Usage Study of UGC-INFONET E-resources at University of Pune
Abstract
The paper focuses on the study of usage of e-resources available through UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium by University of Pune users. The objective is to find trends in usage of e-resources and which e-resources are used to the maximum. To study the usage trends a usage statistics of 13 full-text databases during 2007-2012 were collected from UGC-INFONET website. The study reveals that usage of e-resources is increasing. More users are getting awareness of e-resources and using e-databases. Users from Chemistry field are more active in using e-databases. Some databases contain very less titles, but the usage of these databases iss very high. Subject specific databases are highly used than multi-subject databases. Titles-wise usage study is useful for effective planning and taking important decision on subscription of databases. This usage study is useful for LIS professionals for finding important e-journals and databases for proper implementation of funds.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2014, 33(5), pp. 385-393.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5103
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