1. Sharing Knowledge with Society

2.  ADINET was established in 1994
 It is a Network of Libraries and Information Centers
 Started covering whole of Gujarat state.
 Caters to all types of Libraries: school, college, universities, institutional
libraries and even public libraries
 Access is provided to hundreds of libraries, librarians and organizations
through ADINET Network
 The main vision of ADINET is:
 To bring together Libraries & Librarians
 Act as catalyst among libraries to enable them to achieve their goals by
helping them to harness their limited resources and collective strengths so
that Libraries can continue to play their historic role as society’s portal to
information.
 ADINET therefore promotes sharing of resources and disseminates
information among Libraries by networking them

3.  To integrate the economic, scientific and technical information systems into
an effective network
 To co-ordinate with other regional & national Networks, Libraries &
Information Centers by providing access to OPAC’s of Libraries. This will
provide seamless connection & universal electronic access to the collective
collection of Libraries, together with web-based materials
 To provide Library Consultancy Services like creation of Website,
Institutional Repositories, etc.
 To develop Databases of non-print materials and Institutions
 To prepare products & services for the Library profession
 To help Library users & individuals practicing different professions, in
getting specialized information of their interest.

4.  Librarians’ Day celebration
 Each year ADINET celebrates the birth anniversary of Dr. S. R.
Ranganathan as Librarians’ Day, by conducting a Seminar on an
important current topic
 ADINET Monthly Lecture Series is held on last Friday of every month
LIS Professionals give interesting & informative talks
 ADINET has started a Student Group to provide support & leadership
opportunities for MLIS Students
 Professional Development Programs
 In-Service Training Program for LIS Professionals (in Modules)
 Manpower development programs
 Completion of backlog work of library & information centers
 Digitization work

5.  An Electronic Discussion List has been started with the help of
INFLIBNET. This List helps to build online communication & share
information
 Database of over 5500 Current Periodicals received by over 140 libraries
in & around Ahmedabad
 Providing Document Delivery & Inter-library Loan by enabling users to
locate periodicals/books/reports, so that these can be borrowed on ILL
 Content Pages of Library & Information Science journals are regularly
supplied to all members and providing full texts of selected articles from
content pages
 Information services through ADINET Website
 ADINET Blog is provides platform to discuss LIS professional issues
 CuCoLib is a RSS based service, current contents of 58 LIS Journals and
LIS News subscribed

6. The redesigned ADINET Website links to important Resources
The following useful information is available on the website:-
 Directory of Libraries & Information Centers
 Online Directory of Librarians
 Online Directory of MLIS Students of Gujarat and their
Dissertations
 Directory of Librarians
 Open Access Resources
 CUCOLIS
 Database of Databases (under preparation)
 ADINET Newsletters
 Power Point Presentations of Monthly Lecture Series

9. Subscribe to
Stay Connected. Log on to
http://lin.inflibnet.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/adinet

10. ADINET Book of Papers
ADINET Newsletter
CUCOLIS
Directory of Library and Information Centers in
Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar
Directory of Librarians
Union List of 5540 Journal Titles

11.  Cataloguing In Publication (CIP) Data
 Copy Catalogue
 Collaborative Virtual Reference Service (CVRS)
 LIS Identity Project

12.  About 2000 BOOKS are published each year from
Gujarat
 Approx. 1000 copies of each title is printed
 Most copies are purchased by Libraries
 At present there is colossal duplication of work:
Classification, Cataloging, Data Entry, etc.
 SOUL Catalog Module now has UNICODE Version.
 150 Titles were entered in Gujarati & tested
 All major publishers will provide manuscript of final
proof, to enable ADINET to give CIP Data

13.  Copy Catalog module of SOUL Software has been
released by INFLIBNET.
 Their Book Database contains 10 million records.
 80% of Book Collection of College Libraries can be
downloaded
 Both standardized & error free data are Very
Important to access & share resources
 This will be a big boon for solo librarians

14. ADINET in Collaboration with INFLIBNET launched CVRS for
academic community
It is a web-based service available through INFLIBNET website
Anybody can freely post their academic queries
Questions on CVRS would be grouped into a number of subject
categories and user would be required to choose their subject category
before posting his/her question
Questions would be answered by the volunteering Librarians and
Information Specialists

16. Are Librarians going through an Identity Crisis?
Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost
absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably very
underestimated and largely underemployed.
---Charles Medawar
Create awareness of Importance of Information
Librarians deserves Professional recognition
Librarians must recognize their potential
Change in attitude, values and code of ethics is very important

17. ADINET Initiated LIS Identity Project with the following
objectives:
•Increase the Usage of the Library and Improve the Services
•Adopt User-friendly latest technologies
•Encourage and facilitate collaborative and effective
Resource-sharing
•Prepare user-friendly and competent Library staff

18. Create awareness of Importance of Information
• Information is a vital and crucial resource of a country
• Formerly Land, Labour and Capital were considered to be chief
resources, now information is the prime resource
• While the benefits of information are truly substantial, they are
difficult to quantify and the value of information goes
unrecognized

19. • Avoiding duplication of efforts
• Ceasing unproductive activities
• Modifying working methods
• Improves decision making
• Increases efficiency
• Improves productivity
• Expedites solutions
• Avoids duplication of Research
• Enables rapid deployment of innovations
Information saves both time and money in numerous ways

20. Provide Better Services
• With Own Resources
• Using Reference Tools
• Using Various Databases, Internet, Web Resources etc
• Can we cover all subjects – i.e. the whole universe of
knowledge?
• For local information – Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust

21. Need an Attitudinal Change
Our Attitude NOT Our Aptitude DETERMINES Our Altitude
Project Your Library and its Services
Information Brochures
Information Guides, Placards/Posters
Websites/Blogs

25. Subscriptions
1. Institutional Member: Rs. 10,000/-
2. Associate Institutional Member: Rs. 5,000/-
3. Associate Academic Member: Rs. 2,000/-
(Colleges and Schools)
4. Individual Member:Life Membership - Rs. 1,200/-
5. Corporate Membership: (One-Time Payment)
-Multinational Companies (MNC): Rs. 40,000/-
-Companies having several branches in India:Rs. 25,000/-
-Booksellers: Rs. 10,000/-

26. Still Not a Member of ADINET?
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-To Support a Professional Network
- It is your own and only Local Library Network
- To remain professionally active and informed
- To interact with fellow professionals
- To grow professionally…
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28. For Any Queries ?
Contact

29. Sharing Knowledge with Society
Mrs. R. R. Bharucha, Director
ADINET
Email: alibnet@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.alibnet.org
Blog: http://alibnet.blogspot.com