Abstract: Are you curious about the contrasting roles of librarians and knowledge managers? You’re certainly not the only one! Despite sharing a focus on information management, these professions have unique responsibilities and duties. This article aims to delve into the distinctions between librarians and knowledge managers, providing insights to help you determine which career
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Knowledge Management Education in iSchools
Abstract: The emergence of Knowledge Management (KM) has raised an on-going debate on how it may relate to pre-existing fields and schools of thoughts. The main dispute focuses on whether Library and Information Science (LIS) and KM are distinct fields of specialisation. Whilst one school claims that KM is merely a new name for
Educating Librarians as Information and Knowledge Managers
Abstract: The immense stock of information and knowledge available in the twenty-first century imposed the need for designing a new kind of profession or modifying existing ones, especially the librarian profession, and educate professionals in collecting and disseminating the aforementioned. If the creation of new knowledge is to be understood in terms of Ikujiro
Knowledge Organization Courses in LIS Graduate Programs
Abstract: The importance of knowledge and information organization has become more evident in the larger and fast changing information environment. Educating knowledge organization professionals has been a long tradition of library and information science programs. This study reports preliminary findings on knowledge organization requirements and offerings of North American ALA-accredited programs and aligns them
Information Manager/Librarian to Knowledge Manager
Abstract: Many organizations world over are embracing knowledge management systems for survival and to retain profitability. This trend is visible in the technology intensive businesses like biotechnology, computers and telecommunications and also in professions like legal, accountancy and management consultancy. A new breed of managers called “Knowledge Manager” has emerged to put the new