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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  3, Issue 3, September-December 2009, Pages 199-203
 

Review Article

Library consortia: a boon for libraries

*S.S.Joshi, *Vinod Kumar

*Assistant Librarian, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar -125001

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The increase in prices of the electronic resources and scarcity of resources has forced the libraries to explore the alternative means of subscription. The revolution in information technology in past few years has surpassed the ability of individuals and institutions to cope with it. Expectations of the users from the libraries have also increased rapidly. The phenomenon of consortia has become very important in the last few years .The paper discusses the meaning, need, advantages, disadvantages, consortia models and various initiative in India.

Key words: Consortia, Indest, Csir ,Infonet, Forsa, Helinet, Icmr,


Corresponding Author : *S.S.Joshi