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Due to increase in the cost of journals, dwindling library budgets and proliferation of electronic
information resources, libraries have been involved in cooperation, coordination and
collaboration in resource sharing. The emergence of information technology made library
professionals to change their role as navigator of information and come closer willingly to
share available information with other libraries. Libraries and Information Services (LIS)
are being transformed by technology; consequently, LIS have to adopt to meet their user’s
changing needs and growing expectations. Included among the resource sharing initiatives
conceived by libraries in India is the creation of a computerized network or consortium of
all LIS to achieve optimum use. This paper presents the consortia developments in the
library and information centers in India. |
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