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Abstract:
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Electronic publishing has been revolutionizing the format of the recorded knowledge.
Electronic information services are attracting reader’s attention in today’s network
environment. This changing scenario in library environment has arisen for the need and
use of e-journals along with print version. Electronic journals (e-journals) bring new
challenges before the library and information professionals to give full text access to scholarly
publications both in print and electronic version to its end users. The aim of this paper is to
identify various issues relating to access and bibliographic control of e-journals, access
management problems, policy issues, and development of e-journals consortium approach
to subscribe scholarly peer reviewed journals for their library users in network environment.
It also describes a brief account of UGC-INFONET E-Journals Consortium, INDEST, FORSA,
and other consortium for providing access to scholarly journals to the end users of universities
and institutions of higher learning for their R& D activities |