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4. Intellectual assets/Knowledge assets: similar terms which comprises<br />

knowledge assets regarding products, technologies and market that a business<br />

own.<br />

5. In<strong>for</strong>mation Economics: study of the clear value of in<strong>for</strong>mation to an<br />

organization.<br />

6. Data Mining: the exploration and analysis of automatic and semiautomatic<br />

means of large quantities of data in order to discover meaningful patterns and<br />

rules.<br />

7. Knowledge Representation: the process of describing and presenting usable<br />

way of knowledge known by a person.<br />

8. Knowledge Mapping: finding existing knowledge in an organization and<br />

creating a detailed picture of skills.<br />

9. Concept Mapping: the visual summary of ideas or topics is related to each<br />

other.<br />

10. Knowledge Engineer: a person responsible of acquiring knowledge and<br />

developing data and rules <strong>for</strong> expert systems.<br />

STEPS IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT<br />

1. Knowledge Capture: a systematic procedure <strong>for</strong> organizing, structuring<br />

knowledge to make it accessible and usable to users.<br />

2. Knowledge Organization: an organization that values and uses its own<br />

knowledge in reflective ways that lead to profound shifts in directions, values,<br />

beliefs and operating assumptions.<br />

3. Knowledge Preservation: after collecting and codifying the knowledge, it must<br />

be stored in suitable <strong>for</strong>m in the organization’s knowledge base.<br />

MODULES OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT<br />

The KM system is primarily based on eight vital modules. These modules are<br />

(i) In<strong>for</strong>mation (ii) Expertise (iii) Collaboration (iv) Team (v) Learning (vi)<br />

Intelligence (vii) Knowledge Transfer and (viii) Knowledge Mapping<br />

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES<br />

The main functions of an academic institute are education and research. To<br />

achieve these functions there is a need to use the whole knowledge and in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

accurately, precisely and systematically. Academic libraries, now a days known as<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation centers, are established in support of the mission of their parent<br />

institutions to generate knowledge, and people equipped with knowledge in order to<br />

serve the society and advance the well-being of mankind. In the digital age, academic<br />

libraries face challenges from both within (academia) and without (the business<br />

sector).<br />

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