1. Access of e-resources in College Libraries:
Steps towards Building a Digital Collection
Presented By
Dr. Bidyut K. Mal
In-charge, Vivekanand Central Library, VBS Purvanchal University,
Jaunpur-222001 (U.P.), e-mail: bidyutmal@gmail.com
and
Dr. R. P. Bajpai
Associate Prof. & Head, DLIS, M. G. C. G. Vishswvidyalaya, Chitrakoot,
Satna-485331(M. P.), e-mail: rpbajpaimgcgv@gmail.com

2. Introduction
 Electronic Resources
 Library in present era
 Collection-centered to being learning-
centered

3. Open Access
 Free availability of literature on the
internet
 Printed journals in place of electronic
version of the journals

4. Advantages of e-resources
 Multi-access
 Speed
 Functionality
 Content
 International reach
 Unlimited capabilities
 Convenience
 Searchability and Linking

5. Current quality status in Colleges of Higher Education in India (2005)
Details Number
Total number of colleges 17,625
Number of colleges under UGC purview 14000
Number of colleges recognized under section 2(f) of UGC Act 5,589 (40%)
Number of colleges recognized under section 12(B) of UGC Act 5,273 (38%)
Number of colleges actually funded by the UGC 4,870 (35%)
Number of colleges Accredited by the NAAC 2,780 (20%)
Number of colleges Accredited by the NAAC and scoring above 60 % 2,506 (17.9%)
Source: MHRD

6. N-LIST project

7. E-Journals (Fulltext)
American Institute of Physics (18 titles) http://journals.aip.org/
American Physical Society (10 titles) http://publish.aps.org/browse.html
Annual Reviews (33 titles) http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/
Cambridge University Press (224 titles) http://journals.cambridge.org/
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) (1 titles) http://www.epw.in/
Indian Journals (150 titles) http://www.indianjournals.com/
Institute of Physics (46 titles) http://www.iop.org/EJ/
Oxford University Press (206 titles) http://www.oxfordjournals.org
Royal Society of Chemistry (29 titles) http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/
H. W. Wilson (1420 titles) http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml
E-Books
E-brary (45000+ titles) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/inflibnet
Net Library (936 titles) http://www.netlibrary.com/
Bibliographic Database
MathSciNet http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/

8. DOAJ

9. Pubmed Central

10. DULS

11. Open J-Gate

12. The Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek EZB (Electronic
Journals Library)

13. Conclusion
 The goal of the college libraries is to provide an
effective combination of print, non-print and electronic
resources to support of teaching, learning and research
but the status of use of e-resources among the faculty
and students is still at its infancy.
 The student community has yet to explore to potential
benefits of various forms of e-resources that could
suitably help their scholastic needs. So college
authority and library staff must concentrate on up
gradation of library regarding use and accessibility of e-
resources.