Creative Commons @ BHU Library System

Abstract

With its physical and virtual levels, information commons is the combination of information communication technologies, information technologies, information resources, facilities, and services in such a manner to ensure the seamless flow of digital information to the users. It constitutes the physical space, physical media, digital resources, digital services and training etc. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Library System has done significant work to develop a healthy information commons to provide digital environment to assist the university students, researchers and faculties into their studies and research works. This paper presents the development of the information commons in the Central Library at Banaras Hindu University. It discusses the need and goals of the facilities to support the seamless access, collaboration and production of the scholarly outputs. The purpose of the study is to find the feasibilities to acquire new techniques and services to cope with the continuous paradigm shift towards the digital environment.