Planning a Consortia Among the Campus Libraries of
University of Madras

Ambuja, R.

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Ambuja, R.

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Salgar, S.
Kumbar, T.
Saraf, Veena
Buvakutty, M.
Chand, Prem

Issue Date

2003

Submitted date

2003-09-19

Keywords

University campus libraries - Consortia
Consortia planning
Resource sharing
Library cooperation
Information Science
Information Literacy
Digital Libraries

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Planning a Consortia Among the Campus Libraries of University of Madras 2003,

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Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106375

Abstract

University Libraries, with the dawn of Internet era, are compelled to provide relevant information essential to its end users within a short span of time either from its in-house holdings or from resources available in other libraries. This could be made possible only by way of Library Consortia (LC). This paper discusses the planning of LC among the major Campus Libraries of University of Madras. It identifies the need, prerequisites, problems and solutions involved in consortia formation.