Thursday, December 10, 2009

IIITM-K Library gets Special Membership in International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries


IIITM-K Library has been granted with a Special Associate Membership in the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). This was announced in the recent IATUL conference held in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. IIITM-K will be the first Library in Kerala to become member in IATUL and 14th member in the Country. Other members from India include 4 IITs and major universities. Being a Special Membership, IIITMK is exempted from payment of Membership fee for joining IATUL.

IATUL was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 1955, which is an international non-governmental organisation of a group of libraries, represented by their library directors or senior managers, who have responsibility for information services and resources management.

Through this membership, IIITMK Library will be able to participate in the IATUL Cross Country Cooperation Projects, Library Twinning Initiatives, the Special Interest Group Framework and other collaborative activities of the partnering institutions spread across the world.

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