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Knowledge Management in Libraries

Author: P.K. Mahapatra B. Chakrabarti

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ISBN 8170003318
Year of Publication 2002
Binding HardBound
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Language English
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Libraries deal with the knowledge and the mission of the libraries is the knowledge management. Knowledge can be divided in two categories, tacit knoledge and explicit knowledge. Tacit knowledge is the 'knowhow' acquired by persons. It is usually intuitive and generally demonstrated in how an individual makes accomplishment in his work, even though this knowledge is not recouded anywhere. But one of he goals of the knowledge more widely avilable. Explicit knowledge is systematiclly documented records in any king of format which guide the users togain the knowledge as the individuals need and to expand the knowledge base further. Libraies, the institutions for knowledge mangement deal with both categories of knowledge, tacit knowledge for the library personnel and the explicit knowledge for the end- users. Library personnel must know the 'know -how ' of information sources, management, retrieval and dissemination, as well as global access tonformation. This tacit knowledge helps the end-users to gain explicit knowledge as any individual requires. They must be guided to the gateway of knowledge. 'Information -rich' organisations can be 'knowledge- poor' organizations if the two categories of knowledge do not match. this book is written to aact as a resource base for tacit knowledge leading to explicit knowledge. The chapters of the book have been designed to deal with both information management as well as knowledge management .

Preface

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p>Dr. Piyush Kanti Mahapatra has been teaching in the Department of Library
Science, Calcutta University for more than three decades. He also long held the
tenure of Head of the Department. His book, the computer in Library Services
(1985) was a pioneering work on the subject. He has written more than a dozen of
books on Library and Information Science. Dr. Mahapatra is a member of FID and
life member of several national associations. He is associated with a number of
universities in various capacities. He was a member of the UGC Panel of Library
and Information Science as well as the UGC Committee for Curriculum Development.
He was the Chairman of the CALIBNET Standardisation Committee, set up by NISSAT.
He is the Library Secretary and member of the Calcutta, an institution of
national importance. Dr. Mahapatra atended a number of international conferences
and seminars and visited USA, UK, Canada, France, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Thailand, and presented paper in FID General Assembly.



Dr. Bhubaneswar Chakrabarti is a sector teacher in Library Science at the
University of Calcutta. He attended the British Council course on Education for
Library and Information Science held in Aberysttwyth, Wales, UK in 1981. He is
an alumnus of the State University of New York at Buffalo and worked at the OCLC
terminal for a considerable period. He has an extensive publication record,
including a number of articles, conference papers and several textbooks
published by the World press, Calcutta.

 


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