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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  9, Issue 3, Sep-Dec 2015, Pages 259-264
 

Review Article

E-Resources: Milestone in the History of Library

Narender Kumar

Assistant Librarian, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar.

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.9315.12

Abstract
Library is the repository of sources, resources and services for its users. Earlier, library was known as the store house of the dead tree media documents viz. books, manuscripts and manuals and their retrieval system was manual. Retrieval of the collection hailed into catalogues as catalogues were prepared to unveil the collection of the concerned library. Ensuring the effective access to quality study material for the readers in the minimum possible time was a time consuming tedious process and big challenge in front of the library professionals. However, emerging technologies have changed the concept of the library and the accessibility of the material become easier. The library reached at the door step of the end user, in fact reached at their finger tips. Many new concepts viz. Hybrid Library, Digital Library, Virtual Library, Electronic Library and Mobile Library have been emerged and proved milestone in transforming the shape of the traditional library into digital library. E-resources are capable enough to sustain the thrust of information of the modern users. The present study tries to elicit the facts in respect to e-resources which are responsible for change the Library and its services along with the academic pursuit.

Keywords: E-Resources; Milestone; Library; Technology. 


Corresponding Author : Narender Kumar