In the 21st century the growth rate of knowledge capital is the critical index of development of any country. Various sectors contribute to the creation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. The Libraries, Information Centres, Archives and Museums are the repositories of information and knowledge resources and were there even before Knowledge Management (KM) came into vogue. Now applications of ICTs have generated numerous knowledge repositories in several sectors throughout the world. The networked repositories of tacit communal, organizational and institutional knowledge assets are emerging as knowledge hubs.
The information disseminating and heritage institutions are also increasingly getting woven into the new knowledge tapestry through enabling technologies. The public and private sectors are joining hands to build an inclusive knowledge network world over. Furthermore, various intra and inter-sectoral partnerships are emerging transcending the traditional boundaries dividing the academic sector, information disseminating agencies, heritage institutions, publishing industry and many other sectors.
The immense possibilities of
inter-operability and new competencies generated by the applications of ICTs
make greater cross-sectoral collaborations attainable in future.
The National Institute of
Fashion Technology (NIFT) plans to offer a forum for encouraging greater
collaborations by organizing an international conference on “Building
Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations” in February 2008 at
Objectives
This conference will analyze the architecture and organization of all types of knowledge repositories those residing in servers of communities and corporate world as well as the networks of digital/hybrid libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across the world.
The main objective of the conference will be promoting international co-operation to develop a seamless global knowledge repository through cross-sectoral collaborations with applications of ICTs at national and international levels.
The resultant synergy will lead to development of a truly global knowledge society.
