Knowledge management and the Parliamentary Library

Knowledge management and the Parliamentary Library: Trust and prophylactics?

Sandra Jones, Manager, Research and Analysis Branch, Parliamentary Library, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand.
Phone: 64 4 471 9212 Fax 64 4 471 9619
E-mail: sandra.jones@parliament.govt.nz

The views expressed are purely the author’s and may not reflect the view of the Parliamentary Library or Parliamentary Service.

Abstract
Knowledge management in a library, even a specialist one such as a Parliamentary Library, can conjure up images of one large catalogue, listing the complete collection and managed by librarians mediating the information into a politically acceptable form. As ever, the truth is more complex. There are about fifteen different collections within the New Zealand Parliamentary Library. Only some parts are catalogued. Access to collections in other parts of New Zealand and across the world means that the information sources available to the 120 Members of the New Zeal...