This book focuses on the role of special libraries as knowledge management centres in their organisations. It describes the work of a special library and the special library draws on the characteristics that make the nucleus of collecting and organising knowledge which is used for the benefit of the institution. By acquiring and sharing knowledge, staff will enhance the intellectual capital of the institution. Traditionally libraries are the information centres that organise and classify information. Further on they are the proper places to create human networks and to organise the knowledge hidden in the minds of the staff. This book also examines methods to prove the value of a special library for the parent organisation when it becomes the centre to gather knowledge. Draws on the characteristics that make a special library necessary for an organisation Shows the importance of knowledge management in an organisational environment Provides ways to persuade the management of an organisation that the special library is the proper centre for knowledge management
Knowledge sharing has been described as the critical barrier for knowledge management (Arahony 2011, 111). With an estimation that up to 90% of the knowledge in any organization is located in its employees' heads (Sheng and Sun 2007, ...
Importance versus practice of knowledge management constructs in manufacturing companies. ... Librarians & knowledge management: Everything old is new again. AALL Spectrum, 24À26. ... Special libraries as knowledge management centres.
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It is a widely accepted that Knowledge Management constitutes a key asset for the information professional. Management theory has always pointed to the fact that libraries and librarians in particular...
—Clifford Lynch (2008, 28) While the term data is broad and open to several interpretations, in the context of data management and data curation this term typically refers to “any information in binary digital form” (Digital Curation ...
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Public, academic and special libraries are increasingly including coffee bars within or close by them. This develops the serendipitous meeting of colleagues ... The library therefore becomes a knowledge management centre or hub.
Furthermore, unlike most books on the topic, which address it almost exclusively in the context of a firm or an organization to help gain a competitive advantage, this book looks at knowledge management in the context of not for profit ...
Special Libraries, 83 (4) 1992, pp. ... Keyes,A.M.The valueofthe special library: review and analysis. ... repositorythrough centre for distributedinteractive informationto newrolewithenterprise knowledgemanagement systems, ...
Examining the challenges associated with operational knowledge management, this work provides insight into the day-to-day practice of knowledge management in real-life settings.