Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries: Some observations
Author(s): Dr. Avijit Dutta
Abstract - Purpose: Academic libraries are acquiring e-resources to provide electronic access to documents for their users. The main aim of the article is to in-depth study of the management of e-resources in academic libraries. It tried to observe the types of e-resources, sources of e-resources, and availability and accessibility of e-resources which are useful to the academic library users. It also provides some suggestions to overcome the problems in the management of e-resources in academic libraries. Another purpose of the article is to trace the different e-resource management tools available for academic libraries.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper briefly discusses Electronic Resource Management (ERM) and its importance in the library. This paper also examines the problems faced by academic libraries due to the rapid growth in the number as well as the type of electronic resources. A comprehensive review of the literature and practical experiences have been used for the paper.
Findings: Software-based ERM tools are essential to manage the e-resources in the library. Collaboration between vendors and libraries can lead to a system design of electronic resources that fulfill the demanding and rapidly changing requirements of the users.
Value: Management of electronic resources is very important in the present age, where most academic library offers electronic resources to their users. This discussion will help librarians overcome the problems in e‐resource management
Keywords - E-resources, Management of E-resources, Electronic Resource Management, Academic Libraries.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.9.4.2023.1715
Cite This Article As: Dutta.A. (2023) Management of E-resources in Academic Libraries: Some observations, International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 9(4) 162-172. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1715 Page: 162-172 Publication Date: 04 December 2023