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disseminate in<strong>for</strong>mation on specialized subject areas in digital in<strong>for</strong>mation on the<br />

environment.<br />

The National In<strong>for</strong>matics <strong>Centre</strong> , India extends digital packaged delivery service through<br />

its network. In today’s changing scenario, In<strong>for</strong>mation and Library Network<br />

(INFLIBNET) centre, Ahmedabad is playing a vital role in bringing in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

technology culture and establishing infrastructure in Indian Universities and <strong>Research</strong><br />

Institutes. Earlier INFLIBNET had been concentrating more on automation and now the<br />

main focus is on digitization of potential resources such as Doctoral Dissertations,<br />

Working papers, Reports, Seminar proceedings etc generated by the Universities.<br />

UGC has taken the initiative to strengthen the INFLIBNET <strong>Centre</strong> with required<br />

manpower to implement, monitor and execute UGC INFONET programme in many<br />

University Libraries. At present, most of the university libraries are on the move to<br />

provide web-based reference and in<strong>for</strong>mation services in the digital environment.<br />

6. Conclusion<br />

The Digital Library has been a mirage in Indian environment. But the concept has gained<br />

momentum by the UGC’s INFLIBNET, SNDP and the like. Traditional libraries are now<br />

on their way to digitization in a phased manner. In India, collection development of digital<br />

libraries is greatly influenced by a number of stakeholders such as Library and In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

Science Professionals, Publishers, Subscription Agencies, Database managers and<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation Service Providers. The day is not far off to visualize a library with only<br />

digital resources.<br />

References<br />

Mahapatra, M …[etal.] ed. In<strong>for</strong>mation Management in Academic and <strong>Research</strong> Libraries.-<br />

Ahmedabad: INFLIBNET centre, 1998.pp322-351.<br />

Murthy, T.A.V ed. First Convention Planner-2003.-Ahmedabad: INFLIBNET <strong>Centre</strong>, 2003. pp.1-<br />

384<br />

Murthy T.A.V ….[etal.] ed. Road map to New Generation of Libraries using Emerging<br />

Technologies.-Ahmedabad: INFLIBNET centre,2004. pp1-613.<br />

Urs Shalini,R., Rajashekar,T.B, Raghavan,K.S. The 4 th International Conference of Asian Digital<br />

Libraries .-Chennai: Multicraft ,2001.pp.1-456.<br />

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