DELNET provides an array of facilities. DELNET'S relentless efforts in
resource sharing have proved extremely effective. It has contributed a lot
towards the modernization of libraries in India.
It was initially supported by the National
Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. It was subsequently
supported by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information
Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government
of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
DELNET has been established with the prime
objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the
development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and
disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, to
coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce
unnecessary duplication wherever possible.
DELNET has been
actively engaged with the compilation of various Union Catalogues of the
resources available in member-libraries.It has already created the Union
Catalogue of Books,Union List of Current Periodicals, Union Catalogue of
Periodicals,CD-ROM Database,Database of Indian Specialists, Database of
Periodical Articles, Union List of Video Recordings, Urdu Manuscripts'
Database, Database of Theses and Dissertations, sample databases of language
publications using GIST technology and several other databases. The data is
being updated in these databases and is growing rapidly. All the DELNET
databases have been resident on DELSIS, an in-house software developed on
BASISPlus, an RDBMS, the product of Information Dimensions Inc. of USA which
has been provided to DELNET courtesy National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
College
has subscibed DELNET for the benefit of students and staff .
DELNET
Login ID and Password is available in Library.