SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue: 2

Subscription of same periodicals by different universities in West Bengal: Its impact on land, labour, capital and organisation: A survey

  • Author:
  • Nikhil Kumar Jas1, Chaitali Dutta2
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 165 to 176

1Librarian (S.G.), Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, INDIA. E-mail: nikhiljas100@rediffmail.com.

2Associate Prof., Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata- 32, INDIA. E-mail: contactcdhere@yahoo.co.in, Cont.: President, WBBSE, 77/2, Park St., Kolkata-16

Online published on 26 April, 2013.

Abstract

Explains how huge amount of money was spent for the subscription of same periodicals which were being subscribed by the different universities situated within the radius of a few kilometers. Categorically shows the impact of overlapped subscription of Indian as well as foreign periodicals on economy. Analyses how the land, labour and capital were being wasted due to the duplicate subscription of periodicals. Suggests that only adopting of sharing mechanism can reduce duplicate subscription.

Keywords

Periodicals management, Serials management; Economics of periodicals management, Collection development of periodicals