Features of Library Consortia and Consortia Models
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Features of Library Consortia
vIt
provides each organizations and institutions with the capacity to share their
resources without sacrificing the individuality of each member library
vThe
collections of the Consortium libraries enable each member library to support
scholarly research for its users.
vCooperative
research and development in application of information communication
and technology enhances service and realizes cost effectiveness.
vStaff
development and interaction with quality of service.
vIt
is the cooperative task to reduce the cost of purchase consortia. As a
result, end users can take benefits of more resources than would be available
through one library.
vTo
advance library services are provided with an emphasis on access to new E-
resources including databases and services offered through the internet and
www.
vTo
expanding inter library searching at less cost is possible.
vUncertainties
in legal issues are handled with more confidence.
Consortia Models
vOpen
Consortia: INDEST Consortium is an example to this.
vClosed
Group Consortia:CSIR, DAE, IIM
vCentrally
Funded Model: INFONET by UGC, ICMR, CSIR by DSIR.
vShared-budget
Model: IIM and FORSA
vPublisher
Initiatives: Emerald Full-Text Library published by the Emerald Publishing Group
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