Library Networking and Consortia Digital Resource Sharing

Resource sharing is a concept which includes many cooperative activities between libraries and other information centers. Advent of IT (Information Technology) and ICT’s (Information Communication Technology) have opened up new opportunities for greater cooperation.  ICT is transforming world society into an important force to reckon with and the activities are taking a center stage in all spheres of human endeavors, inclusive of libraries. Digital interactions, collaborative approaches to digital repositories, providing Content Consortiums and other practical experiences for sharing resources are promising Development in the recent years.

Document resources sharing is the basis of modem document services, and also the working target of the document workers and the key point is the development of digital resources. The purpose of digital resources development is to use and share library information resources effectively.