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University’s Role in Exploring New Knowledge in the Global Knowledge Society: Knowledge Ecology Perspective

University’s Role in Exploring New Knowledge in the Global Knowledge Society: Knowledge Ecology Perspective

Chammika Mallawaarachchi
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781466640702|ISBN10: 1466640707|EISBN13: 9781466640719
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch003
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Mallawaarachchi, Chammika. "University’s Role in Exploring New Knowledge in the Global Knowledge Society: Knowledge Ecology Perspective." Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries, edited by S. Thanuskodi, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 39-46. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch003

APA

Mallawaarachchi, C. (2013). University’s Role in Exploring New Knowledge in the Global Knowledge Society: Knowledge Ecology Perspective. In S. Thanuskodi (Ed.), Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries (pp. 39-46). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch003

Chicago

Mallawaarachchi, Chammika. "University’s Role in Exploring New Knowledge in the Global Knowledge Society: Knowledge Ecology Perspective." In Challenges of Academic Library Management in Developing Countries, edited by S. Thanuskodi, 39-46. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4070-2.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter discusses ways to explore knowledge in higher education, especially in universities, from a knowledge ecology perspective. Managing knowledge is a challenge, and it is a drastically changing concept. The author contends that knowledge ecology is a good concept to explore knowledge in higher education while working in the knowledge society towards building a secure and stable knowledge environment. Knowledge ecology focuses on identifying valuable knowledge but not managing knowledge. This is very important in the present setting. Hence, the chapter presents how universities meet the knowledge society’s demands without any obstacles of knowledge exploration focusing on the elite knowledge of its knowledge ecology.

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