PLANNER 2005

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    Development of Consortial Approach and Resource Sharing in Higher Education Lirbaries With Special Reference to India
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Singh, Yogendra
    This paper mainly traces the historical development of consortia based library services. States that the consortial approach in the form of cooperation was initiated by Melvil Dewey in 1880s. Main factors behind such cooperation are outlined. States that like any other form of library services consortia were also first came into existence in the United States where by the year 1970 more then 125 academic library consortia were functional. Finds that now the trend has changed and consortia are coming up in developing countries also mainly for the acquisition of electronic resources. Briefly touches the history of consortial development in India where it had not been very successful mainly due to human reasons. Describes in details the two recently formed consortia in India i.e. INDEST and E-journal Consortium of UGC Infonet. Describes the pros and cons of the present model of subscription to full set of journals of publishers in the form of so called “Big Deals” and advises that these big deals may not be really big in many cases. Outlines some of the guidelines for the librarians in these conditions. Concludes that the consortia in the country should work in close cooperation and not in competition to each other.
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    Management of E-Resources in the Modern Library Information System : An Outlook
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Devi, Thoudam Suleta; Devi, Keisham Sangeeta
    The advent of IT has made a clear and pervasive impact in almost every area of library services. As such, the library environment has undergone a rapid changes leading to new generation of libraries with an emphasis on e- resources. Moreover, as the popularity of eresources increases, the librarians and staff are also concerned about e-resources, their methods accessing, evaluation, selection, organization etc. The present paper is an aim to know how to manage e-resources in the modern LIS for better digital information services and challenges facing with e-resources.
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    Sharing E-journals in Consortia Environment : Development in Digital Era
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Mudhol, Mahesh V; N., Vasanth
    Due to the increase in cost of e journals, the library professionals have initiated the sharing resources in cooperative acquisitions, document delivery and inter library loans. The paper highlights the importance of library consortia in this digital era stating its salient features and pricing models. This paper also discusses about the FORSA and INDEST Consortium.
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    Usage of Electronic Journals Under UGC Infonet E-Journal Consortium in North Eastern University Libraries
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Chand, Prem; Murthy, T A V; Chandel, A S
    The rapid development of the Internet during the 1990s has opened up a new possibility where traditional print journals are being replaced by, or at least supplemented by, the electronic journals. Low library budget and increasing cost of subscription are some of the important factors for shift from print media to electronic one This paper discusses the role of UGC-Infonet in promotion of E-journals in the country through E-journal consortium. Highlights that the usage of E-journals is much below the expected target by the Universities of North East which have been given access to E-journals. This has been supported by usage statistics by these five universities.