Study of the status and barriers affecting the use of personal knowledge management by managers (Case study: Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Quds Razavi)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status and identification of the level of familiarity and use of managers of The Organization of Library, Museums and Document Center of Astan Quds Razavi of the Personal Knowledge Management Tools, systems and skills, as well as identifying the most important barriers to using personal knowledge management in The Organization of Libraries.

This research is applied in its nature and its method is descriptive and of a survey type. The research population consisted of 100 managers in the organization of libraries, museums and Astan Quds Razavi Documentation Center, which interact with the staff and clients as the manager and responsible for the department. The population of this study was selected by census method and no sample was taken. The research questionnaire was distributed among them.

Findings indicate that the level of familiarity of managers with the tools and systems of knowledge management in the library organization is in the desired level (2.490), and their use of these tools and systems is moderate (1.954). Also, based on the research findings, the skill level of managers is good at personal knowledge management skills (2.733). The results of the research also showed that all three barriers to the study have an impact on the use of Personal Knowledge Management in The Organization Of Libraries, with the most effect on the infrastructural and cultural barriers and the least impact on individual barriers