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Storing and sharing wisdom and traditional knowledge in the library

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Traditional library practice focuses on print collections and developing collections of materials that have been
published, which means the documents have gone through some kind of review or vetting process. This
practice leaves a wide swath of potential knowledge out of the collection. For example, indigenous
knowledge, beliefs, and experience are different, in that they do not undergo the same review or vetting
process; we might refer to these types of content as wisdom. Non-print collections, such as collections of
recorded oral histories, represent less traditional forms of knowledge. Human libraries push the boundaries
further in the quest to integrate wisdom and lived experience into library collections. This paper delineates
the relationship between wisdom and knowledge that arose during a phenomenological study of the
everyday information practices of Kenyan university women. The women were asked to photograph
everyday events from their life and describe what they saw. One finding was a divergent presentation of
wisdom and knowledge. Because the women were describing this in relation to their education, we assert
that this demonstrates a need to reconsider positivist assumptions in library science, bringing what the
women called wisdom into the stacks. How, though, can wisdom be stored and shared?

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Judul Seri

IFLA

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

USA : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

IFLA 2015, Vol. 41(3) 211–222

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI: 10.1177/0340035

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

2015, Vol. 41(3) 211–222

Subjek

PERPUSTAKAAN

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

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