1. 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

2. 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.

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

4. Consortia……

5. 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% 5
19.2% 6
13.3%
201- 13
50%
57.1%
58.3% 24
53.3% 26
100% 45

7. Science Library Consortia in Karnataka

8. 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

9. Access to E- journals responses in Engineering Institute

10. Access to E- journals responses in Medical Institution

11. Access to E- journals responses in Research Institutes

12. 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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