Knowledge management and librarianship in information world

Abstract

Present age is called knowledge age, because information is growing day by day so the assumption is that knowledge should be growing in the same manner. Traditional libraries have changed to paperless library due to the growth of Internet and the World Wide Web. Since advent of ICT, the information explosion have been taken place which force to library to collect, organise and provide right information to right users. The development and management of knowledge in recent years has become one of the challenges for librarianships and libraries. Knowledge Management provides opportunities to use and enhancement of intellectual knowledge. The main objective of this paper is to analyse what kinds of skills and competencies are required to librarians for the process and management of various kinds of knowledge available in individuals which fulfill the diverse information needs of the users.