Relevance of Knowledge Management and it’s Tools in Technology Based Academic Libraries

Abstract

Adoption of Information and Communication Technology in library domain not only exemplified the services but also opened up scintillating avenues for document management which, however, with the proliferation of information on web resulted in the propagation of the term information management and subsequently to knowledge management. Explicit, Embedded and Tacit, the three panoptic group of knowledge have predominant impact in libraries. Arriving to the massive missions like, accumulation, systematic organisations, preservations and effective disseminations of knowledge, the libraries require adequate professional competencies along with infrastructures. Preservation of knowledge and its management from valuable records of culture connect to succeeding generations and the Libraries through out the ages have proved to be essential intermediary in establishing communication among past, present, and future. Further, it adopts multiple knowledge management tools to ensure preservation of knowledge both in print or electronic. The paper discusses various dimensions and activities involved in information management and knowledge management including its creation, impetus on library services and technological issues including various knowledge management tools for effective organization of knowledge and its dissemination including enhancement of skills.

Keywords

• Knowledge Management
• Models of Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Application Management