Resource Sharing Viability in Kuwait |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy;2. Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands;3. Department of Food Science and Technology, Edificio Darwin-Anexo, Campus Rabanales s/n, University of Cordoba, 14014 Cordoba, Spain;4. Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece;5. Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Institute of Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria;6. CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4202-401 Porto, Portugal;1. CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China;3. Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, PR China |
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| Abstract: | With the current economic situation, and the latest advancements in information technology, the information profession is faced with the need to continuously redefine the library as a concept and as a physical environment. Current trends increasingly appear to define the library as a provider of information. This article describes the argument for resource sharing with its different attributes as it appears in the literature, as well as its validity in the case of Kuwait. Two main research collections in Kuwait that constitute the basis for the information infrastructure of the country are used as examples. These collections are the Kuwait University Libraries, and the National Scientific and Technical Information Center, “NISTIC”. A profile of the two collections including their coverage, trends in budget, and service are used to justify the viability of resource sharing among two leading institutions in Kuwait. |
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