Bangalore University Academic Library Network (BALNET)

Abstract

Bangalore University has three constituent colleges and 440 Affiliated Colleges. The University has a Central Library at a sprawling campus called Jnana Bharati and a Branch library in the heart of the city at the Central College campus. All the 440 affiliated colleges have independent libraries. A number of these libraries have already computerized their housekeeping operations and have created bibliographical databases of their collections. BALNET will develop a resource sharing model by which all participating libraries can avail inter-library loan and document delivery services. In the proposed model the online union catalogue will students and faculty at the BU and any of the colleges to search for required monographs, serials, conference proceedings, articles. The authors has given an overview of proposed network model.