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knowledge management systems  

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  • Knowledge management systems (KMSs) refers to an integrated institutional framework that involves two central components: (1) a storage function in terms of collecting, categorizing, making retrievable and accessible to defined users, and safeguarding knowledge; and (2) a dissemination function that includes making knowledge accessible in terms of transfers and communication to diverse audiences. Throughout history, societies have developed various storage systems for knowledge (e.g., libraries, archives, museums) and devices (drawings, books, computer disks) and ways of disseminating (print media, radio, TV, Internet). [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Knowledge Management Systems]

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