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Online Service and Digital Resource Management in Central University Libraries of India


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Describes the efforts of the Central University libraries in providing access to the online services and developing the digital resources. Illustrates the availability and use of digital information resources by tabulating the data collected through the questionnaires sent to the different central university libraries. Highlights the salient features of the central university libraries in terms of their resources and its usage. The findings show that the university libraries are willing to adopt the new technologies such as - libraries are interested to procure the online journals, databases, in order to ensure the pin-pointed and exhaustive services to their clientele. Some university libraries are provoked towards the conservation and preservation of the manuscripts and rare materials also.

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Online Services, Digital Resources, Online Databases, Online Journals.
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Shuchita Singh
Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005
India


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Shuchita Singh
Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India

Abstract


Describes the efforts of the Central University libraries in providing access to the online services and developing the digital resources. Illustrates the availability and use of digital information resources by tabulating the data collected through the questionnaires sent to the different central university libraries. Highlights the salient features of the central university libraries in terms of their resources and its usage. The findings show that the university libraries are willing to adopt the new technologies such as - libraries are interested to procure the online journals, databases, in order to ensure the pin-pointed and exhaustive services to their clientele. Some university libraries are provoked towards the conservation and preservation of the manuscripts and rare materials also.

Keywords


Online Services, Digital Resources, Online Databases, Online Journals.

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