Utilization of E-Resources and Services in the Medical Library of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
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2019
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
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The increasing use of electronic resources in changing scenario of Library and information centres, it is essential to connect the library services through the Internet and to access information services from other sources has reduced the capacity to characterize and categories users. The electronic resources have become a very widely used format of choice for academic library patrons. The use of faculty, researchers and students has electronic resources in medical library starting in the opening years of the 21st century. There are so many e-resources are available on Internet like e-journal, e-book, e-database etc. The study was conducted to examine the usage of electronic resources by undergraduate, Postgraduate and Faculty members at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. It also high lights the users' awareness of different types of e-resources available in the B.B Dikshit -Central Library at AIIMS -Delhi. It is perceived that patrons will be in favour of electronic resources management and demand for a simplest most direct path to information irrespective of the methods that are being adopted. Portability, sharing and convenience are increasing important for end users. Libraries need to manage electronic resources effectively to the optimum utilization by overcoming the issues and challenges. Growth of electronic resources even through slower than what is expected will force the libraries to switch over to more and more electronic resources in future. However, with the innovative approaches to solve these issues and with a high degree of emphasis on standardization, the task of managing electronic resources will become less complex in the future. It is the responsibility of the higher educational institutions.
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Library Science, Information Science, Digital Library