CONSORTIA BASED E-JOURNAL SUBSCRIPITONS FOR SCIENCE LIBRARIES IN KARNATAKA Dr VASANTH N LIBRARIAN VIVEKANNADA COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH, PUTTUR, MANGALORE Dr MAHESH V MUDHOL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEPT. OF LIB & INF. SC. MANGALORE UNIVERSITY MANGALAGANGOTRI

Introduction… Consortia in Karnataka, one of the southern states in India, are still infancy and there is a need to study these models and establish guidelines and technologies. Central Challenge in Research Consortia is the promotion of Inter organizational learning in ways that confer appropriable benefits to member firms. Library professionals are involved with the technological issues in the present situation.

Objectives To evaluate the existing consortia accessed by science libraries with respect to relevance, cost effectiveness, coverage of information resources and satisfaction of users

Consortia……

Consortia Based Subscriptions in Southern States Libraries Consortia Offers Types of Institutions Total Engineering Medical Research Nil 1 3.8% 14.3% 0% 2 4.4% 1-50 7 26.9% 4 33.3% 12 26.7% 51-100 803% 2.2% 151-200 5 19.2% 6 13.3% 201- 13 50% 57.1% 58.3% 24 53.3% 26 100% 45

Science Library Consortia in Karnataka

Consortia Members Institutions Types of Consortium Membership Total Not a Member Member Engineering Homogeneous 5 19.2% 20 76.9% 26 100.0% Heterogeneous 21 80.7% 6 23.0% Medical 1 14.3% 85.7% 7 Research 8.3% 11 91.7% 12

Access to E- journals responses in Engineering Institute

Access to E- journals responses in Medical Institution

Access to E- journals responses in Research Institutes

Conclusion In recent times, many libraries with common goal and objectives have come together to form an informal network to meet the demands of their users. The desire to form consortia of different kind has been expressed in many forums and meetings in Karnataka. This is another strong reason for proposing a consortium model for science libraries.

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