Understanding the Knowledge Sharing Behaviors of Library Professionals in South Asia

TL;DR

This study explores the knowledge sharing behaviors, attitudes, and challenges faced by library professionals across six South Asian countries, focusing on technological tools, social networking, and management issues.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of knowledge sharing practices and challenges among library professionals in South Asia, highlighting areas for improvement.

Findings

Use of social networking sites for knowledge sharing

Challenges include lack of training and resources

Variations in technological adoption across countries

Abstract

The present study aim is to know the information professionals-library professionals knowledge sharing behaviours and attitudes among the institutes. This study investigated six countries' library professionals: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The study discussed knowledge sharing behaviour, technological equipment used for knowledge management and disseminating the sources of knowledge; academic social networking sites used for sharing the information and knowledge as well as challenges in knowledge management faced by the librarians examined in detail. The implication of the study highlighted the various areas of knowledge management such as training, budget, lack of staff and reward.