To propagate the specialties and efforts of DElNET, the Sarojini Naidu Government Girls Post Graduation College would orgnaise a workshop on the topic ‘DElNET: Resources, Services and Facilities and Open Source Software for libraries’ on August 27.
The aim of the workshop is to provide the information about the services, facilities and programs of Developing library Network (DElNET) to the students. MP Technical Education department Director Aashish Dongre would be the chief guest at the workshop. DElNET director HK Koul and Network Manager of DElNET New Delhi, Vandana Agnihotri would be the special guests of the workshop. The workshop would be conducted by Prabhat Pandey.
DElNET has contributed for the upliftment of library and educational activities in India. DElNET provides study material, books, journals and short researches on low price through the membership. DElNET is a network between various libraries which collect, store and shares the computerised service.
It was started in 1988 in India International Center library in order to share the resources between the libraries and it was supported by National Information System (NISSAT) and Scientific Department and Industrial Research in science and technology. later, it was supported by National Information Science Center, Information Technology, Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and Union Ministry of Culture.
DElNET has 5563 member libraries, in which 25 libraries are situated out of India. DElNET has central list of 2,28,45202 books, list of 37,847 contemporary magazines, database of more than 9,22,042 accounts, CD-ROM database, database of 81074 researches and short researches and 1613 E books.
For the Registration in the workshop, forms are available on the website of DElNET.