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Information Sources and Services

Notes Library networks offer many potential and new capabilities for sharing information among
different library and information centers at local, regional, national and international
levels and eliminate the size, distance, and language barriers among users through resource
sharing.

Inter-library loan can be provided by sending the information through e-mail using the
network facilities.

On-line ordering and acquisition related activities can be carried out through e-mail
Centralization and computerized on-line public access cataloguing service can be provided
by networking system.
Networking with union catalogues of various items of information is a boon as it avoids
duplication in holding to the extent possible.
Reference service can be enhanced by e-mail and internet though LAN and WAN.

CD-ROM and multimedia service can be provided effectively though networks.
Current Awareness service and SDI may be given though networking systems and the
users may retrieve references of their interest in a fraction of second from an online
database.
Speed of data communication though networks are very high and one can obtain
information within few seconds from any part of the world sitting anywhere.
The internet is a major tool that delivers to the front door of other networks, other services
and other resources. It is a tool providing access to vast quantities of information and it
lets to communicate, share resource and share data with people around the world.

Task Make a comparison of commercial document suppliers and interlibrary loan services.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

8. Online means the state of being in direct and immediate communication with the computer
on which the database is loaded from a .................................

9. ............................... loan can be provided by sending the information through e-mail using
the network facilities.

10. ......................................... is a tool providing access to vast quantities of information and it
lets to communicate, share resource and share data with people around the world.
6.6 New Web-based Library Services

Several publishers today offer web-based, intranet solutions for providing local access to their
databases.

Example: Silver Platter, Cambridge Scientific Abstract and Institute for Scientific
Information.

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