Practical Model ofResource Sharing in the Libraries of Lahore

Khalid MahmoodDept. of Library & Information

ScienceUniversity of the Punjab

Proposed Practical Model

Organization

Infrastructure

RESOURCE

SHARING

Finance Activities

Organization Lahore level network: Can be extended to

Punjab and then Pakistan Participating libraries:

All types from government and private sector which have automated catalog of at least 75% items

Should be no fee to join Executive Committee:

DGPL as Chairperson Resource Sharing Coordinator as Secretary Members from participating libraries Experts from outside

Infrastructure Office Staff

for coordination, framing policies, training, etc.

Hardware/Software

Activities Union catalog

Virtual union catalog with Z39.50 Inter-library loan

By courier/postal service Document delivery

Photocopy of journal articles Training

PLA-CTC and Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., PU can help Consultancy in automation

Pakistan Library Automation Group can help Software development

Finance Punjab Library Foundation Special grant from

Federal/Provincial government User charges for ILL, Document

delivery, etc.

How to initiate A committee for preliminary work

should be constituted in this seminar QAL Chief should coordinate Committee should present a

preliminary plan to the BOG of PLF through DGPL

Committee can also launch an awareness campaign in librarians and decision makers