The continuing concern for quality in higher education has projected need to evaluate performance of universities and colleges. National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has suggested reforms in higher education system for enhancing quality in higher education. To assess efficiency and effectiveness of present education system, auditing knowledge can be best solution. The book aims to acquaint the students as well as information professionals with the fundamental concepts of knowledge audit. The available literature shows little evidence of any study on Knowledge Audit in context of teaching and research in higher education. There remains a need for an efficient model that can help practically to perform Knowledge Audit of higher education institution. Present book is outcome of the experience gained by the author, while working on a UGC Emeritus Fellowship Project. This book has been structured to cover all aspects of knowledge audit of higher educational institution. It introduces the concept of knowledge audit, its significance and benefits; procedure of auditing university department, auditing teacher, teaching and learning, how to audit research to judge its quality; procedure for auditing tacit and explicit knowledge assets. The book attempts to introduce the procedure of knowledge Audit in simple and reader friendly presentation. It is hoped that this book will facilitate university and college authorities in India to know the status and quality of a department or the whole organization in relation to finance, administration, teaching, and non-teaching personnel, quality of teacher, teaching and learning; quality of research; adequacy and proportion of tacit as well as explicit knowledge inventory. It is further hoped that the book will stimulate heads of departments in universities, teachers, research guides and research students to master the art of knowledge audit, a necessary ingredient for judging the quality of teaching and research. Perhaps it would be a useful if Library and Information Science Schools give more emphasis on Knowledge audit in their academic programmes Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Auditing Department 3 Auditing Teacher, Teaching and Learning 4 Auditing Research 5 Auditing Tacit Knowledge Inventory 6 Auditing Explicit Knowledge Inventory 7 Conclusions and Implications References Appendices I. Information for Academic Audit of the Department II. Standards Developed for Auditing University Department III. Self Appraisal Report - II IV. Student’s Feedback Form (Separate form for each teacher) V. Report From Exit(outgoing) Student VI. Auditing Research: A Checklist VII. Auditing Tacit Knowledge Inventory VIII.Identification of Knowledge Needs of Teachers Questionnaire IX. Identification of Knowledge Needs of Students Questionnaire X. Auditing Explicit Knowledge Inventory About the Author Dr. Ashwini A. Vaishnav is the former Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), Aurangabad. She is M.Sc. Zoology (1974) from BAMU, M.Lib.I.Sc. (1984) from S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Mumbai, Ph.D. in Library and Information Science (1995) from BAMU. S.N.D.T. Women’s University awarded her ‘Malati Jayant Dalal Prize’ for standing first in order of merit in M.Lib.I.Sc. Examination. She has professional as well as teaching experience of nearly four decades. She was involved in teaching the subjects Library Cataloguing, Management of Academic Libraries, Technical Writing, Information Literacy, Intellectual Property rights, Information Systems & Services, Archives Management etc.. She has headed the Department since 1994 till 2010 and was also appointed as Ex-Officio University Librarian at Dr. Babasaheb ambedkar Marathwada University. She has several research papers to her credit, and has authored/edited several books. She has completed three UGC minor research project and one major research project entitled ‘Folk Knowledge in Maharashtra’, sanctioned by DSIR, Government of India. She was offered UGC Emeritus Fellowship during the years 2016-18 and ICSSR Senior Fellowship during the years 2018-2020. She has prepared distance learning course material for YCMOU, Nashik. She has served as member of different committees in BAMU including Chairperson, Ad-hoc Board in Library and Information Science. She is associated with 17 universities in India in different capacities.

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