AbstractSince from the inception of CALIBNET (Calcutta Library Network) in 1986, Many library networks are emerges in India ranging from UGC INFLIBNET to MALIBNET and so on. Among these networks few are enlarging their services and boundaries but some are still in the infantile stage due to various reasons. In this situation, this paper attempted to present the existing situations of library networking systems of the country. The paper is also made an attempt to review the difficulties in establishing a single public library network system and also a proposed public library network system for Tamil Nadu. As far as Indian Academic Library networks a detailed description has been made by the paper and along with this, existing situations about Indian special library networks are also presented in this paper. Problems of networks are also examined by the paper and many suggestions are made by this paper at the end for improving the networking conditions in India. Apart from this, some of the research based proposed library networks are also presented in this paper.
Keywords:Public library network system, Academic Library networks.