Leveraging Access to E-resources through Gateway: A Case Study at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi

  • Raj Kumar Bhardwaj St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5.5107
Keywords: Gateway, electronic resources, college library, open access initiative, OAI-PMH

Abstract

The advancement of meta-searching of electronic resources (e-resources) has now become possible with the help of gateway, a communications network technology, resulting in greater control over the resources presentation to the users. This paper describes the importance of gateway in managing the e-resources in college’s library system. This paper also highlights the objectives, scope and interdisciplinary relevance of gateway in academic libraries. The paper explains the steps involved in building gateway, such as preliminary preparation, planning and designing, development of online gateway, testing and implementation. Besides this, open archive initiative and protocol metadata initiatives (OAI-PMH) and Z39.50 standards, architecture and features of the knowledge gateway have been discussed in this paper.

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2014, 33(5), pp. 418-425.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5107

 

Author Biography

Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007
St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007

Published
2013-09-17
How to Cite
Bhardwaj, R. K. (2013). Leveraging Access to E-resources through Gateway: A Case Study at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 33(5). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5.5107
Issue
Vol 33 No 5 (2013)
Section
Papers

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