Library Herald
Year : 2006, Volume : 44, Issue : 1
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 13)
Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.

UGC-Infonet E-journal Consortium for Universities and Colleges An Indian Experience

Dr Murthy TAV

An IUC of UGC, Near Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad 380 009, India.

8th Prof S Dasgupta Memorial Lecture delivered on 10th March 2006.

Abstract

Electronic journal packages, have become standard resources in academic libraries in the last few years The development in IT has facilitated the formation of different types of library consortia to share the cost of information resources. Library consortia are a concept of 1960s though the e-consortia are features of the present century. The increasing global collaboration of people and shared resources needs to be developed and concerted efforts by the LIS professional to solve the emerging problems. In this electronic Information age Library Consortia is gaining more importance. This paper will highlight about UGC-INFONET: The central theme of the paper will deal on the use of E-journals by the Academic and research community in India.

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Keywords

Agriculture Libraries, Agricultural Library Services.

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