http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/14895 <b>Special Issue (Guest Editor: Dr. Jagdish Arora)</b> Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/14979 Title: Role of consortia in preservation of e-journals <br/> <br/>Authors: Gaur, Ramesh C; Tripathi, Manorama <br/> <br/>Abstract:   The present paper briefly describes the importance of library consortia and enlists main consortia of the country. It mainly dwells upon the various issues related to the preservation of digital content of e-journals. It suggests that various Indian library consortia in the country should take lead and initiate action for preserving e- journals for future. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 204-211 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/14978 Title: Assessing the use of electronic information resources in DRDO institutes: An analytical study of DRDO e-journals consortium <br/> <br/>Authors: Moorthy, A.L.; Pant, Ankur <br/> <br/>Abstract:   Resource sharing amongst libraries is a good old practice that is aimed at overcoming budgetary constraints. The new millennium saw quite a few number of Library Consortia established in the country, NKRC of CSIR and INDEST being the most successful of them. After taking in to consideration the experiences of these and other Library Consortia that are successfully serving their users, DRDO E-Journals Consortium was established by DESIDOC in the year 2009 with 7 core publishers. This paper briefly discusses the genesis of the DRDO Consortium, its services, budgetary provisions, services offered, and efforts made by DESIDOC to enhance the use of e-resources across the Organisation. An analytical study of the usage of e-resources by the DRDO scientific community was also made and the inferences were listed. Overall the Consortium has been perceived as a major facilitator in providing required information within least possible time. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 194-203 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/14977 Title: Implications of SUSHI for analysis of usage statistics of e-resources: A case study of UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium <br/> <br/>Authors: Pradhan, Dinesh R; Rai, Ashok Kumar; Arora, Jagdish <br/> <br/>Abstract:   <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">The usage of e-resources is one of the most important parameters to judge effectiveness of a consortium. Manual downloading and analysis of usage statistics is a time-consuming process for a consortium like UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium having more than 180 core members. COUNTER and SUSHI standards have the potential to ease the work of a consortium administrator by minimizing the time involved in manual downloading of usage statistics allowing more time for analyzing the usage statistics for better decision making. The article gives a brief of the implication of SUSHI for creating a usage statistics portal at the INFLIBNET Centre for monitoring the usage of the member universities. </span> <br/> <br/>Page(s): 187-193 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/14976 Title: Consortia based electronic information resource sharing in Department of Biotechnology Institutes in India <br/> <br/>Authors: Lal, D. D. <br/> <br/>Abstract:   In the current era of IT (Information technology), the information needs of the users have increased considerably that no library individually can meet all the information requirements of the users. This has required the need for efficient association and collaboration between libraries and information centres for sharing their available resources and information through networking. The consortia approach can be considered as a major step towards library collaboration in sharing electronic resources.</p>   The paper describes the DBT’s Electronic Resources Consortium (DeLCON). <br/> <br/>Page(s): 181-186 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:58:59 GMT