The knowledge management and librarian’s role in the big data analysis

Big Data analysis provides the opportunity to process data and to generate information that culminates in new knowledge, which can leverage innovation and competitive advantage for the business. In this context, Knowledge Management processes can enhance the flow of information generated from data analysis and transform individual knowledge into organizational knowledge. This paper focused on understanding if the published literature discusses librarians’ performance in the corporate environment regarding Knowledge Management in the context of Big Data. Through a literature review, this paper presents some reflections on how Knowledge Management can be accomplished in the context of Big Data. Furthermore, it checks which competencies are assigned to librarians so that they can act in an organizational context to work with Knowledge Management in a Big Data approach; and finally, it tries to find how librarians can address Knowledge Management in the context of Big Data.