Abstract

Author(s): Namrata M. Joshi

Library Learning resources and services are very significant to research and teaching in higher education. The introduction of ICTs has completely transformed libraries and information centers. They have emerged as early adopters of new technologies and act as service points for access to digital libraries. In India , R&D Institutes ,National Libraries, National Agencies Universities , Archival centers are involving in digitization and responding to the increasing importance of e-learning by developing their services accordingly. This paper highlights, Library Consortium in India, Scholarly Science Journals, Electronic Theses & Dissertations, Institutional E-Print Archives, Books (out of copyright),E-Paper(newspaper),Online courseware ,Data ,Manuscript ,Open Access initiatives at Metadata Level Other Major Initiatives in India.