*Department of Library and InformationScience, University of Calicut, Kerala, INDIA e-mail: bavakuttym@yahoo.co.in
**Sree Sankaracharya Unviersity of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 683 574, INDIA. (old address: Librarian, T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala.) e-mail: taazeez@rediffmail.com
The paper explains major activities of the library consortia in India like FORSA, CSIR Consortium, INDEST, IIM Consortium, MCIT Library Consortium, UGC-INFONET Consortium etc. Also discusses the concerns over the archival of electronic journals such as unprecedented pace of technological developments, hardware and software updates, copyright issues and mergers, cessation and stoppages of publishing industry.
