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Reference Sources and Services

Notes General Networks in India

NICNET (www.mylibnet.org):
Title: National Information Center Network
Sponsor: Planning Commission, Govt. of India
Membership: Four national and regional nodes, 32 states and union territory nodes; seventy cities
and towns
Services: Bulk file transfer; teleconferencing; full text and bibliographic retrieval services Application:
ICMRNIC Center; MEDLARS in India; Chemical Abstracts database.
INDONET:
Title: INDONET data Network
Sponsor: CMC Ltd (1986) = Informatics India Ltd (1989)
Membership: Commercial computer network
Services: Database services such as DIALOG, COMPUSERVE; IP; SHARP
Applications: ACME; file transfer; international gateway.
I – NET (VIKRAM):
Title: I – NET
Sponsor: Dept. of Telecommunications, Govt. of India
Connectivity: Packet switched public data network covering nine cities
Services: Information exchange through e-mail/FTP; Bibliographic databases

Specialized Networks

Metropolitan Networks
CALIBNET:
Title: Calcutta Libraries Network
Sponsor: NISSAT – Govt. of India
Applications: Cataloguing; serials control; acquisitions; circulation
Services: CAS; SDI; union catalogue; partial database; editing and retrieval of records; global
information; search; full text document delivery; library automation; CALIBNET INFO Services
BONET:
Title: Bombay Library Network
Sponsor: NISSAT & NCST (1994)
Objective: To promote cooperation among libraries in Bombay
Services: Online catalogue; online document delivery; IRS; interlibrary loan; dissemination of
information
DELNET (delnet.nic.in/):
Title: Developing Library Network
Sponsor: NISSAT & NIC (1988)
Objective: To promote resource sharing; develop a network of libraries; collect, store, disseminate
information
Members: 165 Institutions, 600 Libraries, 15 States in India, 5 from outside India

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