Community building and knowledge sharing by individuals with disabilities using social media

Uncertainties as Barriers for Knowledge Sharing with Enterprise Social Media

Transferring knowledge has become a key challenge for global organizations and social media offers new opportunities to digitalize and support this process. However, the successful implementation of a social media based knowledge transfer environment is marked by several uncertainties that can become a barrier for the participants’ adoption. There is only limited existing research studying the ...

A virtual library for building community and sharing knowledge

Libraries are hubs for social and intellectual interactions in communities and organizations. Virtual libraries should serve the same purpose, yet virtual libraries often focus simply on making their holdings available. In this article an on-line corporate library is described that places knowledge sharing and community building at the core of its design. The library system supports personal we...

Motivation and Knowledge Sharing through Social Media within Danish Organizations

Knowledge Sharing and Creation Through Social Media in Organizations

Organizations are becoming more creative in incorporating technologies to aid their businesses, for example, by building collaboration networks with customers for innovative ideas and by utilizing online communities to mobilize knowledge among their employees. In my dissertation, I examine how such networks among employees or customers empowered by information technology influence the way organ...

Social Interactive Media Tools and Knowledge Sharing: A Case Study

Purpose: Social Media Tools (SMT) have provided new opportunities for libraries and librarians in the world. In academic libraries, we can use of them as a powerful tool for communication. This study is to determine the use of the social interactive media tools [Social Networking Tools (SNT), Social Bookmarking Tools (SBT), Image or Video Sharing Tools (IVShT), and Mashup Tools (MT)] in dissemi...