A Knowledge Community of Interest Portal that Facilitates Knowledge Sharing Initiatives in Public Libraries

This dissertation report was prepared for final year project Part B. This project
mainly focuses on the development of knowledge community of interest portal that
facilitates knowledge sharing initiatives in libraries among public libraries' users.
Currently, although library is well-known to be the center of knowledge repository,
not many libraries has implemented knowledge management concept within the
library itself. There is lack of knowledge sharing platform such as virtual community
portal for library users that allow knowledge to be shared among patrons as well as
patrons and librarians. For FYP Part A, student had distributed survey questionnaires
at selected public libraries to gather and collect useful information regarding the
current situation in public libraries. Along the way, research on relevant materials
relating to the project such as knowledge management concept, architectures, relevant
models, technologies and applications has also been done in order to get a clear
understanding. At the end of final year project Part B, student is expected to come up
with a complete knowledge management application for libraries in a form of
knowledge community portal, equipped with necessary functionality that can
facilitates knowledge sharing initiatives in public libraries. This knowledge
community portal will be developed based on information collected and research
done during FYP Part A and FYP Part B.