DELNET was started at the India International Centre Library in January 1988 and was registered as a society in 1992.

It was initially supported by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. It was subsequently supported by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

DELNET has been actively engaged with the compilation of various Union Catalogues of the resources available in member-libraries.It has already created the Union Catalogue of Books,Union List of Current Periodicals, Union Catalogue of Periodicals,CD-ROM Database,Database of Indian Specialists, Database of Periodical Articles, Union List of Video Recordings, Urdu Manuscripts' Database, Database of Theses and Dissertations, sample databases of language publications using GIST technology and several other databases. The data is being updated in these databases and is growing rapidly. All the DELNET databases have been resident on DELSIS, an in-house software developed on BASISPlus, an RDBMS, the product of Information Dimensions Inc. of USA which has been provided to DELNET courtesy National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.

DELNET provides an array of facilities. DELNET'S relentless efforts in resource sharing have proved extremely effective.
It has contributed a lot towards the modernisation of libraries in India.

DELNET Governing Board Members: 2024-2026

  • Shri K. Jayakumar President I. A. S.
    Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
    & Former Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Culture
    Govt. of India
  • Dr. S. S. Murthy Vice President Former Director, DESIDOC. Ministry of Defence,
    New Delhi
  • Dr. Sangeeta Kaul Director Director, DELNET
  • Dr. P. R. Goswami Treasurer Former Director, Library
    and Information IGNCA,
    & Former Director, CSL
    New Delhi
  • Dr. Pratishtha Pandey Member Head (FIST, PURSE and R&D Infra)
    Department of Science & Technology (DST)
    New Delhi
  • The Director-Genral, NIC Member Director-General, National Informatics Centre
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
    New Delhi
  • Prof. (Dr.) Usha Natesan Member Director
    National Institute of Technical Teachers
    Training & Research, Chennai &
    Former Advisor-I, AICTE
    New Delhi
  • Dr. (Prof.) B. Srinivas (MD) Member Deputy Director-General, Medical Education and Director
    National Medical Library
    Directorate General of Health Services
    Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Govt. of India
    New Delhi
  • Dr. Raj Nehru Member Vice Chancellor
    Shri Vishwakarma Skill University
    Gurugram
    Haryana
  • Mr. Pavan Shrikishan Sharma Elected Member Librarian
    Yashaswi Education Society’s International
    Institute of Management Science
    Pune
    Maharashtra
  • Dr. Gopakumar V. Elected Member Head, Knowledge Centre
    Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation & Technology
    Trivandrum
    Kerala
  • Dr. Dattatraya S. Bormane Elected Member Principal
    All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s
    College of Engineering
    Pune
    Maharashtra