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Unit 12: Libraries and Information Centers in India

IV. Online databases Notes
DELNET has around twenty databases available online for its users. These are:
Union Catalogue of Books: UCF
Union Catalogue of Books: MARC Format
Union List of Current Periodicals
Union Catalogue of Periodicals
Database of Periodic Articles
Indian Specialists Database
CD-ROM database
Union list of Video recordings
Union List of Sound Recordings
Union List of Newspapers
Union List of Serials of Management Libraries
Union Catalogue of Hindi Books
Multilingual Books : Sample database
Urdu Manuscripts Database
Database of Theses and Dissertations
DEVINSA Database
Serials: Petroleum and Natural Gas
Books in-Print Database
Jain Database
Directory of Libraries

V. The Other Services

ILL Online

DELNET members can place their inter-library loan requests through our ILL online facility,
which is available on the union catalogue of books database. The member requests appear on the
main server, which are monitored by DELNET staff at regular intervals and the books are acquired
and supplied to the requesting library through the courier. Photocopying charges for journal
articles etc. and courier charges for sending books to member libraries outside Delhi are extra.
DEL-LISTSERV DELNET has created a Listserv service called DEL-LISTSERV to provide the current
awareness service to users and allow the member libraries to receive the latest daily information
from the INTERNET automatically in the form of electronic mail. The following listservs have been
created and are available online through DELNET:
Net-happenings – This Listserv appraises the users about the latest new sites along with their
web addresses on the INTERNET and has proved to be a major source of information for the
users on the INTERNET.
Med-clips – This medical clippings listing discusses the various topics of medical interest like
AIDI, cancer, etc. and is informative in nature.
IFLA – This Listserv allows the users to get the latest information from the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, which includes the issues of concern to
library and information professionals.
LIBJOBS – Through this Listserv, the library professionals are able to find out daily, the jobs/
vacancies available throughout the world.

12.2.4 The Future of DELNET
The future of DELNET is very promising. Its membership with India and outside India is going to
take a quantum jump. The DELNET databases are growing in number and size and as a variety of
information on South Asia is becoming available through DELNET, it is expected that all institutions
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