Dynamics of E-Resources and Usage Trends in Digital Era

Contents: I: Libraries and E-Resources. 1. Dynamics of E-Resources in Libraries/K.C. Panda. 2. E-Resources and Libraries/V.K.J. Jeevan. 3.  E-Resources in Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges/Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 4. Electronic Resources in Academic Library: Usage Trends in Digital Environment/Mahendra K. Sahu, N.K. Patra and R.K. Mahapatra. 5. E-Learning: Potential and Perspective/P.Venkataramana. 6. Collection Development of E-resources in Digital Era: Trends and Challenges/Brundaban Nahak, Ashok Kumar Sahu. 7. Collection Development in Academic Libraries Using Open Access Resources/G. Rathinasabapathy, L. Rajendran, J. Arumugam, M.S. Prem Raj. 8. Accessing On-Line Information Resources for Veterinarian/U.S. Jadhav and Suresh Jange. 9. E-Resources Management and E-Library Services: CTCRI Experience/P.K. Rajamma. II: Open sources and Institutional Repositories. 10. Search Engines: Tips and Tricks for Information Retrieval/R. Jeyshankar, B. Ramesh Babu and P. Nageswara Rao. 11. Fidelity of Open Access Journals in Scholarly Communication/Dillip K. Swain, Kamal Lochan Jena and Bibhu Prasad Panda. 12. Open Access Institutional Repositories in India: Why We Need OA Mandate/K.P. Saxena. 13. Open Source Software for Libraries: Problems and Prospects/S.M. Pujar. 14. Free/Open Source Software in Libraries and LIS Professionals/Ashok Kumar Satapathy. 15. Banking on Web 2.0, Open Source software and Other Neo-Technologies/Dipak Kumar Khuntia. 16. Open Archives Initiative Protocols for Metadata Harvesting/P. Nageswara Rao, R. Jeyshankar and B. Ramesh Babu. 17. Institutional Repository: Features and Functionality/Gatikrishna Nag and Malatee Padhan. 18. Institutional Repositories: The Emerging Gateways/Rabindra K. Maharana and Subrat Pati. III: Library Networking and Consortia. 19. Library Consortia for Online Information Sharing: An overview/Priya Ranjan Mahalik, Dillip K. Swain and Kamal Lochan Jena. 20. Agricultural Consortium in India: A Case Study of CERA/Monisha Mishra. 21. Library Consortia: An Emerging Tool for Subscription of E-Resources in 21st Century/Rosalien Rout. 22. Role of Inflibnet in E-Resource Building/Sangita Behera, Santosh Kumar Satapathy. 23. E-Journal Consortia in ICMR Libraries in India/Banamber Saho, Snigdharani Sahu and Ruchismita Prusty. IV: Neo Technologies and Digitization. 24. The Changing Reference Culture: An Agenda for Digital Reference Service/Stanley Madan Kumar, S. 25. Emerging Technologies for Library and Information Services in the Digital Era/S. Srinivasa Ragavan, P.V. Konnur and R. Prabu. 26. Digital Content Creation and Management/D.B. Ramesh. 27. Are We Ready to Join in World Cat? D.P. Sandha. 28. Semantic Web and Library Services/Prasanna Kumar Barik and D.B. Ramesh. 29. RFID Technology: An Integrated Approach Towards Betterment of Libraries/Sunil Singh Chandel. 30. Application of Different Internet based Tools and Technologies in Libraries for Better Education and Research/Kanchan Kamila. 31. Online Services In Academic Libraries: Practical Approach/Sanjay Kumar Nayak. 32. Role of Digital Librarian in Management of Electronic Information System/Bibhu Prasad Panda, Dillip K Swain and Kamal Lochan Jena. 33. Security Systems of Academic Libraries in Electronic Age/Kamal Lochan Jena, Bibhu Prasad Panda and Dillip K. Swain. V: Case Studies and Best Practices. 34. Utilization of Electronic Databases in Social Sciences/Nutan Johry. 35. Use of Electronic Resources by Engineering Students: A Survey/N.K. Sahu. 36. Cost and Time Analysis of PhD Theses Digitization of Central Library, IIT Kharagpur/Anusuya Mohapatra and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. 37. Status of Creation of Digital Library from Websites in Agricultural University Libraries of India/Balwan Singh. 38.  Digitization of HKM State Library: A Prospective Plan/R.P. Behera and D.R. Meher. 39. Use and Impact of E-Resources at Central Rice Research Institute: A Case Study/Manoj Kumar Nayak. 40. Use of Internet by the Students and Faculty Member of Business Management: A Survey of Sambalpur University, Orissa/Subedita Behera and Sunil Kumar Satpathy. 41. Electronic Information Resources in Agricultural Libraries in India: An Apprisal/Sasmita Brahma and Rabindra K. Mahapatra. VI: Information Literacy and Professional Competencies. 42. Revisiting then Myths and Realities of Virtual Libraries in Bridging the Digital Divide/Bipin Bihar Sethi and Bulu Maharana. 43. Information Commons: A Library Service Model in Digital Era/N.K. Dash and J. Sahoo. 44. Information Literacy in 21st Century: Uses and Implications/Sada Bihari Sahu and Sasmita Sahoo. 45. Information Literacy Program in the Indian University Libraries/Rabindra Nath Mohanta and Rajesh Kumar. 46. Professional Competencies for Librarians: Need of the hour/P. Ganesan. 47. Librarianship and Open Library: An Overview/Sudhir Kumar Jena and Bidyadhar Rout. Index.

The library and information centres these days have undergone for drastic changes owing to the emergence of information and communication technologies giving rise to wonderful evolution of electronic information products and services.  Therefore there has been a shift form conventional library services to a new model of electronic information services all around. The users demand for electronic services is growing at a faster pace which has in turn compelled the library and information professionals to redesign and revamp the existing services by dismantling their conventional practices. This book speaks volumes about contextual monitoring of electronic resources and services in various parts of India. Moreover, this book is concrete amalgamation of perception, experiences and expertise of information professionals in handling and using e-resources in favour of multifarious needs of students, teachers and practicing librarians in real life situations. (Jacket)