The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of exchange rates of foreign currencies on the material budget in the libraries in India.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of exchange rates of foreign currencies on the material budget in the libraries in India.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of journals costing in foreign currency was selected for the purpose of study. A comparison of inflation rate pertaining to serial price is done with the general rate of inflation in India.
Findings
The paper finds that exchange rates of foreign currencies have extensive impact on the acquisitions budget of the libraries in India.
Practical implications
Academic institutions may protect the buying powers of the libraries while allocating funds, keeping in mind the strengthening or weakening of Indian Rupee in comparison to foreign currencies.
Originality/value
This is one of the comprehensive studies on the impact of foreign exchange on subscription in Indian libraries system.
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The purpose of this paper is to quantify the use of electronic journals in comparison with the print collections in the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Library.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to quantify the use of electronic journals in comparison with the print collections in the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Library.
Design/methodology/approach
A detailed analysis was made of the use of lending services, the Xerox facility and usage of electronic journals such as Science Direct, Emerald Management Xtra, ACM, IEL Library, subscribed to by the Library.
Findings
The paper finds that, although many more users at the University are accessing electronic journals, it is not affecting the use of the print collection. The numbers of transactions and photocopy requests of print articles are continuously on the rise.
Research limitations/implications
More research can be done by carrying out a deep log analysis of usage statistics of e‐journals. Usage statistics of some of the resources could not be accessed.
Purpose
The paper provides useful information on the use of electronic journals in comparison with the print collections in a university library.
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The paper seeks to provide a comparative analysis of the functionality of five web‐based OPACs available in Indian academic libraries.
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Purpose
The paper seeks to provide a comparative analysis of the functionality of five web‐based OPACs available in Indian academic libraries.
Design/methodology/approach
Same‐topic searches were carried out by three researchers on the web‐based OPACs of Libsys, VTLS's iPortal, NewGenLib, Troodon, and Alice for Windows, implemented in five academic libraries in India. Their functionality was compared using criteria selected from the literature on OPAC searching.
Findings
The web‐based OPACs investigated offered a range of facilities for searching by author, title, control number and by keywords. Federated searching across several e‐collections was limited.
Originality/value
This paper should be a useful source of information to librarians who are planning to introduce web‐based OPACs and also for software vendors who wish to improve the functionality of their products.
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Maheshchandra Babu Jampala and Tina Shivnani
The purpose of this paper is to focus on changing the dynamics of higher education in the Indian education system toward a paperless approach by implementing new media…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on changing the dynamics of higher education in the Indian education system toward a paperless approach by implementing new media technologies.
Design/methodology/approach
The review paper highlights the need for sustainable development in higher education by using new media technologies by providing them with some real-time examples used in universities. This paper also highlights a different step toward the paperless approach in various universities in India. This paper draws the analysis based on the recent review of the literature as well as experience at the professional level.
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The author discusses how the implementation of different new media technologies is helping universities in shifting toward a paperless approach for sustainable development and concern toward the environmental threat. To support the evidence, the authors have given some real-time examples through data collection and observations of various uses of new media technologies among private universities.
Originality/value
This paper provides an overview of various new media technologies and blends the critical issues of how technologies are changing the educational dimension toward a paperless approach among public and private universities in India. The paper also proposes to create a sustainable model by addressing the challenges by which the universities can support themselves and others.