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Collection Development and Status of E-Resources in University Libraries in India


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1 Vivekanand Central Library, VBS Purvanchal University Jaunpur-222001 (U.P.)
2 DLIS, M. G. Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishswvidyalaya Chitrakoot, Satna-485331 (M. P.)
3 DLIS, Sampurnanad Sanskrit University Varanasi-221002 (U.P.)
     

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In library collection, e-resources has become the buzz word, which on one hand and the development and impact of the technologies on libraries where as on the other hand, pose new challenges for library professionals to manage the electronic information resources properly. University, the topmost higher education institute also changing their collection from print media to e-resources very rapidly to fulfill the requirement of their user community. This paper identifies the various problems of collection building of e-resources in state university libraries of Uttar Pradesh as well as provides the suitable suggestions to improve the present situation.

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Collection Development, E-Resources, Internet, UGC-Infonet Consortia, University Libraries
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Authors

Bidyut K. Mal
Vivekanand Central Library, VBS Purvanchal University Jaunpur-222001 (U.P.)
R. P. Bajpai
DLIS, M. G. Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishswvidyalaya Chitrakoot, Satna-485331 (M. P.)
H. K. Chakraborty
DLIS, Sampurnanad Sanskrit University Varanasi-221002 (U.P.)

Abstract


In library collection, e-resources has become the buzz word, which on one hand and the development and impact of the technologies on libraries where as on the other hand, pose new challenges for library professionals to manage the electronic information resources properly. University, the topmost higher education institute also changing their collection from print media to e-resources very rapidly to fulfill the requirement of their user community. This paper identifies the various problems of collection building of e-resources in state university libraries of Uttar Pradesh as well as provides the suitable suggestions to improve the present situation.

Keywords


Collection Development, E-Resources, Internet, UGC-Infonet Consortia, University Libraries

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