• Mallikarjuna Kappi
• Chidanandappa S

This article discusses who is a librarian? Who is responsible for keeping the resources in various forms and who is now responsible for dealing with resources available in various formats like AV recordings, graphical material, full text, and bibliographic databases and digital sources? Making these information available is the new responsibility of modern librarianship. The amount of resources is increasing every day and technology is also providing new methods for its management, bringing the libraries more close to its user than ever before. This paper focuses on the challenges faced by a librarian in managing modern libraries, where e-resources are the new storehouse of knowledge. It also highlights the opportunities that the ICT has given to libraries in providing new services; today the usage of technology in managing the universe of knowledge has made the traditional librarian a modern librarian.

Technology Management, Knowledge Management, Modern Librarian, Information Management, OPAC, Open Content.

"Managing Modern Libraries: Challenges for Academic Libraries in the 21st Century", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.648-651, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811285.pdf

"Managing Modern Libraries: Challenges for Academic Libraries in the 21st Century", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp648-651, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811285.pdf