A content analysis of literature regarding knowledge management opportunities for librarians

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-271

  Van Rooi, Hazel ^a   Snyman, Retha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Librarians

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LIBRARIES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

JOURNAL ARTICLES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIBRARIANS; SCHOLARLY JOURNALS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749364979     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610677255     Document Type: Article

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