Knowledge Sharing Practices Amongst the Library and Information Professionals of Pakistan in the Digital Era

2020 ◽  
pp. 200-217
Author(s):  
Ikram Ul Haq ◽  
Rabiya Ali Faridi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Significant Activity ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Perceptual Aspect ◽  
Changing Knowledge

We are living in the age of an ever-changing knowledge-based society. Information, and most preferably knowledge, has been considered as a noteworthy resource for the development of any person, profession, institute, nation, and even all humanity on a larger scale. Knowledge sharing (KS) is a significant activity and an integral part of knowledge management. KS is substantial in building the capacity and learning development of library and information professionals. The aim of this article is to find out knowledge sharing practices among the library and information professionals working in different libraries in the Pakistani digital era. The study will be limited to the perceptual aspect of the issue, specifically from the respondents' opinions and their sentiments. Finally, the article highlights the role, skills and challenges for information professionals while sharing knowledge in the digital era of Pakistan.

Knowledge Management Approach as Business Model

2011 ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Viju Mathew
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Knowledge Strategies

Knowledge management (KM) has been sprouting as one of the outstanding conversant factor strongly in trust, and trust is a critical precondition to knowledge learning and sharing management concepts (Mathew, 2008). The chapter intended to bring forward various KM strategies specially framed for the service industries looking forward for the global market and need to create advantage in providing customer satisfaction and enhancing the growth prospects, applications in organizations, indicate how to improve knowledge based performance and act a base for the service industry for developing innovation, creating global opportunities for better service. The case study highlighting knowledge strategies is designed to achieve the required knowledge sharing and output. Open-ended and closed-ended strategies plays a significant role in collaborative learning, development, building the potential and providing the knowledge creation and sharing capacities needed for strategic formulation and decision making to create competitiveness.

Knowledge Sharing in Legal Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 1807-1817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Professional Context

Given the reliance on knowledge-based resources over traditional assets, the professional context serves as a heightened environment in which to investigate knowledge sharing. Within legal practice, the success of a law firm is connected to the firm’s ability to leverage knowledge (Sherer, 1995), and this has led to a call for knowledge management to be a business imperative within legal practice (Parsons, 2004; Rusanow, 2003).

Usage and Applications of Knowledge Management for Improving Library and Information Services in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shiful Islam ◽  
Md. Abul Kalam Siddike ◽  
Shohana Nowrin ◽  
Sonia Naznin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Communication Gap ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The aim of this paper is to explore the use and applications of Knowledge Management (KM) for improving Library and Information Services (LIS) in Bangladesh. This paper seeks to address the following research questions: How KM can be used efficiently in the libraries of Bangladesh for the improvement of LIS performance? What KM tools and techniques are being used in the libraries of Bangladesh? What difficulties are faced by the information professionals for applying KM tools and techniques in the libraries of Bangladesh? What are likely to be the means or ways to overcome those difficulties? The methodology includes a combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. An in-depth interview method has been used to collect data using a semi-structured questionnaire consisting of open-ended and close-ended questions. The results of this study show that document management is the highly used KM tool used in the libraries of Bangladesh followed by intranet, telephones, instant messenger, groupware, digital warehouse, and web conferencing. Results also reveal that the use and application of KM in LIS supports improved access to information resources and services, enriched professional knowledge of information professionals, enhanced environment and culture of knowledge sharing, and changed work behaviour of information professionals. The study identifies that lack of awareness about KM, lack of skilled manpower, communication gap and lack of knowledge sharing, and lack of technological infrastructure are the main problems for the use and application of KM. Finally, this study suggests that creating awareness about KM, trained and skilled manpower, reducing communication gap and improved knowledge sharing, technological and knowledge infrastructure, and the use of KM system/tools are the possible ways to overcome the problems for the use and application of KM in the libraries of Bangladesh.

Modeling the Metrics of Individual, Organizational and Technological Knowledge Sharing Barriers

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Sharma ◽  
M. D. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Technological Knowledge ◽  
Maximum Effect ◽  
Analytical Network Process ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Business Knowledge ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Engineering Industries

In today's knowledge-based business, knowledge is the only source of competitive advantage for engineering industries. Knowledge sharing plays an important role in the success of knowledge management (KM). Knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs) become obstacles for KM to achieve the goals of the industries. In this paper, three categories of KSBs have been identified such as individual, organizational and technological. The main purpose of this research is to measure the effectiveness of individual, organizational and technological KSBs by the application of an analytical network process (ANP) framework which helps to the managers for taking decision to enhance the successful knowledge sharing in the engineering industries. An ANP framework has been developed with the help of identified determinants, dimensions and enablers to evaluate alternatives such as individual, organizational and technological KSBs. Results indicate that the organizational KSBs have the maximum effect on knowledge sharing followed by technological and individual KSBs.

Global Knowledge Networking (GKN) With Utilizing of Digital Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 966-987
Author(s):  
Azadeh Heidari ◽  
Leila Nemati-Anaraki
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Essential Condition ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Innovation Activities

In Digital Libraries (DLs) as an innovative community environment, knowledge is nutrition, and the environment for knowledge sharing is the essential condition. As the knowledge is the heart of digital libraries, it is imperative for them to promote the innovation activities embodied by teaching and scientific research through an efficient knowledge-sharing environment. In digital environment, the role of knowledge has become even more significant. Moreover, DLs perform many knowledge-based activities, and by nature, the knowledge-sharing process is embedded in DL systems. These modern knowledge management environments need modern technologies in order to perform properly for end users and online researchers. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to provide a model for global knowledge networking with utilizing digital libraries and artificial intelligence. The specific objectives are to describe a framework of digital libraries and concepts of Knowledge Management (KM). The chapter finds some significant overlaps between DLs and KM and integrates the knowledge-sharing process with DLs and artificial intelligence. The integration of KM and knowledge sharing can add value to develop a global knowledge networking process model so users around the globe can make use of this knowledge transmission.

Knowledge Sharing in Legal Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 935-945
Author(s):  
Chad Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Professional Context

Given the reliance on knowledge-based resources over traditional assets, the professional context serves as a heightened environment in which to investigate knowledge sharing. Within legal practice, the success of a law firm is connected to the firm’s ability to leverage knowledge (Sherer, 1995), and this has led to a call for knowledge management to be a business imperative within legal practice (Parsons, 2004; Rusanow, 2003).

Knowledge Sharing in Legal Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 515-522
Author(s):  
Chad Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Professional Context

Given the reliance on knowledge-based resources over traditional assets, the professional context serves as a heightened environment in which to investigate knowledge sharing. Within legal practice, the success of a law firm is connected to the firm’s ability to leverage knowledge (Sherer, 1995), and this has led to a call for knowledge management to be a business imperative within legal practice (Parsons, 2004; Rusanow, 2003).

Knowledge Producers and Consumers

2011 ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atreyi Kankanhalli ◽  
Bernard C.Y. Tan ◽  
Kwok-Kee Wei
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
The Individual

In a knowledge-based economy, organizations find it difficult to compete based upon the individual knowledge of a few organizational members. This provides the rationale for knowledge management wherein organizational knowledge must be shared, combined, and reused in order to enable organizations to compete more effectively. Hence, knowledge sharing is considered an essential process in knowledge management. Unfortunately, sharing is often unnatural for the parties involved in it, that is, knowledge contributors or producers and knowledge seekers or consumers. Hoarding knowledge and not accepting knowledge from others are natural tendencies that are difficult to change (Davenport & Prusak, 1998). Knowledge contributors may be inhibited from sharing their knowledge due to perceptions of loss of power, lack of time or incentives, and other barriers. Knowledge seekers may find it laborious to seek advice from others and desire to discover solutions for themselves. Therefore, it is vital to understand and foster the motivations of knowledge contributors and seekers toward participating in knowledge sharing.

Modeling the Metrics of Individual, Organisational and Technological Knowledge Sharing Barriers: An Analytical Network Process Approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350018 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Sharma ◽  
M. D. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Maximum Effect ◽  
Analytical Network Process ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Sharing Strategy ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Engineering Industries

In today's knowledge-based business, knowledge is the only source of competitive advantage for engineering industries. Knowledge sharing plays an important role in the success of knowledge management (KM). Knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs) become obstacles for KM to achieve the goals of the industries. In this paper, three categories of KSBs have been identified such as individual, organisational and technological. The main purpose of this research is to measure the effectiveness of individual, organisational and technological KSBs which helps the managers for taking decision to enhance the successful knowledge sharing strategy in the engineering industries. In this paper, an analytical network process (ANP) framework has been developed with the help of identified determinants, dimensions and enablers to evaluate the effectiveness of alternatives such as individual, organisational and technological KSBs. As per evaluation, the organisational KSBs have the maximum effect on knowledge sharing followed by technological and individual KSBs.

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