Advantages of the use of technologies for creation, storage and dissemination of knowledge in university libraries

Abstract

Based upon research findings developed at University Libraries that he investigated, among others issues, the Dimension Technology proposed by the Knowledge Organizations model presented by Angeloni, it should be noted that the applied technology is limited to the use of Internet and Intranet tools to enable net communication. A theoretical unacquaintance of data, warehouse, groupware, workflow and electronic document management tools was therefore identified. In this article, the role of the Net, Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Data Warehouse, Groupware, Workflow, electronic document management is emphasized, in order to promote learning, aiming at the conceptual knowledge of its practice, heading to knowledge organizations. Librarians, as well as other information professionals, act as managers of knowledge. Consequently, they must adopt the use of information technology and its tools to facilitate the creation process, storage and dissemination of the knowledge.