Intranets: A New Dimension for Library Services

This article is based on some practical experiences of Indian Rubber Manufacturing Research Association (IRMRA). It gives a brief introduction about the intranet, controversies of an intranet, and its library applications. It also gives information about accessing management information, improving internal communications, e-mail, intra mail, collaborative working, communities of interests, discussion groups, electronic forms, internal newsletters, search facilities, training materials, and library applications/access. The use of intranet in providing library services like SDI, CAS and other information management is explained with a schematic diagram.