Role of E-Journals Consortium in 21st Century
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2005-11-10
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Libraries play a very important role in this fast changing e-environment of publishing. Their
role includes identification of selection of information, its organization of management,
storage retrieval and dissemination to right users at the right time at right place at right price
and in right format. The goal of any academic libraries is to meet the teaching, research and
other information needs of the user. The proliferation of the literature on all the subjects,
price of journals hike in currency conversion rate and the budget crunch made the libraries
depend upon each other. This leads to library co-operation, resource sharing and networks
etc. At present the online databases, E-journals facilitate formation of the consortia at
resource sharing among the libraries. Consortia prove to be one of the major solutions to
the existing problems of budget crunches among the libraries and information centers.
The advent of E-publishing has brought a revolution in journal publication, subscription
and access delivery mechanism. The paper discuses the necessisity increasing the
information resources in electronic form to meet the current demand of academic libraries
and institutions at affordable cost and also discuses need and importance of E-journal
consortium and resource sharing among libraries and information centers.
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Electronic resources, library consortia, E-Journal consortium, Resource sharing, Academic Libraries