Tiwari, Manoj and Tiwari, Ajay (2012) Role of knowledge management in academic information center: a study. In: Knowledge Management: Issues and Challenges. World Education, New Delhi, pp. 218-222. ISBN 9788190987325
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Abstract
Evolving information and knowledge has impacted all organizations, including academic information center. This has made knowledge management become important. The conventional function of academic information center is to collect, process, disseminate, store and utilize information to provide service to the university community. However, the environment in which academic information center operate today is changing. Information centers are part of the university and its organizational culture. Whatever affects universities has an impact on academic information center. As a result, the role of academic information center is changing to provide the competitive advantage for the parent universities. The success of academic information center depends on their ability to utilize information and knowledge of its staff to better serve the needs of the academic community. This requires academic librarians to reappraise their functions, expand their roles and responsibilities to effectively contribute and meet the needs of a large and diverse academic community. Knowledge management is a viable means in which acadernic information center could improve their services in the present knowledge era. This is a report of the results of a case study conducted to establish the ways in which the academic librarians could add value to their services by engaging with knowledge management.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Knowledge Management | Academic Infomation Center |
Subjects: | Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Library and Information Science |
JGU School/Centre: | Global Library |
Depositing User: | Gena Veineithem |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2022 06:01 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2022 06:01 |
URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/2817 |
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