Procurement and Management of Electronic Resources

Dear All,

This is to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has organized a special online lecture series OLSL: Online Lecture Series in LIS. The seventh lecture in the series was organized on 9th July, 2021 (Friday) at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia, Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi was invited as resource person and he delivered the talk on “Procurement and Management of Electronic Resources”.

The program commenced with a welcome address given by Dr. Akhandanand Shukla, Associated Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, CUTN, Thiruvarur followed by a brief introduction about the resource person Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia.

Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia started his talk by pointing the shifts of library services, users and staffs in the age of electronic resources. Then, he discussed availability, accessibility and the pros and cons of the e-resources, what is consortia? different consortia available in India and its need in organizing, managing and archiving e-resources. He also explained the steps followed by IIT Delhi for e-resource procurement. The complex processes included in electronic resource purchase like identification, collection, pricing, negotiation, licensing and different electronic resource management systems are also discussed.

The lecture was coordinated by Dr. Anila Sulochana, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur and attended by 31 participants. The lecture session ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Anila Sulochana. Ms. Bhavya K. P., Junior Research Fellow, worked as the rapporteur in the program.

The glimpses of the program are given below:

Department congrats to all who attended the program and taken the benefit to listen to Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia on one of the the important aspect in e-resource management.

Thanks.