ABSTRACT

By way of definition, the library can be called a repository place which collects bibliographical materials and organizes them in a meaningful way and eventually makes them available for use to a community of users. In an academic environment, a library is a storehouse of information and the seat of knowledge. This storehouse of knowledge is usually properly organized and the information disseminated in an organized manner. Since the inception of the library movement, librarians who are professionals in carrying out this job have been interested in co-operative librarianship and fascinated with the co-operative aspects of their profession. Early sharing of resources in libraries took a variety of forms (professional education and short term training, short term advisory service to further effective planning and managing, borrowing and lending librarians to handle operating responsibilities, contributions of books and even demonstration of modern library methods). In the recent information and communication technology environment, it has become practically impossible for any library to remain self reliant. In a situation of growing demands of library users and depleting levels of financial resources, no library is able to obtain all it resources on demand; hence the idea of cooperation/networking is still ideal. So libraries have to share resources in order to maximize accessibility, cut cost, provide better services, and also unite in the creation of new library objectives and not just to systematize old ones.