Delhi University College Library System: A Study of Women Colleges of North Campus

Journal Title: Indian Journal of Library and Information Science - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 3

Abstract

Academic libraries, particularly the university libraries are doing well in the era of information and communication technology. They are making use of it not only for in-house services comprising of issue – return of the documents, controlling over the serials and providing current awareness services etc. but also providing 24x7 access of electronic resources. However, college libraries are lagging behind in this regard though various initiatives have been made to automate their library services and for providing access to electronic resources but the efforts are not quite satisfactory. Thus, keeping in view the use of ICTs in college libraries, this study was conducted for women colleges of north campus of Delhi University College Library System. This provides an insight for the status library automation activities and also about the ICT use in providing internet access and access to the e-resources.

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Anil Kumar Dhiman

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  • EP ID EP457909
  • DOI 10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.11317.1
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Anil Kumar Dhiman (2017). Delhi University College Library System: A Study of Women Colleges of North Campus. Indian Journal of Library and Information Science, 11(3), 253-262. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-457909