Awareness of Knowledge Management among Librarians of Engineering Colleges Affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore:A Study

Abstract

As the development o f recent year’s data in libraries is digitized, huge volume o f data is produced in libraries, where Knowledge Management [KM] has become the key concern for librarians and libraries. The emerging field o f Knowledge Management offers academic libraries the opportunity to improve effectiveness, both for the libraries and the institutions. The aim o f this study is to identify the awareness o f knowledge management concepts among Librarians o f Engineering Colleges Affiliated to Anna University o f Technology, Coimbatore, Questionnaire were sent to 147 colleges librarians and 109 (74.15%) were responded. “Gender, Education and Experience” has been considered as the main attributes for the study o f awareness o f KM concepts.