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2021-06-04
Pitcher, Alison, Garstad, Roxy, Stift, Sandy, Betmanis, Michael, Polkinghorne, Sarah
NEOS libraries have been using Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) as part of their collections development strategy for over a decade. DDA has moved well beyond a pilot project to being a mature, stable approach to collecting ebooks. Collections librarians from the University of Alberta and MacEwan...
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Disseminating, Assimilating, and Creating: A Social Knowledge Cycle Model for Non-Profit Organizations
Download2014
Vela, Sarah, Forcier, Eric, Rathi, Dinesh, Given, Lisa
This research paper explores how ‘social knowledge’, as an emergent category of organizational knowledge, flows through non-profit organizations (NPOs). Examining findings from qualitative interviews with 16 individual from Canadian NPOs on their use of social media for Knowledge Management (KM),...
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Exploring Knowledge Needs in a Non-Profit Student Group – Discussing the Knowledge Sources, Pathways, and Users in a Newspaper Setting
Download2015-02-06
The purpose of this poster is to study the knowledge needs of non-profit student newspaper editors and offer Knowledge Management (KM) recommendations on existing systems. This poster is original research that explores non-profit student newspaper groups. The methodology used for this study was a...
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Exploring the Research Knowledge Needs of Canadian Academic Librarians
2010-11-17
As academic librarians increasingly embrace the core value and challenge of engaging in research and scholarly work, and as senior library administrators continue to adopt evidence-based decision making, staff research knowledge and skills must be constantly and systematically developed and...
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2011
Rathi, Dinesh , Al. Rodney, Huck, John
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge needs of a small, volunteer‐based Non‐Profit Organization (NPO) and present recommendations for implementation of KM solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology used in this paper is the knowledge audit. Data...
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2011
Huck, John, Al. Rodney, Rathi, Dinesh
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge needs of a small, volunteer‐based Non‐Profit Organization (NPO) and present recommendations for implementation of KM solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology used in this paper is the knowledge audit. Data...
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2015
This report examines some of the issues facing the University of Alberta libraries in relation to patron experience and awareness, and offers technological solutions. Because each academic institution has specific needs according to what technologies and policies they have already adopted, and...