READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
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influence the organization’s knowledge sharing ef<strong>for</strong>ts in a positive way. As libraries<br />
enter the knowledge age of the 21st century, we should not take a back seat in the<br />
development of knowledge management. Instead, armed with our professional<br />
knowledge and experiences, we should be in the driver’s seat.<br />
Librarians have plenty of opportunities of helping their users, that too in their<br />
search <strong>for</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation and knowledge of the human experience of the past,<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about the present and a vision of the future Some new learning<br />
components are needed to be included in the user education programmes in recent<br />
years in libraries as the libraries of Today is not the same of libraries of yesterday<br />
The presence of the Internet, Intranet & Extranet have unquestionably and<br />
permanently altered the library environment. The technology has dramatically altered<br />
how libraries interact with one another, and how in<strong>for</strong>mation of all types is managed.<br />
However, the ease with which an Intranet is created and the power it enables<br />
organizations to easily and inexpensively share in<strong>for</strong>mation there is a price, and that<br />
price is the problem of organizing the in<strong>for</strong>mation so that its intended audience can<br />
benefit. The challenge of the Intranet <strong>for</strong> librarians is the opportunity to continue to do<br />
what we've always done - take a leadership role in the management of in<strong>for</strong>mation in<br />
the new age. Actual use of the extranet shares many properties with intranet use. It<br />
may even be reasonable to assume some amount of training on the part of the users,<br />
since they will be motivated to improve the efficiency of their services by making<br />
better use of library extranet. Through email, groupware, one can point to people with<br />
knowledge and connect people who need to share knowledge over a distance. If<br />
networking technology is fully exploited within a library, a trans<strong>for</strong>mation would take<br />
place in the organizational structure of the library itself; a constant dynamic structure<br />
would be evident, and the recognition of the library's intellect and knowledge base<br />
amongst it users would be seen.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
The author is thankful to the Director, IICT, Hyderabad with permission <strong>for</strong><br />
placing the paper in the conference and is also greatly thankful to Mr.SJD Varaprasad,<br />
Head, IMA.<br />
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