A survey on the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and knowledge managementof Information Science specialists working at Shiraz University libraries

The aim of this study was to do a survey on the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and knowledge management (KM) of Information Science specialists working at 13 Shiraz University libraries.
This study, as objective view is a fundamental research and in terms of methodology, is a correlation research. The used tools of the study include the CE questionnaire of Hooman and knowledge management questionnaire of Nayyer; and data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings: Results of the study showed thatthere is a significant relationshipbetween corporate entrepreneurship and knowledge management of the Information Science specialists. The results also showed thatamong the components of CE, between the "hard working, responsible and successful"with knowledge management, there is significant relationship, but between the dimensions of risk taking, internal control, creativity, flexibility, tolerance of ambiguity and verbal narrative with their knowledge management, there is no significant relationship.
It can be concluded thatthe Information Science specialists consider and utilizethe KM as a conscious strategy of identifying, evaluating, organizing, processing and storingin order to raise public opinion and increase innovation and entrepreneurship in their libraries.