Knowledge Management : Librarian’s Perspective

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on knowledge management and role the librarians in managing the knowledge or information. The paper begins with the existing debate on the very concept of knowledge management and looks at some recent papers and arguments on the issue. The paper also focuses on key issues like characteristics, components, knowledge resources, key elements, process of knowledge management. The second part of the paper, mainly concentrates on the librarian’s role in the knowledge management. Here challenges, issues involved qualities of the successful knowledge manager (Librarian) and the areas to be improved in order to became a successful knowledge manager are discussed.