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Whether big deals are really big for engineering college libraries? Or is there any need for better model?

Whether big deals are really big for engineering college libraries? Or is there any need for... Purpose – Library consortia have played a vital role in sharing information resources among participating libraries. In India, engineering college libraries subscribe to many electronic resources through the Indian Digital Library of Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST) consortium. This paper aims to identify the collection development of electronic resources through INDEST to predict the most required and useful model for engineering colleges. Design/methodology/approach – The list of colleges that subscribe to electronic resources through INDEST was studied online and analyzed. Findings – It is evident that most colleges only subscribed IEL online through INDEST. Some colleges have subscribed to different resources from more than one publisher. The bundles of resources subscribed through INDEST have not fully supported all the courses offered by the institutions. It is revealed that the bibliographical databases for searching the literature in technological sciences were not subscribed to by any colleges participating in INDEST. Originality/value – The results of this study are useful for engineering college libraries to develop the collection of online journals in the digital era. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library Hi Tech Emerald Publishing

Whether big deals are really big for engineering college libraries? Or is there any need for better model?

Aragudige Nagaraja; K.C. Gangadhar; M. Vasanthakumar
Library Hi Tech , Volume 29 (4): 10 – Nov 22, 2011
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2011 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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0737-8831
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10.1108/07378831111189804
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Abstract

Purpose – Library consortia have played a vital role in sharing information resources among participating libraries. In India, engineering college libraries subscribe to many electronic resources through the Indian Digital Library of Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST) consortium. This paper aims to identify the collection development of electronic resources through INDEST to predict the most required and useful model for engineering colleges. Design/methodology/approach – The list of colleges that subscribe to electronic resources through INDEST was studied online and analyzed. Findings – It is evident that most colleges only subscribed IEL online through INDEST. Some colleges have subscribed to different resources from more than one publisher. The bundles of resources subscribed through INDEST have not fully supported all the courses offered by the institutions. It is revealed that the bibliographical databases for searching the literature in technological sciences were not subscribed to by any colleges participating in INDEST. Originality/value – The results of this study are useful for engineering college libraries to develop the collection of online journals in the digital era.

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Library Hi Tech – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 22, 2011

Keywords: Library networks; Collections management; Academic libraries; Information transfer; India

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