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Implications of Knowledge Management for the LIS professions

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

Abstract: The present thesis attempts to describe the Knowledge Management (KM) field in terms of its relevance to the Library & Information Science (LIS) professions. The methodology employed was a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches including administration of a web-based survey and the conduct of in-depth interviews targeted at LIS professionals.

Aarhus University (AU)*

Universities, Colleges | Knowledge Management education & training worldwide

Aarhus University (AU; Danish: Aarhus Universitet), formerly the University Studies in Jutland (Danish: Universitetsundervisningen i Jylland), has offered the following Knowledge Management and Education opportunities: Faculty of Arts > Danish School of Education1) Graduate Degrees/Programs European Masters in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management (MA

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

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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,