Describe the activities and services of DELNET.

 DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries.

It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible. 

Objectives DELNET is fully functional with following objectives:

• “To promote sharing of resources among the libraries by developing a network of libraries, by collecting, storing and disseminating information and by offering computerised services to the users.

• To undertake scientific research in the area of Information Science and Technology, create new systems in the field, apply the results of research and publish them.

• To offer technical guidance to the member-libraries on collecting, storing, sharing and disseminating information.

• To coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

• To establish /facilitate the establishment of referral and /or research centres, and maintain a central online union catalogue of books, serials and nonDbook materials of all the participating libraries.

• To facilitate and promote delivery of documents manually or mechanically.

Services :

a) Inter Library Loan Online Member libraries can request online for a document using interlibrary loan facility of DELNET through DELNET server and the document is couriered to the requesting library.

The member library needs to pay an annual subscription for this service.

b) Reference Service DELNET has a referral centre that provides reference service to participating libraries.

Training Programmes :

DELNET organises monthly training program with NIC on topics like Web page design, Internet search strategies and other resources, etc.

It also conducts courses on Machine Readable Cataloguing and bibliographic standards like MARC21. Conferences, Lectures and Workshops: National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) in an annual conference by DELNET which is organised at different parts of country.

Besides DELNET regularly organises workshops lectures in different parts of country and abroad. Newsletter DELNET publishes newsletter called ‘DELNET Newsletter’ in communicate the activity of DELNET to professionals.

Research DELNET has actively played an important role in imparting knowledge of international standards applying them in libraries particularly Marc 21.

Recently it has been advocating the open source softwares and teaching their use by conducting training programmes in KOHA and D- Space.

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