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Special Library Association’s Certificate Program for Knowledge Management Professionals

News | Knowledge Management education & training worldwide

Abstract: The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners, announced it will offer its members a new opportunity to earn a knowledge management (KM) certificate. The certificate will be offered through Click University, an online learning system for post-graduate, practicing librarians and information professionals.

Teaching Knowledge Management in the Context of IS Education

Books, Proceedings, etc. | Knowledge Management education & training worldwide

Abstract: Knowledge Management is a current and important topic in Information Systems education. As the transformation of data into information, and information into knowledge enables the business organization to compete globally, teaching Knowledge Management concepts and technologies in the context of information systems is a challenging task. Knowledge is the catalyst of innovation in

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

Knowledge Economy Competencies

Books, Proceedings, etc. | Knowledge Management education & training worldwide

Abstract: Pressures to increase the role of information and knowledge in national economies have provoked a wide-ranging debate about what kinds of competencies young people and adults now need. The workforce is “upskilling”, both in terms of the average educational level of workers and the types of job that they are performing. White-collar,