Joint Information Systems Committee JISC’s vision is one of easy and widespread access to information and resources, anytime, anywhere; a vision with technology and information management at the heart of research and education.
1)Provide cost-effective and sustainable shared national services and resources
2)Help institutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their corporate and business systems
3)Help institutions to improve the quality of learning and teaching and the student experience
4)Help institutions to improve the quality, impact and productivity of academic research
5)Be a responsive, reflective and learning organisation that demonstrates value for money

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) is the largest of the six regional higher education purchasing consortia that operate throughout the UK. SUPC was formed in 1974 when a handful of universities came together for the collaborative purchase of stationery. It has now grown to a membership of over one hundred higher and further education institutions and offers its members a wide range of collaborative purchase agreements covering most commodity areas.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The NLM produces more than 250 online databases and resources other than the two most used databases PubMed and MedlinePlus. They are free of charge. NLM also offers wide-range of tools and resources used every day by medical professionals, the public health workforce, librarians, biomedical researchers, historians, students and teachers, disaster response and recovery personnel, electronic health record developers, chemists, toxicologists, and patients and their families.

To know more visit our website at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Transferable skills are the skills that a person gains through one job or experience that is used in another job.

The M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries in UK is a collaborative organisation that works to improve library and information services within the M25 region and more widely across the East and Southeast. The Consortium now has 57 member institutions. Its aim is to provide services and resources for the benefit of learners and researchers.
MEDICAL LIBRARIES
Anglia Ruskin University
University Library: Chelmsford
University Library, Fulbourn
University Library, Peterborough
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Luton
Healthcare Learning Resources Centre, Aylesbury
University of Brighton
Falmer Library
Queenwood Library
Brunel University
Library
Canterbury Christ Church University
Mansion Library
The Library
City University
University Library
University of East London
Stratford Campus Library and Learning Centre
University of Greenwich
Avery Hill Library
Medway, Drill Hall Library
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus Library
Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Royal Brompton Campus Library
Institute of Development Studies
British Library for Development Studies
London Metropolitan University
Ladbroke House Library
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Library
London South Bank University
Havering Campus Library
Perry Library
Middlesex University
Health Campus - Archway Healthcare Library
Health Campus - Chase Healthcare Information Centre
Hendon Campus - The Sheppard Library
The Open University
The Library and Learning Resources Centre
Oxford Brookes University
Headington Library
University of Reading
University of Reading Library
Roehampton University
University Library
Royal Holloway, University of London
Bedford Library
St. George's University of London
St. George's Library
University of Surrey
University Library
Thames Valley University
Hanover House LRC (Reading)
Paragon House LRC (London)
Paul Hamlyn LRC (Slough)
The Wellcome Library
Wellcome Library
University of Westminster
Cavendish Library
Read more :http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/

Declining popularity of libraries

Delhi is home to some of the oldest libraries in the country. Spread across the entire City, the many libraries here are a rich source of knowledge and learning and serve as an invaluable source of information to various students, researchers and management graduates. But in this day and age when information is available at the click of a mouse, are libraries still popular.

Read more:The Deccan Herald

Library census, reading habit survey from Feb

A national level census of libraries across India to assess the state of our library network and survey the reading habits of Indians will be conducted as part of an ambitious project to revive and strengthen the community library movement in India.

Read more:The Indian Express