Resource Sharing and an Appraisal of Library Networks in Developing Library Collection
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1998-03-04
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
The collection building in a library is a primary activity, the rest of all being
secondary as these are directed towards making the collection more accessible.
Several factors compel the libraries to go for resource sharing for building
their collections. Networking is one of the most effective ways of sharing
the resources among a group of libraries / information centres, to provide
maximum service to the users. The authors have listed several reasons why
the libraries should go for networking of resources. In the context of
collection development, networking facilitates cultivation of specialized areas,
cooperative storage, electronic publications, and rationalisation of documents.
Networking facilities have totally revolutionised the methodology of resource
sharing and its impact is now being greatly felt.
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Resource Sharing, Library Collection, library Network