Introduction 

The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) is a group consisting of academic and research libraries in Ghana.  It was established on 17^th August 2004.  The main focus of CARLIGH is to join efforts of these libraries to have maximum use of resources and other facilities.  The links on this page will lead you into pages of participating institutions.

In 2003, the five Public Universities (University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, University for Development Studies, Tamale,  University of Education, Winneba  and INSTI which had a loose cooperative arrangement under an inter library lending and document delivery project, supported by DANIDA, decided to form a consortium after the project ended. 

To this end, a brainstorming workshop was organised under the auspices of the Committee of University Librarians and Deputies (CULD) to decide on how to move forward.  Another Workshop in early 2004 on Consortium building supported by elfL-net paved the way for a smooth beginning.  Currently CARLIGH has fourteen (14) members, six (6) public universities, five (5) private universities, two (2) Research Institutes and a Specialist training institution.  These institutions have the requisite infrastructure and technical support to benefit from the facilities that the group will provide.

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