University Library Portal as an Effective Knowledge Management Tool: A Case Study

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate students’ perceptions of using University Library portal as a knowledge management tool. A self administered questionnaire was distributed among randomly selected 100 students of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Moreover, a scheduled interview was conducted with the research scholars of various departments. This paper introduces the relationships between University Library portal and knowledge management practices. The study reveals that all the respondents are very much interested to use university library portal and quite good number of respondents are regular users. Library professionals working in university libraries should create awareness about the potential of the university library portal and its use among the users by conducting orientation programmes, demonstrations, workshops, seminars and through pamphlets. Respondents indicated that they need personalization in the currently available portal to convert it into knowledge management tool. Majority of the respondents are eager to create, share, store and utilize knowledge on the university library portal.