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Reference Sources and Services

Notes • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
• Society for Information Science (SIS)
• Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)
• Computer Society of India (CSI)
• ADINET (Ahmedbad Library Nework)
• American Resource Centre
• British Library, Ahmedabad.

e-Journals Archival Library (Print Version)
Besides receiving access to e-resources on complementary basis under the UGC-INFONET Digital
Library Consortium, the Centre maintains a separate Archival Library consisting of print journals
received as a part of the agreement with the participating publishers of the UGC-INFONET Digital
Library Consortium. Under the agreement, the publishers are requested to submit a copy of all the
issues of the journals. This archival library is open to all users interested in using these print resources
for their study/research.

Describe the working of any library network of India.

Self Assessment
State whether the following statements are true or false:
9. The full form of CAS is common awareness service.
10. The full form of INFLIBNET is Information Library Network.
11. The INFLIBNET is sponsored by UGC.
12. The full form of NISCAIR is National Indian of Science Communication and Information
Resources.

10.7 Summary

• A library network is broadly described as a group of libraries coming together with some
agreement of understanding to help each other with a view to satisfying the information
needs of their clientele.
• A LAN is a number of related computers and electronic devices that share information over a
transmission media.
• Library networks have been divided into two categories: general network and specialized
network.
• National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located
at New Delhi, India, is one of the premier information science institutes in India under the
umbrella of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) that comprise 36 other labs/
institutes of different disciplines spread across the country.
• Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) is a division of the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Delhi, its main func-
tion is the collection, processing and dissemination of relevant technical information for DRDO
scientists. The present director of DESIDOC is Dr. Aragonda Lakshmana Moorthy.

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