Managing and Sharing Knowledge in Academic Libraries

Nazim, Mohammad and Mukherjee, Bhaskar Managing and Sharing Knowledge in Academic Libraries. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, 2012, vol. 13, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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This paper discusses the knowledge strategies followed by libraries of the central universities and Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) in India. For the purpose of identifying the most used KM strategies in academic libraries, 14 indicator variables were identified from the review of literature and retained for analysis. A total of 45 employees across 20 libraries (15 central university libraries and 5 libraries of IIM) were surveyed to understand the knowledge strategies followed. Using SPSS, descriptive statistics were applied. The type of strategies used in academic libraries is both codification and personalization with slight domination of codification over personalization. However, some elements of both codification and personalization strategies were not followed by the libraries surveyed. The study bears implications not only for the formulation and implementation of knowledge strategies in academic libraries, but also for the body of enquiry into managing and sharing knowledge in academic organizations. This study on a relatively less researched area in knowledge management gives directions for future work in this area.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Knowledge sharing; Knowledge Management; Academic libraries; India
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology
L. Information technology and library technology > LL. Automated language processing.
Depositing user: Dr. Mohammad Nazim
Date deposited: 08 Aug 2013 17:38
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:27
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19863

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