Importance of consortia in developing countries—an Indian scenario

Pathak, Sandeep Kumar; Deshpande, Neela J.

doi:10.1080/10572317.2004.10762639

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“…Many of the academic libraries got automated with the help of this Centre. However, Pathak and Deshpande (2004), (Mahajan, 2005), Vagiswari, Amba, and Louis (2001) and many highlighted the fact that Indian universities are not able to maintain subscription to even core journals due to ever increasing cost of journal subscription. These problems exercised minds of academicians and librarians.…”

Section: Library Consortia In Indiamentioning

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“…On the other hand, as the infrastructure to access these electronic resources improved in university setup, it forced the formation of library consortia for providing access to scholarly electronic resources to Indian academics. Many library science experts (Bansode, 2007;Birdie and Alladi 2002;Birdie, 2005;Mahajan, 2005;Moghaddam & Talawar, 2009;Pathak & Deshpande, 2004;Singh & Rao, 2008) have discussed about the growth of library consortia in India. During 1980s, when networking of libraries came into existence, consortia were in embryonic state in the country.…”

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Chauhan¹,

Mahajan²

2013

International Information & Library Review

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Including scholarly contents has given right to the publishers of peer-reviewed journals to keep higher subscription rates. It always affects library budget to a great extent. Since long libraries have been experimenting different ways of library cooperation so that maximum benefit, especially economic benefit, could be extracted from their joint cooperation ventures. The term 'consortia' has been considered an advanced stage of library cooperation. Advent of electronic journals has given rise to homogonous libraries and national governments to cope with scarcity of funds and unavailability of internationally produced scholarly literature by means of establishing library consortia. Various library consortia have been mushroomed all across the world and India has also not been spared from it. University Grants Commission (UGC) observed the dire state of Indian university libraries and found that only few were subscribing to some International peer-reviewed journals and many were not even subscribing to any international journal. The UGC opted electronic journals as medium and initiated a national consortium for strengthening library collection by providing thousands of international peer-reviewed journals over Internet free of cost. The consortium is known as UGC-Infonet Digital Library consortium. In this paper an effort is being made to discuss the various concepts of library consortia in India briefly and UGC-Infonet Digital Library consortium in detail. ª

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Section: Library Consortia In Indiamentioning

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Section: Library Consortia In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

Chauhan¹,

Mahajan²

2013

International Information & Library Review

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The potential of inter‐state collaboration for Omani academic libraries

Al-Harrasi

Al-Aufi

2012

Library Review

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes and views of library directors and key librarians on issues related to library collaboration and its impact on the welfare of advanced and cost‐effective systems of library and information services.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was utilized through the use of semi‐structured, face‐to‐face interviews for collecting needed data from library directors and key librarians in four major universities located in diverse regions in Oman. Collected data were transcribed and relevant themes and patterns were identified following an interpretive thematic approach.FindingsResults show that participants indicated an overall positive attitude toward library collaboration in an academic setting. They believed in the desired individual and institutional benefits that they would gain if their libraries or parent organizations developed and enhanced a collaborative system. The three most important advantages of collaboration were emphasized. They are: to enlarge and improve the library services, including increasing users' access to inter‐library information resources; to reduce costs by sharing manpower and resources; and to share experience through communication and enhance skills and knowledge of staff through collaborative training.Practical implicationsThe paper provides an overview and insights into demanding issues related to academic library collaboration in Oman. The result of this study helps propose a frame‐work or strategy for the purpose of initiating and developing a new system of academic library collaboration in Oman.Originality/valueLibrary collaboration, overall, has hardly been studied in Oman, or at least in the context of academic librarianship. This paper highlights the importance of library collaboration and its impact on the changing environment of academic libraries.

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Importance of consortia in developing countries—an Indian scenario

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Library consortia in India with special reference to UGC-Infonet digital library consortium

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The potential of inter‐state collaboration for Omani academic libraries

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