Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 539-553

  Matthews, Paul ^a   Stephens, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Epistemology; Information profession; Internet; Knowledge sharing; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES; EPISTEMOLOGY; INFORMATION PROFESSIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649231887     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531011089667     Document Type: Article

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