International Coalition of Library Consortia

Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy
FORSA
Website: http://dhruva1.ncra.tifr.res.in/~library/forsaweb/index.htm

Brief description

The Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy & Astrophysics (FORSA) came into existence in the year 1982, for sharing the reources available in astronomy libraries in the country. In 2004, this group has extended its membership to Physics and Maths libraries in the country who have common interests to carry forward the aim of FORSA and its activities. Currently FORSA has tweleve members and it works towards the goals and services which the founder members have started.

Legal structure

Other: voluntary-individual support

Primary functions

• Cataloging services
• Collections sharing
• Electronic content licensing
• Interlibrary loan/document delivery
• Preservation
• Training
• Union lists/shared online catalogs

Number and type of member libraries

12, special libraries

Additional material/URLs

http://www.iiap.res.in/library/forsa.html

Dr. Y. M. Patil, Librarian, Raman Research Institute Library at Bangalore, India is the coordinator of the FORSA consortium.
Ms.Sunita Barve, Librarian, NCRA, Pune is the Web coordinator of the FORSA consortium