Electronic Collection Management in University Libraries  (Hardcover, Tarseem Singh)

In the last two decades, electronic resources have fascinated the academic fraternity and thus gained acceptance and popularity. But at the same time, some issues associated with electronic resources have posed several challenges for library professionals regarding their management. From creation to use and further preservation for future use, electronic resources bring with them certain issues that were not encountered in the management of printed resources. As such, the researcher thought to undertake a study to investigate and analyse the practises and procedures followed by university libraries in dealing with the management of print and electronic resources. The present book is the outcome of the research entitled "Electronic Collection Management: A Study of some University Libraries of J&K, Punjab, and Haryana" submitted to the University of Jammu. The book covered the status of print and electronic resources at selected universities. It also covered important issues like collection development policies (CDP), licensing, weeding, preservation, and other issues governing electronic resources. In addition, it also contains the perspectives of teaching fraternity and research scholars regarding different aspects of the use of electronic resources and their impact on the use of print resources. As such, the present monograph will be of immense help to library professionals entrusted with collection management as well as to students of BLISc and MLISc in their pursuit of study and research.