IIBN (Indonesian Islamic Bibliographic Network): solution to minimize information access gap among Islamic universities in Indonesia (prospect and problem)

There is no library that has completed information resources to their users’ needs. Therefore a cooperative network is not only necessary but also urgent. With a good cooperative network among Islamic Academic libraries in Indonesia, they can develop their academic potency as fast as possible. The common problems of libraries around Islamic University in Indonesia such as lack of collections, space and human resources can be solved by resource sharing and inter library loan. Libraries of Islamic Universities in Indonesia that were joined in cooperative network has an embryo of Islamic bibliographic, IIBN (Indonesian Islamic Bibliography Network) is inter library network between Islamic universities in Indonesia. Since December 1, 2006 the official web site of IIBN available on the net, it has internally tested offline at Sunan Ampel’s library. The team of IIBN portal suggested that this portal will give more easy way to exchange the information among IIBN members