Hazarika, Tilak(INFLIBNET CENTER, December 7, 2007)
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Abstract:
Convergence of technologies has made library and information services across the regional, national
and transnational geographic barriers, and reach global users at the ease of time and speed.
Developing union catalogues of library holdings is one of the core areas in this regard; which has
invited attention for a good number of obvious reasons and objectives. Information and Library
Network (INFLIBNET) programme of the University Grants Commission (UGC) had launched this
noble venture of creating a Union Database of university holding of the country. This study is lined
up to have a close look on the State-of-the-Art scenario of the university libraries in the NE region
of the country towards accomplishing this venture.
Chavda, Nilam; Chandrakar, Rajesh(Inflibnet center, November 6, 2008)
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The INFLIBNET Centre, being a nodal agency of the academic sector of the country working in
the area of resource sharing among the community, started developing union databases of
library resources available in the university sector. In this regard, PhD dissertation being an
important vital source of information for the academic research community, the Centre in the
initial period of its establishment, started developing the union database of theses with the
support of 82 universities having 52000 records. The database has now 2, 20,206 records
with support from 238 universities. This article explains about the creation of theses union
database at INFLIBNET Centre. It also includes steps involved in creating the database till the
making available online for the user community. Further, it gives complete overview about the
union database of theses.