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Libraries in developing countries face particular problems procuring library materials and information resources. This is due to lower currency values in the international market and to limited financial resources, along with regular increases in subscription prices. Most libraries are supported by- different levels of government either directly or through government-funded agencies. In India many libraries were procuring the same materials from the same sources and spending large amounts of funds. In turn, libraries were finding it difficult to procure alternate resources due to limited funds. Therefore, they were denying access to a full selection of information resources. There was increasing frustration among the information providers and seekers about limited access to existing and available information resources. There were several studies on procurement and use of similar expensive resources, especially secondary resources, and duplication of high priced resources by many libraries in India. There were repeated complaints that use was not optimum, and cost per use was estimated to be very high. When this crisis reached its peak, libraries, government agencies, and even the concerned ministries started working together to find ways to make better use of limited budgets to provide access to increased numbers of resources as well as make optimum use of the resources to enable the scientists and researchers to become more information rich. This book fulfills the long felt necessity of a text dealing with concepts of this subject. It can also prove to be a worthy companion and guide for the students, users and researchers.

Libraries in developing countries face particular problems procuring library materials and information resources. This is due to lower currency values in the international market and to limited financial resources, along with regular increases in subscription prices. Most libraries are supported by- different levels of government either directly or through government-funded agencies. In India many libraries were procuring the same materials from the same sources and spending large amounts of funds. In turn, libraries were finding it difficult to procure alternate resources due to limited funds. Therefore, they were denying access to a full selection of information resources. There was increasing frustration among the information providers and seekers about limited access to existing and available information resources. There were several studies on procurement and use of similar expensive resources, especially secondary resources, and duplication of high priced resources by many libraries in India. There were repeated complaints that use was not optimum, and cost per use was estimated to be very high. When this crisis reached its peak, libraries, government agencies, and even the concerned ministries started working together to find ways to make better use of limited budgets to provide access to increased numbers of resources as well as make optimum use of the resources to enable the scientists and researchers to become more information rich. This book fulfills the long felt necessity of a text dealing with concepts of this subject. It can also prove to be a worthy companion and guide for the students, users and researchers.

Invention of printing machine by Gutenberg in 1452 is one of the revolutions of human knowledge development. Since then all human knowledge and information are easily available through print media in the form of books, journals and other from of documents. But now days information generation is growing so fast in various new disciplines that print media can't able to run so fast in respect of time and cost, place is also the vital problem to the library. At the same time information technology, computer and telecommunication developed tremendously which directly affects the publishing industry and now society are going to the paper less society. There is no standard definition of electronic journal. E-joumal sometimes described as "virtual journal" or " paperless journal" or " online journal" etc. Consider first the definition of journal, according to ALA Glossary " a journal is a periodical especially one containing scholarly article and/or disseminating current information on research and development in a particular subject field." If this task is done by electronic media then it may call e-joumal. If the content of a journal are produced and stored only in electronic form than it is called e- joumal. When the content of a journal produced and stored and scanned in a database and then retrieved though on line then same thing is called "online" journal. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of subject and the selection of contents makes it an appropriate textbook for the students.

Invention of printing machine by Gutenberg in 1452 is one of the revolutions of human knowledge development. Since then all human knowledge and information are easily available through print media in the form of books, journals and other from of documents. But now days information generation is growing so fast in various new disciplines that print media can't able to run so fast in respect of time and cost, place is also the vital problem to the library. At the same time information technology, computer and telecommunication developed tremendously which directly affects the publishing industry and now society are going to the paper less society. There is no standard definition of electronic journal. E-joumal sometimes described as "virtual journal" or " paperless journal" or " online journal" etc. Consider first the definition of journal, according to ALA Glossary " a journal is a periodical especially one containing scholarly article and/or disseminating current information on research and development in a particular subject field." If this task is done by electronic media then it may call e-joumal. If the content of a journal are produced and stored only in electronic form than it is called e- joumal. When the content of a journal produced and stored and scanned in a database and then retrieved though on line then same thing is called "online" journal. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of subject and the selection of contents makes it an appropriate textbook for the students.