UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE

SRI YADATORE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Topic :- Collection of e - resources and reporting

Presented by : Gunasagar V
Reg. No.:- U01HI22E0022
Class: 1st year B.Ed

Presented to,
Mrs. SMITHA MADAM
 CONTENT
 Introduction
 Objectives
 E-resources
 E-books
 E-reports
 E-thesis and dissertation
 Institutional repositories
 Advantages and disadvantages of e-resources
 Conclusion
 Reference
Introduction :
 The advent of Internet has dramatically changed the
way people and institutions function.
 It has led to tremendous change in the way libraries
function and offer services to their users.
 At present, the libraries actively procure, organize,
display and issue e-forms of books, journals,
newspapers, theses and dissertations. This is also due
to change in information seeking behavior of users.
 The new generation of users prefer online resources as
they want all information at the click of mouse.
 The e- resources have certain inherent characteristic
features which offer convenience to the users.
 This lesson discusses the concept and importance of e-
resources.
 It deals with different types of e-resources, their
advantages and disadvantages.
Objectives :
After studying this Lesson you will be able to :
 Comprehend the definition and importance of e- resources.
 Categorize different types of e-resources.
 Define e- books and e- journals.
 Understand the concept of electronic databases. and
 Distinguish between bibliographic and full text databases.
E-resources :
 An e- resource is material which requires computer
mediation in order to access its content and make it useful.
 Both online and offline resources such as CD-ROMs fall
within the scope of e- resources.
 The term e-resource refers to all the products which a
library provides through a computer network.
 The electronic resources are also known as online
information resources covering bibliographic databases,
electronic reference books, search engines for full text
books, and digital collections of data.
 Some of the examples of e- resources are magazines,
encyclopedia, newspapers, journals or articles
published in them. These may be accessed on
Internet connected devices such as computers,
tablets, smart phones, etc.
Managing e-resources:
The management of e- resources involves the following:
Selection:
 E-resources may be selected by any of the following
methods:
 Serendipity (finding by chance something which is useful
and beneficial) while surfing the Internet
 Faculty recommendations
 Reviewing the electronic journals provided by other
libraries
 Publisher advertisements
Acquisition:
A Library acquires print resources for ownership. But for
electronic resources, the libraries simply get license for
access rights. Some important activities involved in
acquisition of e- resources are as under:
 Determining the price
 Negotiating with the vendor
 Completing the licensing agreement
 Allocation of funds
 Placing the order
 Verifying if the title is accessible
 Communicating with the vendor if it is not accessible
 Processing the invoice for payment
Categories of e-resources:
There are different types of e-resources as mentioned
below:
 E-journals
 E- books
 E- reports
 E-Thesis and Dissertations
 Institutional repositories
E-books:
 An e- book, also known as electronic or digital book is a
text and image based publication in digital form.
 It is produced or published to be read on computer or
other digital devices.
 E- Books are the digital equivalent of standard printed
books.
 E-books are available in a wide variety of formats. Some
may be downloaded in full to be read offline, whereas
others may only be read online while connected to the
Internet.
Some of the examples of suppliers of e- books are given as
under:
Myilibrary (http://www.myilibrary.com/)
E-brary (http://www.ebrary.com/corp/index.jsp)
EBSCO (http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/home)
Springer (http://www.springer.com/librarians/e-
content/ebooks?SGWID=0-40791-0-0-0)
Springer offers access to more than 88,000 e- books through
Springer Link. Libraries can either purchase the entire annual
collection or may purchase a number of subject collection as
per their requirements. For getting individual titles, libraries
have to contact the aggregators or online stores like
amazon.com or springer shop at springer.com. The screenshot
of the Springer homepage is given as under:
 Oxford University Press provides access to 8000
academic monographs from twenty subject areas,
including humanities, social sciences, medicine, law,
etc.
 The platform is popularly known as Oxford Scholarship
Online .The collection is regularly updated with new
titles, three times a year.
The screenshot of Oxford Scholarship Online is given as
under:
Bibliographic databases:
A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic
records; it is an organized digital collection of
references to published literature. It may be general
in nature or may be in a particular subject area.
Full text databases:
The databases which provide full text of journal
articles, book chapters, conference papers etc. are
known as full text databases. Examples are Science
Direct, JSTOR and PROQUEST. Full text access means
that the users can view, save or print the full text
article .The full text article can be in HTML or PDF
format.
E-reports:
 A report is a document which contains information in a
narrative, graphic or tabular form; it is prepared on
adhoc, periodic or regular basis as per requirement. A
report may refer to some specific period or event or
subject. It may be communicated to the public orally or
in written form. A report which is available in digital
form is known as an e- report .
 For example, the universities publish annual reports
which give an account of their budget, expenditure,
activities and achievements. These reports are also
made accessible on Internet .The screenshot of annual
report of Jawaharlal Nehru University is given as under:
The screenshot of annual report of Jawaharlal Nehru University
is given as under:
Electronic Resources:
The Planning Commission, Government of India
publishes reports of the various projects initiated and
completed, committees constituted for accomplishing
various tasks.
The screenshot of reports published by Planning
commission Government of India is given as
under:
 E-thesis and Dissertations:
Thesis or dissertation is a document submitted in support of
candidature for an academic degree or professional
qualification. It presents work or research, undertaken by a
student, and its results or findings .The users submit theses
and dissertations to the universities/institutions in print .The
digital form of thesis and dissertations are known as e- thesis
and dissertations. The research scholars doing M.Phil and
PhDs in Indian universities are required to submit digital or
soft copies of their theses and dissertations. The libraries
are at present digitizing the theses and dissertations held by
them and making them accessible on Internet. The collection
of digital theses and dissertations is also known as digital
repository.
The screenshot given below shows the digital
repository of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
 Institutional repositories:
 An institutional repository is an online database which
provides access to the digital collections of theses,
dissertations, e-prints etc., of a particular institution for
online viewing. It provides associated metadata regarding the
document, i.e., name of the student, university name, year of
graduation, document title, abstract, keywords, etc.
Institutional repositories are also known as digital repositories.
The universities and research institutions set up these
repositories to collect, organize and showcase the intellectual
contribution of their faculty members and scientists. These
institutional repositories may also provide access to annual
reports, question papers of the past years, preprints of the
articles published by the teachers and scientists of the
university and institute.
The screenshot of the institutional repository, known as e-
prints@IISc, of Indian Institute of Science is given below
Advantages of e-resources:
E- resources have many advantages some of these are :
 E-resources may be accessed over the Internet. The
users need not physically visit the library.
 This is very useful for the users who reside in remote
and far flung areas.
 The users may download the articles and save them in
their PCs.
 The same resource, i.e., article or journal may be
accessed by many users at the same time.
 E-resources may be accessed from anywhere, anytime as per
the convenience of the users.
 The users may search a large number of resources in one go
through a single search interface.
 E-Resources also provide usage statistics which help the
library staff in finding out the usage of the product .
 Articles/issues of journals appear online before their print
version is available.
 Hypertext format and links of e- resources lead users to
related content and articles. Electronic resources have audio,
video and animation content which is not present in print
format.
 The subscription of e- resources helps libraries in saving
space.
Disadvantages of e-resources:
 The readers need to have access to Internet in order to
read electronic resources.
 If a library cancels or stops subscription to an e-journal, it
is not certain that the library will get access to back issues
of that journal. Whereas, library having printed material
certainly has back issues of that journal in its possession.
 In case of e-books too, if a library stops subscription to e-
books, it is denied access to the e- book. Whereas the
physical copy once bought always remains in the
possession of the library. Use of e- resources entails
reading on screen which is tedious and harmful too.
 Conclusion :
 The advent of Internet has brought a paradigm shift in the way the libraries
procure, organize and disseminate information resources.
 Notes Libraries are actively procuring e- resources, besides the print
collection for their users. The users prefer e- resources because of the
convenience which they offer to them .
 The e- resources can be accessed from anywhere. Large number of resources
can be searched in one go through a single search interface hypertext and
links in e- resources further lead the users to the related content.
 Some of the e- resources are e- journals, online databases and e- books .
There are publishers, vendors and aggregators who provide e- resources to
the libraries through different business and access models . While the printed
resources are owned by the libraries, e- resources are not owned by the
libraries. Libraries only have access rights for them.
Reference :

 Jeevan, V. K. J. (2011). E-Resources and Digital Services. 1- 248.