Organizational Culture and Knowledge

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What is Organizational Culture?





Libraries as Cultural Entities

Cultural Entities Within Libraries

Communities of Practice and Knowledge Sharing

Grass roots community efforts are engaging in interesting techniques to mine the knowledge of individuals so to help them solve their particular problems. These methods can be adapted to the workplace. Some examples:

World Cafe assumes that major change begins with the conversations of small groups of people. A very effective cross between talking to friends in a restaurant and musical chairs.

Appreciative Inquiry asks people to identify their ideal world and then commit to taking steps toward that ideal world. Very inspiring and action-focused method of creating communities of practice.

ACRL's Effective Practices Clearinghouse

ACRL is frequently looked to and contacted for descriptions of effective practices in the academic library profession. The goal of the Effective Practices Clearinghouse is to recognize effective practices in academic libraries in areas such as programs, services, facilities, technology, and initiatives and share them so they are accessible to academic librarians and the entire education community.