Based on research conducted in India, Knowledge Management: Challenges and Applications is a compendium for students, faculty, and researchers. The book incorporates a number of features that will enhance student learning and student-teacher interaction. It sets the scene for knowledge management (KM) concepts and the history of the discipline. The book reviews the key issues that constitute the notion of KM strategy and discusses the facets of the KM process. It presents the methods of knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer in anacademic environment, and it offers an overview of the features of the knowledge economy and explores knowledge mapping. The book also outlines the impact of open source solutions, content management, digital libraries, institutional repositories, e-learning, and its implications in IPR issues for higher education. It is intended for students taking knowledge management courses at the higher education level. Subject: Library and Information Science]