IMPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ITS’ TOOLS IN TECHNOLOGY BASED ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

ICT applications in Library and Information Service domain not only altered the library services but also opened avenues for document management leading thereby, propagation of the term information management and subsequently to knowledge management with the proliferation of information on web. Explicit, Embedded and Tacit, the three panoptic group of knowledge has predominant impact in libraries. Arriving to the massive missions like, accumulation, systematic organisations, preservation and effective dissemination 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.