Access of e resources in college libraries

Access of e-resources in College Libraries: Steps towards Building a Digital Collection

Dr. Bidyut K. MalIn-charge, Vivekanand Central Library, VBS Purvanchal University,

Jaunpur-222001 (U.P.), e-mail: [email protected] and

Dr. R. P. BajpaiAssociate Prof. & Head, DLIS, M. G. C. G. Vishswvidyalaya, Chitrakoot,

Satna-485331(M. P.), e-mail: [email protected]

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Introduction

Electronic Resources

Library in present era

Collection-centered to being learning-centered

Open Access

Free availability of literature on the internet

Printed journals in place of electronic version of the journals

Advantages of e-resources

Multi-access Speed Functionality Content International reach Unlimited capabilities Convenience Searchability and Linking

Current quality status in Colleges of Higher Education in India (2005)

Details Number

Total number of colleges 17,625

Number of colleges under UGC purview 14000

Number of colleges recognized under section 2(f) of UGC Act 5,589 (40%)

Number of colleges recognized under section 12(B) of UGC Act 5,273 (38%)

Number of colleges actually funded by the UGC 4,870 (35%)

Number of colleges Accredited by the NAAC 2,780 (20%)

Number of colleges Accredited by the NAAC and scoring above 60 % 2,506 (17.9%)

Source: MHRD

N-LIST project

E-Journals (Fulltext)

American Institute of Physics (18 titles) http://journals.aip.org/

American Physical Society (10 titles) http://publish.aps.org/browse.html

Annual Reviews (33 titles) http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/

Cambridge University Press (224 titles) http://journals.cambridge.org/

Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) (1 titles) http://www.epw.in/

Indian Journals (150 titles) http://www.indianjournals.com/

Institute of Physics (46 titles) http://www.iop.org/EJ/

Oxford University Press (206 titles) http://www.oxfordjournals.org

Royal Society of Chemistry (29 titles) http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/

H. W. Wilson (1420 titles) http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml

E-Books

E-brary (45000+ titles) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/inflibnet

Net Library (936 titles) http://www.netlibrary.com/

Bibliographic Database

MathSciNet http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/

DOAJ

Pubmed Central

DULS

Open J-Gate

The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek EZB (Electronic Journals Library)

Conclusion

The goal of the college libraries is to provide an effective combination of print, non-print and electronic resources to support of teaching, learning and research but the status of use of e-resources among the faculty and students is still at its infancy.

The student community has yet to explore to potential benefits of various forms of e-resources that could suitably help their scholastic needs. So college authority and library staff must concentrate on up gradation of library regarding use and accessibility of e-resources.