KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AMONG ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS IN KASHIM IBRAHIM LIBRARY AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMPLEX, ZARIA
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AMONG ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS IN KASHIM IBRAHIM LIBRARY AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY COMPLEX, ZARIA
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2021
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IBRAHIM, Dogara DOGARA, Aliyu Mohammed
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The study was conducted to find out knowledge management practice among the librarians of
Kashim Ibrahim Library of Ahmadu Bello University Library Complex, Zaria. To achieve the
purpose of the study three objectives were formulated with respect to the understanding of
knowledge management practice in the Kashim Ibrahim Library Complex. That is to; ascertain
the strategies that the library is adopting in retaining knowledge of its academic Librarians,
to find out the channels used by the Librarians in acquiring knowledge for their profession and
to discover the constraints that affecting knowledge management practice in the Ahmadu Bello
University Library Complex, Zaria. The population of the study comprised of all the forty 40
academic librarians in the Kashim Ibrahim Library Complex, using purposive sampling
technique the sample size 35(88%) librarians was used for data collection. The research
method used is quantitative with survey research design approach for data collection for the
study. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for collection of data and the data collected
were quantified and analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, tables and discussion.
Some findings from the analysis revealed that the library complex is adopting involving
librarians in to specific tasks as means of retaining their knowledge in the library; they used
mentoring and coaching of lower cadre librarians by the senior librarians. The librarians used
to acquire their professional knowledge through conferences, seminars, symposium,
workshops and in-house trainings. The constraints affecting knowledge management in the
library were identified to be poor perception of the librarians about the concept of knowledge
management, lack funds among others. At the study recommend among others that the library
management of Ahmadu Bello University Library Complex should put their heads together and
enlighten their employees the importance of knowledge management as a means that would
enhance services and become more relevant to the overall mission and vision set to achieved
by the university.
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