A 'Cyberary' at India's National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management

A novel concept and a new center of learning is the MANAGE Cyberary, which integrates the services of Information Technology and the Library to provide a single point access to information irrespective of the form in which it exists. Aptly named after Chaudhury Charan Singh, a farmers’ friend who struggled for the uplift of the farmers and the rural economy, the cyberary is a point for information acess and connectivity for the literate, semi-literate and illiterate alike.

The Cyberary integrates state of the art information technology with traditional services bringing together all the modes of the information system available in MANAGE into one integrated system. The focus is on providing a gateway for clients, to access information resources as well as network with the whole world on the Internet and through Videonet.