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Pr inciple Responsibilities as Knowledge Manage r

LIBRARIANS ROLE AS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGER INDIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: A CRITICAL STUDY

Unde r standing the End-Use r s Info r mation Needs

Coo r dinating who is r esponsible fo r each knowledgeassets

Whe r e app r op r iate, communicating knowledger equi r ements to se r vice p r ovide r s

P lanning and managing the delive r y of knowledgep r ojects

Monito r ing the use of the knowledge assets and measu r ing

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What makes librarians ideal for Knowledge Management?y A P G Deg r ee in specialized b r anches of knowledge .y A conventional librarians specializations include knowledge

classification , subject indexing , info r mation sto r age andr et r ieval , abst r acting , info r mation consolidation coupled withtechnical w r iting and editing .

y Thorough knowledge of publishing wo r ld and they are r ich withinfo r mation sea r ching skills .

y Librarians are more familiar with their holdings that most of theinformation resources, but are also awa r e of that which is availableelsewhe r e. They also know how to p r ocu r e such info r mation f r omr emote sou r ces .

T homos Davenport, though not a librarian himself, argues strongly in favour of librarians as front runners in Knowledge Manager.


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The New Roles of Lib r a r iansLibrarianship has really gone beyond to take on new role of information or

knowledge centre. Libraries have witnessed many changes, chief amongst them being the availability of information from to an electronic form. This onechange itself means too many minor changes. Besides the users are becomingmore demanding as the research is becoming more interdisciplinary. If a library

does not cater to their needs, the customers will opt for some other information provider. Thus, there is neck-to neck existing roles, they need to take on thefollowing new roles: [*]

yy Knowledge mediato rKnowledge mediato ryy Info r mation a r chitectInfo r mation a r chitectyy Hyb r id lib r a r ianHyb r id lib r a r ianyy Knowledge p r ese r verKnowledge p r ese r ver

* Deegan, M and Tanner, S (2002), digital futres: Strategies for the Information Age, London, LibraryAssociastion Publishing, pp. 217-20.


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Lib r a r y Blog: a best way to Knowledge Management by Lib r a r ian

Lib r a r yBlogA blog can be used to disseminating info r mation about newmate r ials, se r vices, databases , and more allowing librarians to focusmore on content than coding is Library Blog. A Library Blog helps to

b r oadcast useful info r mation to end-use r , in order to promoteawareness of library programs and services in digital environment. Inother word, it is a communication agent or new publishing media tolibrary materials.


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Lib r a r ians need a Lib r a r y BlogThere are some of the services where library blog can put made use of it:y Announcement of New Se r vicesy New a rr ivals listy

Book/Website Recommendationsy Recommended Resea r ch sou r cesy Lib r a r y Notice/ Newsy P ublishing Book Reviewsy Announcement of Exhibition, Confe r encesy Offe r ing T r ail Se r vices fo r r esou r ces f r om open access r eposito r ies.y P ublishing Lib r a r y Quotes fo r inte r act the use r s


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Lets c r eate a Lib r a r y Blog

y Conside r pu r pose with ta r geting the audiencey Selection of softwa r e & hostingy Blogging P oliciesy Conside r Maintenance Issuesy Ma r ket you r Blog


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Ma r ket you r Blog

y Announce in lib r a r y newslette ry Email use r s di r ectlyy Sha r e by wo r d of mouthy Include URL on Lib r a r y publicationsy Seeks links f r om othe r Websites & blogsy

List with sea r ch engines and blog di r ecto r iesy Issue a p r ess r elease to local news


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Conclusiony Lib r a r ian played a key r ole in building info r mation system to

classify and a r chive published info r mation as a KnowledgeManage r .

y The contribution of librarians to Knowledge Management has been significant areas of systems management , end-use rsuppo r t and Collection Management .

y Development of Web 2.0 (wiki, blog, flik r) added newdimension to Knowledge Management Pr ocess . A Library Bloghelps to broadcast useful information to end-user, in order to

promote awareness of library programs and services in digitalenvironment.


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