Library services The major services rendered, in addition to conventional library and information services, are as follows. Online services Electronic library services Information products and services Database development and maintenance  Compiling information for several in-house journals and newsletters  Orientation programmes for in-house users Current awareness services, forthcoming events, daily news headlines, and recent additions on/the Intranet Literature searches/document supply Selective dissemination of information Electronic journal content-page services Reference and referral services Inter-library loan from all major libraries of Delhi eg. IIT, DU, BCL, American Information Centre etc. Reprographic services Specialized information centres ENVIS (Environmental Information System) Centre The centre has been designated as an ENVIS Centre on renewable energy and environment: one among 25 such centres sponsored by MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests), Government of India. The centre responds to technical queries, provides photocopies of documents requested by users, and establishes linkages with other ENVIS centres. It maintains a database on renewable energy and environment issues, develops reprint collection, and updates information content on the web site (http://www.terienvis.nic.in/). MIC (Mycorrhiza Information Centre) Established in 1988, this center facilitates information dissemination and exchange among scientists working on mycorrhiza. The centre collects and organizes information resources on mycorrhiza and publishes information products like directories, conference proceedings, a quarterly newsletter and provides content for the web site (http://mycorrhizae.org.in/)). Consultancy Supplying information on demand is not enough. Believing in the proverbial wisdom that exhorts us to ‘teach a man how to fish’ so that he can be ‘fed for a lifetime’, the LIC also offers expert advice on setting up specialized information centres developing and maintaining databases handling information by electronic means library automation customized user services. Workshops and conferences The Centre regularly organizes seminars, workshops, and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments in the fields of information science and related IT applications. Workshop on Building Digital Archive using advanced fatures of GSDL , 08-10 Jan 2008 Workshops on “Digital Libraries”, 10-13 Apr 2007 Workshops on “Digital Libraries“, 31 Oct-04 Nov 2006 International conference on digital libraries 2006: Information management for global access, 05-08 Dec 2006 International conference on digital libraries 2004: knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management Information resource management in electronic environment Seminar on digital library initiatives in India