CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN LIBRARIES

Abstract

In this work, the researchers reviewed the concepts of knowledge in three perspectives: simplistic view, subjective view and objective view. The main concepts of knowledge: explicit and implicit knowledge were examined and diagrammatically illustrated. Differences between data, information, knowledge and wisdom were discussed. The roles of libraries in knowledge management were also examined. The paper offers recommendations that librarians and libraries in the digital and knowledge era should be in charge of knowledge management in their respective organizations in order to leverage the intellectual assets and to facilitate knowledge creation and sharing