Singh, Jagtar(INFLIBNET Centre, February NaN, 2003)
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Abstract:
The Information and Comunication Technologies (ICTs) have made a profound impact
on the life and work of people. Library and Information is no exception to this
phenomenon. Declining library budgets and growing universe of users and documents are
forcing us to develop policies and strategies to ensure massive realtime access to quality
information in a cost-effective manner. Library consortia is a strategic professional
response to obtain the above said mission. This paper is an attempt to map the impact of
ICTs on libraries as a metaphor of our documentary heritage, and ascertain professional
response to fiscal and technological changes. Particular emphasis has been laid on
academic librarires and the Inflibnet initiatives.