Abstract: This paper describes a study of the teaching of knowledge organization in formal library/information courses. It is based on a questionnaire survey of academic institutions and professional associations in the UK, Australia and the USA, and of employers in various sectors in the UK, and supported by several in-depth interviews with educational specialists,
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Knowledge management and the LIS professions
Abstract: This paper looks at the complex web of interrelationships that is emerging as the library and information professions come to terms with the growing phenomenon of knowledge management. This is manifest at one level in the wider organisational and business context, and at another in the professional and employment spheres. Two of the
Finding the perfect knowledge manager
Abstract: Facing the challenge of writing a job description for a ‘KManager’1, he searched and asked for a few model job descriptions – but to no avail. His research produced plenty of examples, but no models. And, most guidelines (if they could be called that) were either hidden or for sale. The
Implications of knowledge management for library and information science education
Abstract: Knowledge Management (KM) is a holistic, multi-dimensional discipline which overlaps with a number of other disciplines, including Library and Information Science (LIS). As it has emerged as a crucial competency requirement for organisations during the last two decades, considerable interest has built up in the subject of education for knowledge management.
Rules for leaders of knowledge citizens
Abstract: In 1909, Sam Walter Foss, a librarian at the Somerville Public Library in Massachusetts, wrote a paper entitled ‘Some cardinal principals of librarian’s work’. Interestingly, Foss emphasized and encouraged the role of the librarian to be a fundamentally social and people-oriented character as opposed to a shy and retiring ‘book lover’. This