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information services to users.

Computer can be used an access tool to obtain information from externally operated information storage and retrieval systems.

“University Library” means the library belonging to university only are taken for studied, but not either types of libraries such as, college school, public, Research & special libraries.

A university library is a library attached to an Institution of higher learning, a function of which is research and advancement of knowledge in a wide variety of subjects and which in this subjects, offers a doctor’s degree. It supports teaching programmes and aids research activities. In university sector its collection is balanced and well organised. In general, it seeks to meet the intellectual concerns of the university community. It is a centre for organisation of a variety of activities to stimulate and promote intellectual development of academic community. Therefore, its resources as well as organisational effectiveness to meet the demands should be of a high order. Further focus is on general University Libraries located in “Gujarat state.”
Aim and Objectives

The university library must provide present and future requirements of the modern society, students, teachers and research scholars.

The researcher therefore proposes to examine:

The present position of automation of university libraries in the Gujarat state and the problems faced by them.

The progress of modernization of university libraries activities

undertaken by the university libraries under the INFLIBNET programme specially since 1991.

To suggest an action plan for early computerization and networking of university libraries in the Gujarat state say in 18 months period.

It is in this context, the researcher proposes to develop an action plan to provide also for city network at Vallabh Vidyanagar which would act as a model for other university libraries to in the Gujarat state follow and thus may lead to develop a regional and national academic information system. It may eventually help to develop an information based society in the Gujarat state.
11 Scope and the Limitation

In all there are eleven universities in Gujarat State. Out of these, two universities are of specialized nature. Their collections, services, clientele, requirements are of special types. These are Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, and Gujarat Agricultural University, Dantiwada. They do not fall in the ‘general’ university category. The Ambedker University is also not covered in the study, because it is open university. This study does not cover these three universities.

The present study is therefore limited to computerization and networking of the remaining eight university libraries in Gujarat State i.e. Gujarat Unversity, M. S. University, North Gujarat University, Bhavnagar University, South Gujarat University, Saurastra University.

All important aspects of the above eight universities have been critically studied. It includes the users, collection, training of staff in the present stage of library computerization and networking, computer hardware, software, library services, Internet service, access to databases, standards etc. It covers the period from 1991 to 2001.

The researcher decided to study the present situat