2. The collection of
information which can
be accessed only by the
use of electronic gadget
are said to be
Electronic Collection.
3. E-Books/ Electronic Books
These are the books whose content
are in digital format and can be
downloaded. E-books are often
available on CD-ROMs and can be
acceded on line.
4. E-Journals are the publications
issued at regular intervals and
available electronically(licensed users).
Access varies from journals to journal
as some provide full text access of
journal while some of them partial text
including abstract, indexes and some
part of text.
5. Digitized documents
Several documents which are not
born digital are digitized for use.
These are also important part of
electronic collection of any library.
10. When LRC managers talk about “Access”
• Bibliographic access.
Knowledge of information’s
existence
• Physical access. Actual
possession of that information
thru ownership
• Access thru shared
ownership. Combining access
and ownership
11. Forms of Access• Inter Library Loans (ILL) and
similar resource sharing services
• Document delivery
• Computer databases at remote
sites
• Electronic resources such as
CDROMs
• Open Access