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Jurnal PPM: Journal of Malaysian Librarians
Vol. 14, 2020

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE

 Manage the library as a thing and  Knowledge as intelligence, thinking,
material learning, comprehension and as a flow
 Emphasis on structured and formal  Emphasis on unstructured information
information (explicit) and knowledge (explicit and tacit)
 Emphasis more on external  Emphasis on internal information and
information knowledge more
 Neutrality within the organization  Corporate culture transformation and
 Information and knowledge delivery, change agentry
a hub (library) and spoke literature  Information and knowledge sharing, a
 Structures, information structuring, dense web structure
cataloging, etc  A loose unformed poorly developed
 Growing contextual knowledge but appreciation for information and
not well recognised within the knowledge structuring
organisation  Knowledge of the context, organisational
 Information more as text and sectoral (industry)
 Awareness of knowledge as text, but a
background in non-textual information
 Linking knowledge sharing with
compensation policy

In KM we are managing knowledge as intelligence, thinking, learning, comprehension
and as a flow. Thus, we look deeper into human behaviour and culture and how humans
react to the surroundings and certain things like materials, systems, relationships, human
interaction, spaces and the flow of knowledge within these dynamics.

Table 1 will try to show the difference between what IM and KM are managing and the
emphasis.

Then, why is KM so important to us?

Firstly, when one understands that knowledge in essence, then what is one really
managing in a library? The author would like to suggest that one is, actually managing
knowledge as part of human development and learning. In the context of an organisation
it is about managing the knowledge assets of the organisation for the success of the
organisation. In both, knowledge is not managed as a thing. This new perspective will
bring about more opportunities for to grow and be more valuable to society at large.

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