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Consortia Purchasing:Subscription for the Electronic Journals in Indian Scenario


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1 Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Puttur 574203, India
2 Department of Libraryand Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, India
     

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The present approach towards partnership, networking consortia and resource sharing adopted by Indian libraries need radical changes to evolve responsive partnership in order to achive best performance in service. Due to the increase in cost of e-journals, the library professionals have initiated the sharing resources in cooperative acquisitions, document delivery and inter library loans. The paper highlights the importance of consortia purchasing in this digital era stating its salient features and pricing models. This paper also discusses about the FORSA and INDEST Consortium.

Keywords

Consortia Purchasing, INDEST/INFLIBNET Consortium, E-Journals.
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N. Vasanth
Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Puttur 574203
India

Mahesh V. Mudhol
Department of Libraryand Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199
India


Notifications

  • Biswas (B C); Hazra (S K); Jalal (S K). Herald of Library Science. Vol. 43(1-2); Jan-April 2004; p49-53

  • Bjoernshauge (L). Consortia Licensing: Implications for digital collection development in 64th IFLA general conference, Aug 16-21, 1998.

  • www.dlib.org

  • www.infolibrarian.com

  • http://www.rajweb.info

  • http://www.vedamsbooks.com

  • www.inflibnet.org

  • http://www.w3.org

  • http://www.iiap.res.in

  • http://www.ifla.org/iv/ifla64

  • Murthy (T A V). Resource Sharing and consortia for India. Proceedings, IIT Seminar, Kharagpur, Feb.2002. 14-15p.

  • http://www.ucl.ac.uk


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Authors

N. Vasanth
Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Nehru Nagar, Puttur 574203, India
Mahesh V. Mudhol
Department of Libraryand Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, India

Abstract


The present approach towards partnership, networking consortia and resource sharing adopted by Indian libraries need radical changes to evolve responsive partnership in order to achive best performance in service. Due to the increase in cost of e-journals, the library professionals have initiated the sharing resources in cooperative acquisitions, document delivery and inter library loans. The paper highlights the importance of consortia purchasing in this digital era stating its salient features and pricing models. This paper also discusses about the FORSA and INDEST Consortium.

Keywords


Consortia Purchasing, INDEST/INFLIBNET Consortium, E-Journals.

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