Library Cooperation

Leavitt, Sturgis E.

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“…Later in 20th Century, economic, social and technological changes instigated growth of consortia and enabled libraries to work efficiently in collaborative manner for collection building. Leavitt (1941) presented a very systematic process of library cooperation between Duke University, the Tulane University and the University of North Carolina. Stanford (1958) also advocated importance of resource sharing through library cooperation.…”

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Chauhan¹,

Mahajan²

2013

International Information & Library Review

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Including scholarly contents has given right to the publishers of peer-reviewed journals to keep higher subscription rates. It always affects library budget to a great extent. Since long libraries have been experimenting different ways of library cooperation so that maximum benefit, especially economic benefit, could be extracted from their joint cooperation ventures. The term 'consortia' has been considered an advanced stage of library cooperation. Advent of electronic journals has given rise to homogonous libraries and national governments to cope with scarcity of funds and unavailability of internationally produced scholarly literature by means of establishing library consortia. Various library consortia have been mushroomed all across the world and India has also not been spared from it. University Grants Commission (UGC) observed the dire state of Indian university libraries and found that only few were subscribing to some International peer-reviewed journals and many were not even subscribing to any international journal. The UGC opted electronic journals as medium and initiated a national consortium for strengthening library collection by providing thousands of international peer-reviewed journals over Internet free of cost. The consortium is known as UGC-Infonet Digital Library consortium. In this paper an effort is being made to discuss the various concepts of library consortia in India briefly and UGC-Infonet Digital Library consortium in detail. ª

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Section: Library Consortiamentioning

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Chauhan¹,

Mahajan²

2013

International Information & Library Review

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Chauhan

Mahajan

2013

The International Information & Library Review

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Evolution of Mutual Efforts in Libraries:The Consortia Boom

Pal

2016

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Library cooperation has been experienced by librarians for long. Indeed mutual efforts were viewed as essential by the early leaders of modern librarianship. This paper reviews the progressive development of library cooperation, and draws attention to the mutual-efforts done in libraries during sixteenth century and beyond. Thus gradual development of strategic alliances between the libraries has been discussed, and success stories are noted emphasizing on the initiatives in India. It also provides a brief historical sketch of library consortia, which was evident in the 1930s. The paper recognizes the importance of electronic consortium and their growth in the present century. Consortia are being treated as means for libraries to survive. Finally, as technological advancements have been alleviating many ills of information sharing activities; therefore, the spirits of cooperation are reinforced and mode of cooperation has undergone transformation and consortia boom is prevalent across the globe.

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Library Cooperation

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Evolution of Mutual Efforts in Libraries:The Consortia Boom

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