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Unit 2: Information Consolidation
Sponsor: JRD;. Tata Memorial Library (1995) Notes
Members: 100 Libraries
MALIBNET:
Title: Madras Library Network
Sponsor: INSDOC & NISSAT (1993)
Members: 15 Libraries
Activity: Two important databases, a directory database of current serials in Madras and a contents
database covering articles published in 300 journals available in Madras libraries.
Conclusion:
During the recent period quite a large number of libraries and information centers are forming
networks. The advent of computer networking as an accepted part of the library and information
infrastructure has had a very significant impact on the way in which library and information systems
are perceived.
India is thus on the threshold to a new era of computer communication networks both
for general purposes and for library and information purposes.
Self Assessment
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. ...... is a group of libraries coming together with some arrangement of understanding to help
each other with a view to satisfy the information needs.
(a) Recover systems (b) File system consolidation(c) Library network.
2. A large-scale network, involving offices in different cities and countries referred to as ......
(a) WAN (b) LAN (c) MAN
3. ...... can be within a building or a campus.
(a) WAN (b) LAN (c) MAN
4. Library networks have been divided into ...... categories.
(a) two (b) three (c) four
2.6 Information Consolidation Development and Methodology
2.6.1 Development
An Information Strategy ought to play an integral part in the University Strategic Plan, since
information in its many forms lies at the heart of teaching, learning, research and administration. In
the last few years there has been an explosion in the supply and demand of information in many
media and a corresponding decrease in the resources available to acquire and manage it. An efficient
Information Strategy will permit the University to close this gap and make the best use of its resources.
An Information Strategy involves, instead, a close examination of the way information is discovered,
collected, processed and disseminated. In developing this strategy it is necessary to recognise that
the University is not an ‘island’ and needs to exchange information and collaborate to greater extent
than ever before with outside bodies, including funding agencies and other HE institutions. The
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