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National Law University Library Consortium:Better Late than Never


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The purpose of this study is to present a model national law library consortium for national law university libraries in India. This study sought the opinion of librarians of 17 national law universities and 8 law publishers. A total of 15 law libraries and 4 law publishers responded. The findings show that except one library, all national law university libraries and law publishers are in favour of a national law university library consortium. Most suggested compulsory participation by all National Law University (NLU) libraries, centralized funding and Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) management model for the proposed National law library consortium.

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Law Librarianship, Law Library Consortia, Library Consortia, Library Partnership.
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Lagdhir S. Rabari
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
India

CURRICULUM VITAE   Mr. Lagdhir Rabari Head, Library and Language Services DivisionGujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India  Education-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MA (1997), MLISc (1999), PGDCA (2004), LLB (2010), WIPO DL-101 on IPR (2012), Certificate in Spanish (2014), Ph.D (Since 2011 Cont.)  Job ProfileOverall responsibility to manage computerized University library using Libsys LMS software on RFID/EM hybrid platform. The collection of library is rich and breadth of coverage is areas of national and international law subjects along with allied subjects. The collection comprising Books, Law reports, Journals, Electronic databases, E books, E Journals, Conference Proceedings, Yearbooks, handbooks, dissertations etc.Key Skills§   Library Management§   Collection Development§   Library Technology§   Information Literacy§   Library Consortia§   Embedded library services §  Digital Libraries§  Law Librarianship §  Professional AdvocacyProfessional Contribution--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Library catalogue to discovery services: innovation in information retrieval technology, International Journal of Information Sources and Services 2(2) 2015Implementing RFID and EM hybrid Technology at Gujarat National Law University: a review of first two years, International Journal of Information dissemination and technology, 5 (3) 2015.Digital technology, libraries and copyright issues paper presented and publish in conference proceedings in Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS 2015) organized by National Law University Delhi and UN Information centre, Delhi on 23-24 January 2015.Public libraries in Gujarat: a missing link in the development of the general public paper presented (Best paper award winner) and publish in conference proceedings in conference organised by Gujarat Granthalay Seva Sangh, on 9-11 January 2015 at HimatnagarCurrent trends in GNLU library and library users: A review study paper published in conference proceedings in ADINET Librarians' day seminar "Libraries and Education - Vision 2020, on 23rd August 2014, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.Entrepreneurial Skills and Librarianship paper published as a joint author with Ms. Avani Vyas in conference proceedings in MANLIBNET 2013, International Conference on Entrepreneurial Approaches to Librarianship, December 26-28, 2013, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, GandhinagarOpen access initiatives and institutional repositories in Australia paper presented in Technical conference cum workshop on digital library using DSpace, 21-23 March 2014, Gujarat National Law University, GandhinagarIndian Copyright (Amendment) act 2012 and Libraries paper presented and publish in national seminar on Development of Digital Libraries in IPR regime, 8 & 9 June 2013, Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.Law librarianship and GNLU Library collection presented and publish in Conference on strategies for managing libraries in the future, December 7-9, 2011 at IIM AhmedabadGuidelines for selecting E-Journal title by Lagdhir Rabari co-author with H G Hosamani, International CALIBER-2002Employment History  1.       Assistant Librarian and Head, LibraryGujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat                            since 2008 - Current2.       Information Scientist and Assistant Librarian, Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Ladnun, Rajasthan                                                               2002-2008  Membership: 1.       Indian Library Association2.       Gujarat Granthalay Seva Sangh (Gujarat Library Service Association)3.       IFLA- Institution Membership- Standing Committee Member, Law Section4.       IALL- Institution Membership    Lagdhir RabariGandhinagar21-10-2015


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Lagdhir S. Rabari
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India

Abstract


The purpose of this study is to present a model national law library consortium for national law university libraries in India. This study sought the opinion of librarians of 17 national law universities and 8 law publishers. A total of 15 law libraries and 4 law publishers responded. The findings show that except one library, all national law university libraries and law publishers are in favour of a national law university library consortium. Most suggested compulsory participation by all National Law University (NLU) libraries, centralized funding and Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) management model for the proposed National law library consortium.

Keywords


Law Librarianship, Law Library Consortia, Library Consortia, Library Partnership.

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