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Knowledge Management for Librarians

Author: Anil Kumar Dhiman Hemant Sharma

Rs. 1675

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ISBN 9788170005759
Year of Publication 2009
Binding HardBound
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Language English
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Knowledge Management is emerging as a new concept in the management field. Though the concept is for business organizations but it is also attracting Library Professionals to participate and make use of it in managing library and information centres. This book on Knowledge Management for Librarians is written to make aware the working librarians about knowledge management and its possible uses in the library and information centres. Knowledge Management, its various tasks and activities and implementation aspects have been discussed in details through various chapters in the book. A detailed and separate chapter on Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centres, is kept emphasizing over the possible uses of Knowledge Management in academic, public and special libraries and the barriers for migrating librarians into knowledge managers along with state of art of Knowledge Management in the Library and Information Centres.
It is believed that this book will be useful for those who are interested to know the mystery of knowledge management in the field of library science. The students and, the teachers will also be benefited with this book to enhance their knowledge in the emerging field of Knowledge Management.


Chapters Page Numbers
1. Introduction 1-86
2. Origin and Development of Knowledge 87-131
Management
3. Knowledge Creation 132-167
4. Knowledge Capturing, Certification and 168-235
Organization of Knowledge
5. Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Sharing 236-286
6. Knowledge Management Tools 287-307
7. Networks in Knowledge Management 308-333
8. Data and Web Mining 334-373
9. Leadership in Knowledge Management and KM 374-448
Implementation
10. Ethical and Legal Issues in Knowledge 449-483
Management
11. Knowledge Management in Libraries 484-546
12. Epilogue 547-603
Appendices 604-623
Suggested Readings 624-630
Index 631-633

Dr. Anil Kumar Dhiman is M.A. (Political Science), M.Sc. (Botany), M.L.I.Sc, B.Ed., P.G.D.C.A., Ph.D. He is Elected Fellow of Indian Botanical Society (FBS), Fellow of Society of Ethnobotanists (FES) and Fellow of United Writers Association, India (FUWAI) and also the Life-members of APSI, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, and UPLA. He has more than two decades of working experience in the library field. Presently, he is working as Information Scientist in the Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar. He has also experience of teaching library science to the students of certificate of library science & undergraduate students at Library Science Training Centre, Roorkee and Haridwar Study Centre of U.P. Rajrashi Tandon Open University between 1994-2001 and 2000-2002 respectively. He is also on the roll of various universities for guiding M.Phil, students. 08 candidates have been awarded M.Phil under his supervision in Library Science and many are working for their dissertations. He has to his credit 26 books and 95 papers published in both field of his study i.e., Botany and Library Science. He has been awarded APSI Gold Medal & Young Scientist Award in 1999 and Glory of India International Award in 2006.

Dr. Hemant Sharma M.Sc, M.Lib.Sc., Ph.D. (Library Science), is currently Reader & Head, SOS in Library & Information Science, Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He is also Deputy Director in the Directorate of Distance Education in Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He has contributed 35 papers and also published 03 books in library science. 16 candidates have been awarded Ph.Ds under his supervision including 05 as co-guide and many are working for their Ph.Ds. He is on the board of three Library Science Journals. He had also served as Convener of MLIS Course of IGNOU and Language Coordinator of SOS in Language and Convener of UGC managed "Sanskrit Sambhasan Centre" in Jiwaji University. Besides, he has completed a major UGC – funded project ‘Development of Public Libraries in M.P: Recent Scenario and Future Development Plan’ in Library Science.

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