On librarians as knowledge managers

PS. This is a very good analysis of why and how of "librarians as knowledge managers" by Brad Hinton @ plain speaking:

"I had a fruitful discussion a short while ago about librarians and web 2.0, and research and knowledge management. In the same vein, a recent post from Dave Pollard with a link to his presentation on “librarians as knowledge managers” posits some interesting thoughts. Pollard presented at the recent Special Libraries Association conference in Denver, Colorade, USA. In the presentation slides, Pollard recognised the skill of the librarian to acquire, add value, store and disseminate information. He then asked whether librarians were any good at connecting, synthesising and applying their knowledge to the information they had researched..." continue reading

see also:

• Sharon E. Herbert, Librarians: best knowledge managers for our new world: From the b.eye Business Information Network, Dr. Ramon C. Barquin has an informative article about the role that modern librarians can play in the brave new information world.
• Sheila Pantry, and Peter Griffiths, Librarians or Knowledge Managers? What’s in a Name, or is there a Real Difference? Business Information Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 102-109 (2003)
• Priti Jain, An empirical study of knowledge management in academic libraries in East and Southern Africa, Library Review, 2007, 56: 5, pp. 377 - 392
• [ppt] Dave Pollard, Librarians as Knowledge Managers: The View from the Executive Suite SLA Annual Conference, June 6, 2007
• Cathie Koina, Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers?
  The Australian Library Journal, Manuscript received July 2002
• [pdf] D. Gayatri, Opportunities for Librarians/Information Managers in managing explicit knowledge in the internet era
• Working Woman Prediction: Knowledge Managers Rise, Librarians Fall, Staff -- Library Journal, 2/12/1999
  
• Librarians as Knowledge Managers, Literature Survey - Trends and Prospects