International Journal of Library Science and Research(IJLSR) ISSN 2250-2351 Vol.2, Issue 2, Sep 2012 44-52 Š TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.,
EVOLUTION OF E-RESOURCES IN UP STATE LIBRARIES MANISHA SRIVASTAVA & HABIBUR REHMAN KHAN 1
Research Scholar in Deptt. of Library Science,NIMS University, Jaipur, India 2
Librarian, New Delhi, India
ABSTRACT Information has become wider in present day research, covering non-print materials. For research it is essential to use information in print as well as electronic information. Both are available in various sources crossing the boundaries of a specific library. Library and information centers are required to support teaching, learning and research by incorporating electronic and digital information and professional skills. This paper focuses on the policies and practices of development and management of e-Resources in U.P. State University Libraries and examines the various criteria for selection and evaluation of eResources.
KEYWORDS: E-Resources, Electronic Information INTRODUCTION Since the dawn of the civilization man has been striving to know the unknown. On the long voyage of exploration of unknown, man has collected uncountable pearls & pebbles and tried to preserve them. Undoubtedly, this is a very fundamental attitude of mankind that initiated the concept of preservation of thought contents or knowledge, that concept of preservation gave rise the concept of library latter on and that knowledge are bringing in various form of library collection. Collection means the holdings of materials. In library aspects collection means the several types of documents- Books, Periodicals and Serials, Govt. Publications, Academic Thesis & Dissertations, Research Standards &
Reports,
Annual Reviews,
Conferencing
Proceedings,
Pamphlets,
Specification, Patents, Trade Literature, Maps, Atlases, and Globes, Photographs,
Illustrations, Painting, Microfilms, Microfiches, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Slides, Audio Cassettes etc. and with the advent of electronic media like computerized databases, Floppies, CD-ROM, DVD, e-journals, e-books, e- thesis, Internet etc. with other special materials in addition to books as principal constituent. The Building means development of those documents other special materials in addition to books as principal constituent[8].
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E-RESOURCES An electronic resource is defined as any resource which requires computer access. Any electronic product that delivers a collection of data, be it text referring to full text bases, electronic journals, image collections, other multimedia products and numerical, graphical or time based, as a commercially available title that has been published with an aim to being marketed. These may be delivered on CD ROM, on tape, via internet and so on. Collection development has because doubly challenging in this increasingly electronic era. Librarian must contend with the exponential growth in the number of electronic resources worthy of inclusion in library collections. Over the past few years, a numbers of techniques and related standards have been developed which allow documents to be created and distributed in electric form. Hence to cope with the present situation, libraries are shifting towards new media- namely electronic resources for their collection deployments that the demand of users is better fulfilled[7].
E-COLLECTION The library environment is currently under going a rapid and dynamic rapid revolution on leading to new generation of library collection with an emphasis on e-resources. On one side, there is an increasing demand for good library collection in terms of large amount of data/ information and on the other hand, the publishing media is striving hard to support this demand at lightning speed by way of e- publications as well as on line access. As a result, a large number of e-resources are published on all subject areas. Therefore, library needs to adopt electronic media for its collection development in a better way to fulfill the requirements of users. With advancement of technology the libraries are moving towards digital resources, which are found to be less expensive and more helpful for easy access. These are more helpful especially to that type of asters who have limited time to access the libraries from out side by the commonly available e-resources mainly CD_ROM, OPAC, electronic publications (e-journals, e-books, ethesis etc.) and Internet which are replant media[7].
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U.P. STATE UNIVERSITIES The study is covering the following universities: Sl. No.
University 1
Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
Estd.
Abv.
1975
BU
2
Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut
1965
CCSMU
3
Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur
1966
CSJMU
4
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra Dindayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University,
1981
DEI
1957
DDUGU
6
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra
1927
DBRAU
7
University of Lucknow, Lucknow M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly
1921
LU
1975
MJPRU
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi
1921
MGKV
R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Vns
1975
RMLAU
1956
SSV
V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur
1987
VBSPU
5
8 9 10 11 12
In U.P. State Universities, there is more traditional collection development. Some of the universities have made efforts for e-Resources. CD-ROM has been a part of collection development for storing information. MGKV and SSV have a large tradition collection but not used e-Resources. DBRAU and CSJMU have microfilms but that was discontinued due to lack of funds.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE Kaur and Verma (2006) [1] surveyed in this study to know the use of library service and awareness of electronic resources. This paper also examined the interest of the users about internet, infonet, CD-ROM databases and other services provided by the library. It observed that users use fewer amount of eresources due to lack of awareness of various electronic sources and suggested that library should provide
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user education / awareness programe for the users of e- resources. Pricilla Rani and Geetha (2007) [2] opinioned that the electronic resources are becoming more and more available in the libraries. The print media is now being digitized, which increases the availability of books and journals in the electronic format. Rajput, Jadon and Sahu (2007) [3] revealed that the users of IES have developed their educational work and academic carrier by using Internet services. The speed and availability and the ease of accessibility of information make the users to use Internet resources more frequently. They also made a commend that this study helps the librarian and his staff to know the importance of Internet resources and services in academic environment. Tholkappian & Chandran (2007) [4] observed one of the bottle lines between the traditional bibliophile „and modern technology is drawn over the concept of e-book. The production and usage of ebooks is growing at a fast pace and warrants serious consideration, especially in libraries and information centres of Indian Universities. Krishna, Sharma and Mishra (2008). [5] stated that a very valuable source of quickly accessible and accurate information are on-line databases which can be very significant in research work of every field. Internet is a most effective electronic media for selection, collection, storage management and dissemination of information of universe of knowledge. Finally it reveals that the users of the college have become more conversant with use of internet along with other e- resources and electronic media for information access. Tripathi and Jeevan (2008) [6] discussed the different barriers to provide electronic resources and services to the distance learners and also gave some valuable suggestion to overcome on those barriers like implementation of resources and services; promotion of resources and services; infrastructure at the study centers; and orientation and user education programs.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The main purpose of the present study was to study the electronic sources and services provided to the users of U.P. State University Libraries. The questionnaire based survey method was used for data collection. 12 questionnaire distributed to all 12 university librarian to get the information related their libraries. All of them returned the filled questionnaire but due to constraints of time, about 600 questionnaires were circulated among the users (students, researchers and faculty members) of 12 university libraries for users survey, out of which 425 users responded. The analysis of the data for the present study was done by applying simple percentage.
RESULTS Over the years, the library has also undergone transformations with regard to collection
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development and practices in true with the socio-technical changes. The decisive point of departure in the character of the traditional library can be attributed to the advent of information technology in general and computer technology in particular. In U.P. State Universities, there is more traditional collection development. Some of the universities have made efforts for e-Resources. CD-ROM has been a part of collection development for storing information. MGKV and SSV have a large tradition collection but not used e-Resources. DBRAU and CSJMU have microfilms but that was discontinued due to lack of funds. The study was aimed to make an analytical study on the use of electronic information resources and services provided to users in the U.P. State university libraries. The study has also revealed that a majority of research scholars and scholars are using these sources i.e. OPACs, CD-ROM and the Internet in the University Library for their studies. Use of Electronic Information sources and services was influenced due to computing skills among them. Table 1: U.P. State University Libraries: Details of e-Resources Sl. No.
University
CDROM Title
eJournals
e-Books
eDataBase
eReports
eContent Pages
eClipping
1
BU
400
4000
485
500
0
0
0
2
CCSU
0
4000
0
0
0
0
0
3
CSJMU
1200
3800
2000
800
0
0
0
4
DBRAU
600
4000
0
0
0
0
0
5
DDUGU
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
DEI
460
4000
0
0
0
0
0
7
LU
800
4000
0
350
0
0
0
8
MGKV
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
MJPRU
0
4000
0
0
0
0
0
10
RMLAU
600
4600
1000
0
0
0
0
11
SSV
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
VBSPU
676
4000
1000
480
0
0
0
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Table 2 : Collection Development (Traditional) Sl. No.
University
Books
1
BU
67000
2
CCSU
3
Journals
Journal
Ph.D.
Back Vol.
Thesis
Manuscripts
Rare Books
110
500
2530
0
0
112881
210
88616
8297
0
6381
CSJMU
72786
130
5000
18000
0
0
4
DBRAU
5
DDUGU
171828
200
20000
11775
700
2000
313900
0
75000
3000
0
0
6
DEI
141550
160
7695
400
0
0
7
LU
550000
355
60000
10000
2000
0
8
MJPRU
50000
68
3000
6000
0
0
9
RMLAU
42000
76
0
3000
0
0
10
SSU
219535
25
747
5250
95132
0
11
VBSPU
56532
256
315
3736
0
0
Table 3: Collection Development (e-Resources) Sl. No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
University
BU CCSU CSJMU DBRAU DDUGU DEI LU MGKV MJPRU RMLAU SSV VBSPU
Audio Cassettes
50 34 1 16 101
Database CD-ROM/ Floppy
Slides Microfilm Microfiche
Magnetic
150 385 2000 250 160 100 241 500 15 1295 676 5772
25 150 -
2 210 212
Others
Tapes/Film -
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Table 4: Mode of Accessing: e-Resource Sl. No.
University
Internet via
CD-ROM
On-line Service
Website
Network
Vendors
Others
1 2
BU CCSU
Yes Yes
No No
No No
-
3
CSJMU
No
No
Yes
-
4
DBRAU
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
5
DDUGU
Yes
No
No
-
6 7 8
DEI LU MJPRU
Yes Yes No
No No No
No No No
-
9
RMLAU
Yes
Yes
No
-
10
VBSPU
Yes
No
Yes
-
Table 5: U.P. State University Libraries: Facilities Available in the Library for using e-Resources Facilities
Number
Percentage
Microfiche/Microfilm
9
12.50%
Electronic Mail
42
58.33%
Fax Machine
3
4.17%
Scanner
12
16.67%
Xerox Machine
63
87.50%
Electronic typewriter
0
0.00%
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Table 6 : U.P. State University Libraries: e-Resources subscribing Sl.
University
No.
Full
Abstract
Bibliographic
Graphic
Numeric
Other
Text
1 2 3
BU CCSU CSJMU
Yes No Yes
No Yes No
No Yes No
No Yes No
No No No
No No No
4
DBRAU
No
No
No
No
No
No
5
DDUGU
No
No
No
No
No
No
6 7 8
DEI LU MGKV
No Yes 0
No Yes 0
No Yes 0
No No 0
No No 0
No No 0
9
MJPRU
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
10
RMLAU
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
11 12
SSU VBSPU
0 Yes
0 Yes
0 Yes
0 No
0 No
0 No
CONCLUSIONS The findings of the Evaluating E-resources from the electronic library survey should be considered a call for concerted communication, organization, and action among those responsible for the acquisition of e-resources in different libraries. It was observed that very few U.P. University Libraries framed the collection development policy for development and management their e-resource collection. However none of these libraries have a written policy statement for the above. Collection Development Policy gives certain guidelines to building a rich collection so it is necessary for all libraries. They have not made the provision for a separate budget for the acquisition of e-resources in a single U.P. University Library. Budget is very important to develop a good collection so there must be a separate budget for e-resources. Most of the users are not satisfied due to less opening time of e-resource section, reproduction facilities of downloaded matters, insufficient e-resources, and lack of expert staffs to handle the e-resource section.
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