Planning a Consortia Among the Campus Libraries of University of Madras

Ambuja, R (2003) Planning a Consortia Among the Campus Libraries of University of Madras. In Salgar M, Mr S and Kumbar S, Dr T and Saraf, Dr Veena and Buvakutty, Dr M and Chand, Mr Prem, Eds. Proceedings Convention for Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions, Ahmedabad, India.

Abstract

University Libraries, with the dawn of Internet era, are compelled to provide relevant information essential to its end users within a short span of time either from its in-house holdings or from resources available in other libraries. This could be made possible only by way of Library Consortia (LC). This paper discusses the planning of LC among the major Campus Libraries of University of Madras. It identifies the need, prerequisites, problems and solutions involved in consortia formation.