Knowledge Management in Libraries in the 21st Century

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the concept of knowledge management. It also highlights the characteristics of knowledge management and technologies for realizing knowledge management in libraries. knowledge management is generally understood to mean the sharing of knowledge inside or outside of an organization. Knowledge management is the process of creating, capturing and using knowledge to enhance organizational performance. Knowledge acquisition is the starting point of knowledge management in libraries. The knowledge economy is a new concept that has appeared worldwide in recent years. As a sub-discipline of the knowledge economy, knowledge management is a completely new concepts and method of management. knowledge management requires linkage of information with information, information with activities and information with man – so as to realize the sharing of knowledge. The conventional functions of a library are to collect, process, disseminates, store and utilize document information to provide service for the society. In the knowledge economy era, the library will become a treasure – house of human knowledge, participate in knowledge innovation, and become an important link in the knowledge innovation chain. In the 21st century, the library will inevitably face the new subject of knowledge management.