WBCoLOR (WEST BENGAL COLLEGE LIBRARIES' ONLINE RESOURCES) is intended to build a collaborative, centralized database of online learning resources on the subjects/topics taught in the CCF syllabus followed in different undergraduate Govt./Govt. aided colleges of West Bengal. This database is built for non-commercial, educational and research purposes.

Background: During COVID -19 pandemic the physical access to different college and college libraries were suspended for a long time. Each college of West Bengal was running its teaching learning process in online mode according to different guidelines provided by mother Universities as well as U.G.C. guidelines. In this situation college libraries were facing challenges to meet up the requirements of study materials that could support teaching learning process. Due to the restrictions in the physical access to the documents, the e-version of printed material i.e. – e-resources were highly demanded by the user’s community during the pandemic period. Every college library of West Bengal was trying to meet up those demands and catered the required information through different online modes, i.e., through e-mail, WhatsApp group, Facebook page, telegram group of libraries and through library website, blogs, YouTube channel etc. But still the individual effort could not meet all the requirements of the users immediately and it also produced many duplications of work. Besides, there were many problems faced by different libraries to disseminate information through online mode . Those were lack of infrastructure, storage space, server, manpower, lack of funds, technical expertise etc. Therefore, to overcome all these constraints creation of a collaborative centralised database of e-resources which would cover e-books, e- contents, audio/video lectures and related matters according to topics covered in the syllabus followed by different undergraduate colleges affiliated by different universities of West Bengal was the need of the hour.

Later with the introduction of CCF syllabus following NEP2020 policy , WBCoLOR updates its syllabi and resources accordingly.

In 2021 , thirteen colleges signed a MOU for collaborative library services through WBCoLOR e-consortium and this number is increasing day by day. Besides, e-resource support to its users the MOU member libraries perform various activities collaboratively - e.g., digital exhibition on career oriented resources, educational tours, seminar and webinars, add-on  course etc.