Abstract:
The term Outsourcing is used very commonly in all service sectors which
represents to hire the services which can be possible to reduce the workload and use the time in managing the better activities in an organization. In library and information center’s (LIC’s) also the term outsourcing is visualized and many libraries hired the library services and tasks through outsourcing agencies. Recently the term “crowdsourcing” is being used which is a combination of two words ‘Crowd’ and ‘Outsourcing’, means the process of
getting work or funding to get the work done, usually online, from a crowd of people. The concept is to accept the task and outsource it to crowd of people to complete it. This concept is introduced to develop more skill sets. In this communication, efforts are made to elaborate the possible usage of crowdsourcing and its utility in LIC’s with examples and its benefits to libraries.
