Library as knowledge ecosystem
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a network-based approach for doing active knowledge services in the coming networked knowledge era.
Design/methodology/approach
A novel solution so-called “Internet of Knowledge (IoK)” is proposed in this paper, which can be used to organize scattered resources into a value-added knowledge asset for serving any specific objective through internet connection.
Findings
It enables the public library to be an attractive habitat for both knowledge consumers and contributors to share and co-create knowledge works. It will be an ideal ecosystem for supporting the growth of knowledge-intensive industries.
Research limitations/implications
A pilot system has being developed to promote the development of marine economy.
Practical implications
The IoK-based approach is expected to be applied to more domains in the next China’s five-year plan.
Originality/value
The main contribution is to integrate many great ideas from world gurus into a single solution framework, in other words, an integration innovation.
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Acknowledgements
This research is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB352203) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61472242). This paper was presented at the seventh Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2014) July 9-11, 2014 at the Shanghai Library, China.
Citation
Ju, D. and Shen, B. (2015), "Library as knowledge ecosystem", Library Management, Vol. 36 No. 4/5, pp. 329-339. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-08-2014-0094
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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