Educating for a knowledge management future: Perceptions of library and information professionals

Todd, Ross J. Southon, Gray

Australian Library Journal 2001 50 (4)1195
(ReLIS:jul:juljuh:y:2001:v:50:i:4:p:1195)

Abstract:

The emerging diffuse and complex discourse on knowledge management has, amongst many things, given some focus to the nature of education and training for professionals engaged in managing knowledge. The complexity of charting an educational and training pathway becomes apparent when considered against the plethora of perspectives of what constitutes knowledge management, as well as the various underpinning assumptions about its nature, contextualisation, role, and indeed, the meanings of its constituent terms 'knowledge' and 'management' This paper is the second part of the findings of a research project undertaken in 1999 and 2000 to identify the perspectives of experienced professionals working in the library and information sector in relation to knowledge management, and in particular to identify directions for the education and training of library and information professionals who wish to be engaged in managing knowledge. Part 1 identified considerable variation in levels of awareness of the term 'knowledge management', in the perceptions of knowledge management, and its relation to information management, and in the perception of the institutional understanding of and responses to knowledge management (Southon & Todd, 2001).

Keywords: Gestión del conocimiento ; Formación profesional ; Bibliotecarios ; Documentalistas
Pages: 1195
Volume: 50
Year: 2001
Issue: 4

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