Abstract
IFLA Journal and IFLA’s Knowledge Management Section are pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue focused on Knowledge Management (KM).
Managing institutional knowledge is increasingly recognized as a crucial element in improving competitiveness, innovation, and creativity. Libraries seeking to be resilient organizations in a quickly and unpredictably changing world know that KM is essential to their internal management strategy, and librarians in particular have the necessary skills and competencies to put it into action. Libraries contribute to their parent institutions by helping them to develop their own approach to KM, providing them with methods and tools to address their own development, and transform themselves in a transforming world.
As the number of knowledge workers increases in all sectors, practicing effective KM requires attention to human resources, a mature use of technologies and the ability to deploy effective processes.
IFLA Journal invites papers for a special issue focused on Knowledge Management across all continents. We intend to gather the latest theories, research, and practices from libraries and information professions to further the discourse on the current state of Knowledge Management in libraries and other information-rich institutions. We are particularly interested in articles employing quantitative or qualitative research methods in their approach to knowledge management.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: The role of Knowledge Management and knowledge managers in organizational change management and fostering innovation Connections between KM, open access, intellectual property, privacy, and institutional integrity The implementation and use of social media, blogs, intranet, and other platforms to share knowledge, improve collaboration and team spirit, and involve colleagues and communities Methods of teaching, coaching and mentoring knowledge workers, including job-shadowing programs KM in academic curricula, and continuing training for knowledge managers KM approaches in multicultural environments; diverse KM approaches in different socio-cultural environments KM and digital scholarship: a possible alliance to face new challenges (new forms of publications, content curation, big data, research data services…) Success and failures in KM
Editors
Operating Systems and Knowledge Management, Director
ARPA Lazio (Regional Agency for Environment Prot.)
Italy
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Information Resources Manager
Knowledge Resources Associates, LLC
United States
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Deputy Director
Smithsonian Libraries
United States
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Interim Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning, & Research Division
University of Kentucky Libraries
United States
Submission deadline
Articles for the special issue should be submitted to IFLA Journal for peer review on or before Friday, 19 April 2019.