authors and reviewers of maturity model articles; and a practitioner"s perspective, which is especially relevant for maturity model users and consultants. The results are interesting in several respects. From the research perspective, the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is the most dominant foundation of past IS research on maturity models. In contrast, theories on the design and adoption of maturity models are distinctly rare in our sample. The publication outlets that are considered feature quantitative and qualitative empirical research alike, but-with a decreasing number-purely conceptual research as well. Of late, past maturity model research can mainly be located in the area of IT and organizations, while the formerly very popular domain of IS development is of less interest today. As for the publication perspective, we find that the level of publication activity in the field has generally been increasing over the last fifteen years, with North American and European researchers dominating the academic discussion. Finally, with regard to the practitioner"s perspective, we compile advice on the practical application of maturity models from a critical analysis of the literature. It is hoped that the results can stimulate and guide future research in the field and inform the development and usage of theoretically sound maturity models in practice. Abstract 27 Database for Advances in Information Systems ProQuest Citation and abstract 2 Decision Support Systems EBSCOhost Abstract 0 European Conference on Information Systems AIS Electronic Library Abstract 5 European Journal of Information Systems ProQuest Citation and abstract 2 Information & Management ProQuest Citation and abstract 5 Information Resources Management Journal EBSCOhost Abstract 1 Information Systems ScienceDirect Abstract, title and keywords 0 Information Systems Journal WILEY Online Library Abstract 3 Information Systems Management EBSCOhost Abstract 10 Information Systems Research INFORMS Abstract and title 1 International Conference on Information Systems AIS Electronic Library Abstract 3 Abstract 1 Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce informaworld Abstract 1 Journal of Strategic Information Systems ScienceDirect Abstract, title and keywords 0 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems AIS Electronic Library Abstract 1 MIS Quarterly EBSCOhost Abstract 1 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems AIS Electronic Library Abstract 2 Total 76 Volume 29

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In today's digital information age, companies are struggling with an immense overload of mainly unstructured data. Reducing search times, fulfilling compliance requirements and maintaining information quality represent only three of the challenges that organisations from all industry sectors are faced with. Enterprise content management (ECM) has emerged as a promising approach addressing these challenges. Yet, there are still numerous obstacles to the implementation of ECM technologies, particularly fostered by the fact that the key challenges of ECM adaptation processes are rather organisational than technological. In the present article we claim that the consideration of an organisation's business process structure is particularly crucial for ECM success. In response to this, we introduce a process-oriented conceptual framework that systematises the key steps of an ECM adoption. The paper suggests that ECM and business process management are two strongly related fields of research. This article is an extension and revision of ideas originally presented at the 16th european conference on information systems (ECIS 2008) in Galway, Ireland (vom Brocke et al. 2008).