Knowledge management in libraries and organizations / edited by Leda Bultrini [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bultrini, Leda, editor.

Series:

IFLA publications ; Volume 173.

IFLA Publications, 0344-6891 ; Volume 173

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Information technology.

Libraries.

Knowledge management.

Libraries--Information resources management.

Libraries--Technological innovations.

Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.

Librarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Saur, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The management of knowledge created in an organization not only enables reuse of knowledge, but also adds value to the organization itself. Preventing duplication of intellectual effort, it saves economic and human resources, leading to the creation of new information. This book gathers the wisdom of knowledge managers and researchers in the context of the library and will be a valuable reference source for all libraries.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

About IFLA

Preface

Introduction

1. Knowledge Management: Where is it Going?

2. Toward a Library Renaissance

3. Information in the Digital Knowledge Ecosystem – Challenges for the Library of the Future

4. “Yes, We Can”, If We Take over Future Tasks!

5. Open Access

6. Endless Invention, Endless Experiment, Knowledge

7. Inter-connected Network of Knowledge

8. Youth202

9. Why Special Libraries are the Right Places to Host a Knowledge Management Centre

10. Information Outreach and Knowledge Sharing in the United Nations

11. Restructuring the Library for an Enlarged Mission

12. Selection, Implementation, and Behavioural Considerations for Knowledge-management-tool Adoption Selection, Implementation, and Behavioural Considerations

13. Knowledge Management: Toward Understanding in a Multicultural World

14. Knowledge Management in Public Libraries

15. Theory in Action

16. Managing Change in Turbulent Times and Building the Way for Future Success

17. Applying a Dialogical Approach to Development Discussions Applying a Dialogical Approach

18. Using Knowledge Management in Building a Culture of Research

19. Managing Research Data as a Transformational Role for Librarians Managing

20. Knowledge Management Tools and Processes Helping the Birth of a New Library?

21. Knowledge Collaboration in Higher Education

Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110413106

3110413108

9783110413151

3110413159

OCLC:

940672733