CHALLENGES OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE CULTURE OF OVERFLOW - JAGIELLONIAN LIBRARY CASE STUDY
CHALLENGES OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE CULTURE OF OVERFLOW - JAGIELLONIAN LIBRARY CASE STUDY

Summary/Abstract: Jagiellonian Library in Cracow is the oldest and the biggest university library in Poland. The complicated history of the country meant that the library has to play different roles: as an academic, research, public and, in some aspects, also the role of a national library. This variety of functions causes that JL must face the increasing number of tasks carried out in the area of science, culture and access to information. Technological development, resulting in a culture of overflow, brings further complications to this difficult situation. Then it is worth to reconsider and change the direction of development. To look for unexpected partners. For JL, National Library of Poland became such a partner. In 2018, both institutions signed the agreement on strategic cooperation. According to this agreement, the parties agreed to strengthen and develop cooperation in fields related to the activities of both Libraries, in particular in providing modern forms of access to the resources of Polish and world science and culture, creating and developing an advanced information workshop supporting research scientific, protection of the national library resource and scientific research on historical collections and book culture. The article will discuss the reasons for making this important choice and discuss common tasks that will fundamentally change the approach to information and knowledge management. In particular, "OMNIS e-service" project will be described, the implementation of which is a consequence of the signed contract.

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