Karmakar, Gouri Sankar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Sarkar, Sankar(INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)
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In the era of Information explosion e-resources are the only solution in the academic community for
dissemination of knowledge in the present context. The paper mainly discusses on the use and
application of e-resources in the college libraries of Guwahati, Assam. It highlights the present
scenario of NLIST including access facility, user awareness and also discusses the security threats
of digital era. The INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is providing e-resources to Colleges in India in
general and NE Region in particular.
Lallaisangzuali, Sailo(INFLIBNET Centre, March 3, 2012)
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This paper discusses the general background and basic concepts of open access, as well as its
current developments. It also discusses the open access journal portals, platforms for open access
journals, its management and the impact it had on libraries. Despite the challenges raised against
open access, open access has become a significant movement that libraries cannot ignore. Libraries
need to address both advocacy issues as well as objections in order to assess the contributions of
open access to the institutions