Collection Development in IT Environment;

Facilitate e-access to Journals and Books;

Actively participate in Resource Sharing, ILL;

Document delivery by Fax, e-mail, Speed post, Courier, etc.

Database merging of library holdings (Books/Journals) and facilitate access to merged database;

Digitization of archival materials of the institute and making it available on website for access by all;

To facilitate access to website of each institute’s library;

Participate actively in Consortia Plans for sharing e-journals, e-books and other databases with various Publishers and academic societies publications and joining existing consortia where forum members are benefited;

To come forward for “Open Access” and to develop institutional repositories;

To welcome new members of institutes where astronomy is one of the subjects of study and library has collection pertaining to the subject.