**7. Future research**

Together with other studies in literature, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of a category of organizations that occupies a special place in the knowledge-based society, namely libraries and information services, which are involved the most in knowledge management. Implementing knowledge management in any organization should start from understanding the context in which it operates, its mission and objectives, its activities and its characteristic elements and the external factors that influence it.

In literature, approaches to knowledge management application in libraries and information services are fragmentary. Our study provides a starting point for future research to explore in greater depth and go in more details about the elements of the model and framework and answer questions such as How should be developed a system to motivate staff in libraries? How communication can be improved at the library level? etc. The model and the framework we designed starting from our research offer the basis for understanding the context of libraries and for creating a culture of learning and knowledge sharing in these structures. Future research should develop more systematic and detailed approaches and ways to manage and improve knowledge sharing in libraries. This could bring great advantages by increasing the efficiency of these organizations in the globalized knowledgebased society.
