"Knowledge Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians will help information professionals recognize, organize, communicate, and leverage both the tacit and explicit knowledge already in the organization for the benefit of themselves and their users"-- Provided by publisher.

Part I: Introduction to Knowledge Management -- Introducing Knowledge Management -- Types of Knowledge and the KM Lifecycle -- Goals and the Knowledge Management Framework -- People at the Center: Creating a Culture of KM -- Part II: The Knowledge Management Lifecycle -- Capturing Knowledge: Acquisition and Creation -- Organizing Knowledge: Structure and Compilation -- Storing Knowledge: Integration and Stability -- Sharing Knowledge: Learning and Dissemination -- Updating Knowledge: Assessment and Evaluation -- Part III: Next Steps in Knowledge Management -- Future Directions for KM in Libraries.