Agenda Vision & Mission Goals Scope Drivers of networking Road Map Business Model Benefits Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Vision and Mission To reach out to the users on their desktop, where there is no library services in a Knowledge driven enterprise 1. To avail resources for use 2. To give access to every employee 3. To satisfy user needs 4. To Transform & integrate all location libraries across the enterprise into a seamless network Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Goals: Decentralised acquisition, decentralised processing and centralised utilisation of information across the enterprise. To have a unique web-based solution on intranet so that network of libraries will be available to user To organise the documents uniformly across the locations. To establish a centralised network of libraries to manage multi-location units across the enterprise Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Scope: 1. Compatible with organisational IT platform. 2. Able to organize any type of document 3. Manage the services at all existing and proposed locations through a single interface. 4. Access should be on the need to know basis 5. Software support will be provided by corporate IT Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Scope: Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Nashik Igatpuri Chennai Haridwar Chaka n Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network Zaheerabad

Drivers of Networking: 1. Increasing cost of information. 2. Lack of visibility to acquired information. 3. Scattered users across the locations. 4. Availability of information in multiple forms. 5. Demand of information support in 24X7 format. Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Road Map: Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Identification Formal Resources Informal Resources Contact owner Transfer on intranet Access to Members Intranet Server Digital Resources Institutional Resources Internet via Intranet Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Road Map (Continued…): Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Locations FDOs aa F-06F-07F-08 Worli-CIT PDC Nashik Kandivali-AS Kandivali-FES Nashik-Systech Nashik-Dieshop Nagpur-FES Igatpuri-CIC Igatpuri-PET Igatpuri-Accts. Zaheerabad-PD MIQ, Igatpuri-P&IR {Multi-lingual} Year Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Business Model: Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network

Benefits: Ashutosh G. Joshi - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Benefits Better and faster retrieval across the locations Availability of unorganised resources Location Libraries on desktop Better resource sharing and removal of duplication activity Better and faster tracking of users and documents across the locations Online support to knowledge management Virtual information repository across the enterprise Transforming Traditional Libraries into a Multi-location Library Network