Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries

✍ Scribed by Nihar K. Patra (editor), Bharat Kumar (editor), Ashis K. Pani (editor)

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Series: Advances in Library and Information Science
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As physical collections go digital, the organisational procedures, budgets, and usage patterns of libraries must evolve to meet this change by identifying the various issues that are essential in understanding the management of e-resources. Progressive Trends in Electronic Resource Management in Libraries provides relevant theoretical and practical details from an international perspective on the current e-resources landscape. Through a detailed discussion of the specific aspects of e-resources management, this book is a useful source for library science faculty and students, academic librarians, research scholars, and IT professionals aiming to improve their understanding of the theoretical details, history, selection, acquisition, fair use and management of e-resources.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
1 Electronic Resources: History, Scope, and Challenges: An Overview • Hungwa Shidi, Solomon Uganneya
2 Considerations of a Digital Age: The Hows and Whys of Electronic Resource Management from a Collection Development Perspective • Jennifer Wright
3 Convergence towards Excellence Diversity: Mapping the Field of E-Resources Emerging Dynamics • Paula Ochôa, Leonor Gaspar Pinto
4 Patron-Driven Acquisitions: A Progressive Model for the Selection of Electronic Resources • Smita Joshipura, Christopher E. Mehrens
5 Going Online: Subscription of Electronic Journals and its Cost Benefit Analysis • Bharat Kumar
6 Copyright and Licensing Essentials for Librarians and Copyright Owners in the Digital Age • Anne Moon
7Comparative Analysis of Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS): A Web Study • Nihar K. Patra, Shiv S. Jha
8 Knowing Protection of Intellectual Contents in Digital Era • Priyanka Vishwakarma, Bhaskar Mukherjee
9 Open E-Resources in Libraries • Vesna Injac-Malbaša
10 Riding the Waves of Change for Electronic Resources at the Library and Learning Commons, Monash University Sunway Campus: From Vision to Reality • Sossamma K. T. George
11 Embracing Change: How South Ayrshire Council Library Service Became a World Leader in Electronic Resources Management • Jean Inness
12 Towards Innovative Library Services: A Case Study of Indira Gandhi National Open University, India • Parveen Babbar
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index