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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes Inter library loan for maximum use of resources
Document Delivery Services – providing the copies of the copies of the document
what is not available in their respective libraries

Manpower training and refresher course facilities – stimulating, promoting and
coordinating research and training programme for library staff and network
members
Access to national and international databases
Communication link through publication and inter-personal communication.
2. To improve resource utilization and service level at the individual libraries by providing
automation facilities in the following areas:
Acquisition and fund accounting

Cataloguing – assist member libraries in cataloguing of books, serials, non-book
materials and catalogue production
Serials control

Circulation
User services – implementing electronic services in the libraries for fast
communication of information.
3. To coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and reduce unnecessary
duplication wherever possible. The purpose is
to develop collection by mutual cooperation

to reduce the operational cost of the collection development
to control the rate of rising cost of the collection development
4. To establish referral centres to monitor and facilitate catalogue search and maintain a
central online union catalogue of books, serials and non-book materials of all the
participating libraries.
5. To develop a specialist bibliographic database of books, serials and non-book materials
for search and access.
6. To create a database of projects, specialists and institutions for providing online
information services.

7. To coordinate with other regional, national and international networks for exchange of
information and documents for the use of libraries and users.
8. To evolve standards and uniform guidelines in techniques, methods, procedures, hardware
and software, services and so on and promote adoption in actual practice by all libraries,
in order to facilitate pooling, sharing and exchanging resources and facilities towards
optimization.

5.4.3 Functions of Library Networks

Library Networks have been established with the main purpose of sharing resources so that
unnecessary wastage of limited finance with them can be avoided. However, not all networks
conform to the essential functions of library networks. It is noted that the essential functions
should include the promotion of resource sharing, creation of resource sharing tools like union
catalogues, rationalization of acquisitions and adoption of international standards for creation

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