SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue: 2

E-journal: A common guildeline

  • Author:
  • Prayatkar K. Kanadiya1, Atul K. Akbari2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 149 to 154

1Department of Library and Information Science, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmeadbad, 380014, INDIA. E-Mail: prayatkar_kandiya@yahoo.com.

2Gujarat Vidyapith Library, Ahmedabad, 380014, INDIA. E-mail: atul_akbari@yahoo.com.

Abstract

Electronic journals have now been recognized as major link in scholarly communication. The timely publication, easy delivery, incorporation of multimedia contents, hyper linking and search facilities etc. are some of the features which have attracted interest of both library and scholarly communities. The article deals with importance, definition, evolutionary, trends and access of E-journals. It discusses along with advantages, the burning issues and challenges to the present and future library and information professionals.

Keywords

E-Journals, Pricing, Archving, Access, Library