11.4.6 Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Established as a full-fledged IUC in 1996, its mission is "To usher the country in the era of Information Technology allowing the academic and research community to derive its benefits. To create a wave of awareness through out the country about IT and to improve capability in information transfer and access, that provides support to scholarship, learning, research and academic pursuits. To carry out modernization of libraries and information Centres in the country, with application of computer and communication technologies. To establish computer communication network for linking libraries and information Centres in universities, deemed to be universities, colleges, UGC information centres, institutions of national importance and R&D institutions, etc. avoiding duplication of efforts. It is basically a cooperative endeavor in resource development, sharing and its utilization at national level using the IT enabled services."
