The State – of the – Art of Library Resource Sharing Activities of the Rizal Technological University

Abstract

In the emergence and integration of information technology, it is rarely possible for a library or information center to have enough resources to fulfill the needs of its clients. What is being delivered is only a portion of what their clients actually need (Ramos & Mohd Ali, 2005). Library Cooperation is recognized as the best way for libraries to cope with the ever increasing challenges: volume of information resources; nature and quality of information; user needs and expectations; information and communication technology competencies and infrastructure; inflated cost of information resources; and staffing needs. The terms “library cooperation”, “library networking”, library linkages”, “library collaboration”, “library consortia”, “interlibrary loan”, “document supply”, “document delivery”, “access services”, are used interchangeably to describe formal and informal cooperation, partnership and resource sharing activities in libraries. Walden (1999) defines resource sharing as “a term used to describe organized attempt by libraries to share materials and services cooperatively so as to provide one another with resources that might otherwise not be available to an individual institution. It represents an attempt to expand the availability of specialized, expensive, or just plain not-owned resources beyond the bounds of a single institution”. Also the Provincial Resource Sharing Network Policy for Alberta Public Library Boards (2009) defined resource sharing as “the common use by two or more libraries of each other's assets, whether they are equipment, staff, knowledge and expertise, materials facilities, and/or information resources”. In the late 19th century, academic libraries have been expanding upon resource sharing wherein the library journal published articles, collection development, bibliographic services, and exchange publications practicing resource sharing among the libraries. Today, Consortium or resource sharing is considered the popular mode that brings together the librarians and libraries for activities and objectives that cannot be as effectively undertaken individually. It may be regarded as a “network,” an “association,” or a “virtual Library”.

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Rowena A. Pila, Carina De Guzman, Marissa Juano

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Rowena A. Pila, Carina De Guzman, Marissa Juano (2017). The State – of the – Art of Library Resource Sharing Activities of the Rizal Technological University. International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 5(5), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-24372