Abstract
The article discusses the use of digital platforms, consortiums, collaborative online catalogues that have substantially transformed the Indian agricultural libraries and are playing a significant role in research support in digital environment. It describes the use of CeRA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture) online platform in Pantvarsity for the five years. It is shown that the use of these e-resources by the academic community of the university has a declining trend. The analysis has revealed that while research information available through the platform is highly valued in the university system, many patrons including students and faculties both are not largely dependent only on the consortium resources, and are likely be comfortable with other easily available open access research materials over the web, repositories or print journals and digital repositories. The author suggests that librarians should create greater awareness about the consortium resources, identify barriers, faced by the academic community in accessing these resources for fruitful utilization of this platform.
Highlights
Introduction that the Indian agricultural universities focus on science and technology disciplines through their constit
The Indian agricultural libraries with research activities, teaching, extension and were slow in transforming their services in autoalso producing qualified and trained manpower mated and digital environment in the past two decto work exclusively towards achieving the food secu- ades for reasons of financial resources, skills and rity for 1,353 billion people living in the country, expertise
These platforms have facilitated and empowered the academic community for research and dissemination of knowledge in digital environment
Summary
The integrated catalogues of the participating platform for research resources from various state libraries are accessible to the academic community agricultural universities and ICAR institutes in the through this platform round the clock at their deskcountry. It provides an alternate source of scientific tops irrespective of locations. Collaborative Web based Catalogue ing easy access to their collections visible globally
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