RESEARCH TRENDS IN INTER-LIBRARY COLLABORATION

Abstract

The Internet and online metamorphosis has made it convenient to access and share the requisite information worldwide. Correspondingly, the libraries are not a deviation from such transformations taking place in all the spheres of life. It has been also observed that due to economic constraints, the concept of self sufficient has become obsolete for the libraries. Maintaining the collections and services has become difficult due to financial constraints being faced by the majority of the libraries. Therefore, an emergent need was felt to develop some collaborative system to share the resources among the libraries which can act as a bridge to connect the libraries specifically the remote and rural ones. Thus, majority of the libraries looked forward to the collaboration and resource sharing as a solution to many of their economic problems.

The study in hand is an attempt to study the output of research in collaborative sharing. It aims to review the ever growing literature on collaborative or resource sharing, explore the comprehensive review of research carried out at national and international level. It includes about twenty nine researches undertaken by national and international researchers.