Abstract
This study investigated the level of awareness and application of personal knowledge management by academic librarians in university libraries in South-East Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 175 academic librarians from ten public universities. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency counts and percentages were used for research question 1, arithmetic mean were used for research questions 2 and 3. The study revealed among others that the level of awareness of personal knowledge management was moderate and the level of application of personal knowledge management was high. Challenges associated with application of personal knowledge management includes, difficulty in expressing tacit knowledge of individuals and lack of social network among others. The study recommended that university libraries should formulate a knowledge management strategy based on actual needs of the university. Keywords : Awareness, Application, Personal knowledge Management, Academic Librarians. DOI : 10.7176/IKM/10-6-05 Publication date :September 30th 2020
Highlights
Knowledge management (KM) is about building organizational intelligence by enabling people to improve the way they work in capturing, sharing and using knowledge
Answering of Research Questions: Research Question 1: What is the level of awareness of personal knowledge management (PKM) among academic librarians in SE, Nigeria?
Research question 2: What is the level of application of PKM by academic librarians in university libraries in South-East Nigeria?
Summary
Knowledge management (KM) is about building organizational intelligence by enabling people to improve the way they work in capturing, sharing and using knowledge. It involves using the ideas and experience of people and process to improve the organization’s performance. The key idea driving knowledge management (KM) is that knowledge is a strategic asset that must be managed. It should be managed as an asset or resource just like land, capital and labour. In the present information and knowledge era, knowledge as an intangible asset has taken precedence over traditional organizational resources such as capital and labour. Knowledge management involves the organization and harnessing of the knowledge assets in order to achieve individual and corporate goals
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