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Unit 6: Document Delivery Services and Online Services

Notes
Future Planning of Gujarat University Library:
Modernization of Circulation System.
RFID.
Institutional Repository (IR).
Modernization of Reading Centre/Department.

Separate Competitive Exam Reading Centre with useful and necessary resources.
Separate reading center for Girls.
Gujarat Vidyapith Library
Gujarat Vidyapith Library Started since the foundation of the Gujarat Vidyapith in 1920,
the Central Library has grown over the years to become one of the richest and extra
ordinary repositories of books, journals and manuscripts in Gujarat state of India. The
library remains open 364 days a year, remaining closed only on the first day of the Vikram
Samvat/New Year. The membership of the library is open to the public at a nominal fee.
Its membership stood at 36,864 but in 2011-12 the total active members are more than
15,000 per month. The Central Library of the Vidyapith is the statutory referral library of
the Gujarat state for the purpose of copyright. The copyright section has more than
2, 08,635 books as in the year 2011. The library comprises of the main book storage facility,
reference section, copyright section, a separate hall for Gandhian studies with Gandhian
material, the magazine and journal section, a reading hall and a special and separate
children’s section. The Gujarat Vidyapith Library has more than 5,34,987 books,
600 Journals, 39 Newspapers and 691 manuscripts.
Inter library loan services procedure

Through interlibrary loan, the Gujarat University Library will attempt to borrow
materials or obtain photocopies of materials from Gujarat Vidyapith library.

Both of the libraries are allow approximately 10 working days to fulfil interlibrary
loan requests.
Both Libraries notified via users mailbox or e-mail or mobile or landline phone
when materials arrive. Inter library loan materials can be picked up at the Circulation
Desk and it is send through the peon to the concerned library.
Document Delivery they do not need to include credit card information. Most Interlibrary
Loan and some Document Delivery requests are totally free.
Questions:
1. What is electronic delivery?

2. Discuss the electronic document delivery service offered between Gujarat University
Library and Gujarat University Library.

Source: http://theglobaljournals.com/paripex/file.php?val=MTIwMA

6.7 Summary

Document delivery services (DDS) is concerned with the supply of document to the user
on demand either in original or its photocopies irrespective of the location and form of
original document.

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