Browsing by Author "Chakraborty, Banani"

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    E-Journal: Coming of Age
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2002-02) Chakraborty, H K; Chakraborty, Banani
    Electronic Journals have now been recognized as a major link in scholarly communication. The timely publication, ease in delivery, incorporation of multimedia contents, hyperlinking and search facility etc. are some of the features which have attracted interest of both library and scholarly communities. The article deals with importance, definition, evolutionary trends and access of e-journal. It discusses along with advantages, the burning issues and challenges to the present and future library and information professionals. The article ends with the comment that the electronic journal is finally “Coming of age” as result of the explosion of Internet use, particularly World Wide Web technology.
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    ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY : AN OVERVIEW
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Chakraborty, H K; Chakraborty, Banani
    Sophisticated access mechanisms, spiraling serials costs, new technologies and growing researcher needs and expectations are all driving libraries to reassess basic assumptions about interlibrary loan and document delivery. This article deals with document delivery service, its needs, characteristics and types. It discusses electronic document, motives and components of electronic document delivery. Trends and implications for the future have been highlighted. The article points out that the full benefits of an electronic document delivery system can not be realised until discovery, ordering and delivery are integrated. The article ends with fundamental questions about structure and operation of delivery service in administrative,technical and legal areas.