出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：This paper stresses on the need of using Knowledge Management (KM) in the higher educationinstitutions of Saudi Arabia. The paper is based on the literature review and personalexperience of the author in the education sector.The paper aims at highlighting the importance of KM for the educational institutionsparticularly for developing countries. It also reviews the readiness of Saudi Arabia for KMapplication by illustrating different development initiatives taken by the Saudi government indifferent sectors. However, the literature also identifies many barriers on the way.Keeping the importance of KM for the higher education institutions in view, this paper proposesto adopt the model of Library Knowledge Management Center (LKMC) with neededmodifications for Universities of Saudi Arabia. This LKMC model was proposed by Parker,Nitse, and Flowers (2005) for the small business corporate for providing the KnowledgeManagement (KM) and Competitive Intelligence (CI) services. The paper discusses differentcomponents of the LKMC model and their relevance to the education sector.
关键词：Knowledge Management; Higher Education; LKMC; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
