Abstract: “Knowledge counseling” can be defined as a professional service, the aim of which is to aid individuals in dealing with the information and knowledge resources that are essential to their life’s tasks and objectives. Knowledge counseling involves three primary functions: the identification of the client or user’s information and knowledge need(s) – the
information service
Edith Cowan University (ECU)*
Edith Cowan University (ECU), formerly the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE), with rootsin the Claremont Teachers College, has offered the following Knowledge Management education and training
Drexel University*
Drexel University, formerly the Drexel Institute of Technology and the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, has offered the following Knowledge Management education and training
Librarians or Knowledge Managers? Difference?
Abstract: While there has been a trend in recent years for libraries to change their names to be called information or knowledge centres, and librarians have begun to be called by other names, such as knowledge managers, there is a tendency for these new titles and functions to be very poorly defined and the
Information professionals working with knowledge
Abstract: In order to manage knowledge, we need to understand the nature of knowledge in organisations. It is helpful to distinguish between three categories of organisational knowledge: tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge, and cultural knowledge. Tacit knowledge is personal knowledge, explicit knowledge is codified knowledge, and cultural knowledge is based on shared beliefs. We use