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Library Consortia in India: Initiatives and Concerns


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
2 Sree Sankaracharya Unviersity of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala 683 574, India
     

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The paper explains major activities of the library consortia in India like FORSA, CSIR Consortium, INDEST, IIM Consortium, MCIT Library Consortium, UGC-INFONET Consortium etc. Also discusses the concerns over the archival of electronic journals such as unprecedented pace of technological developments, hardware and software updates, copyright issues and mergers, cessation and stoppages of publishing industry.
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M. Bavakutty
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut, Kerala
India

T. A. Abdul Azeez
Sree Sankaracharya Unviersity of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala 683 574
India


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Authors

M. Bavakutty
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
T. A. Abdul Azeez
Sree Sankaracharya Unviersity of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala 683 574, India

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The paper explains major activities of the library consortia in India like FORSA, CSIR Consortium, INDEST, IIM Consortium, MCIT Library Consortium, UGC-INFONET Consortium etc. Also discusses the concerns over the archival of electronic journals such as unprecedented pace of technological developments, hardware and software updates, copyright issues and mergers, cessation and stoppages of publishing industry.

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