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Subscription of same Periodicals by Different Universities in West Bengal : its Impact on Land, Labour, Capital and Organisation:A Survey


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1 Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 32, India
     

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Explains how huge amount of money was spent for the subscription of same periodicals which were being subscribed by the different universities situated within the radius of a few kilometers. Categorically shows the impact of overlapped subscription of Indian as well as foreign periodicals on economy. Analyses how the land, labour and capital were being wasted due to the duplicate subscription of periodicals. Suggests that only adopting of sharing mechanism can reduce duplicate subscription.

Keywords

Periodicals Management, Serials Management, Economics of Periodicals Management, Collection Development of Periodicals.
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About The Authors

Nikhil Kumar Jas
Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
India

Chaitali Dutta
Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 32
India


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Authors

Nikhil Kumar Jas
Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Chaitali Dutta
Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 32, India

Abstract


Explains how huge amount of money was spent for the subscription of same periodicals which were being subscribed by the different universities situated within the radius of a few kilometers. Categorically shows the impact of overlapped subscription of Indian as well as foreign periodicals on economy. Analyses how the land, labour and capital were being wasted due to the duplicate subscription of periodicals. Suggests that only adopting of sharing mechanism can reduce duplicate subscription.

Keywords


Periodicals Management, Serials Management, Economics of Periodicals Management, Collection Development of Periodicals.

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