Open Access Online Journals In Library And Information Science: An Analytical Study
Introduction
Since
past few years free online digital information sources like e-journals,
e-books, e-
data bases have increased considerably.
The traditional library systems are transforming itself into hybrid information
systems having a mix of digital and traditional paper resources. In the present
scenario because of hi-tech development in science and technology and
information technology the form of sources and services is witnessing a drastic
change. Digital library and services through electronic media are the
prestigious issues of modern library concept. The user community has become
more familiar with the medium over time and has started to actively bid for
alternative forms of access. Technology improvement in the communication
network paired with the decreasing cost of hardware, create greater incentives
for innovation.
Internet
information resources can be defined as resources in digital format that
provide information or indicator to the information and an accessible over the
Internet. Online availability of information enables the user to get relevant
information and acquaint with latest development taking place in their respect
field.
In
Indian university libraries, information centers are also preparing databases
of books, journals, thesis etc. Online subscription to journals is becoming
very popular now days. On the Internet several journals are freely available. A
variety of different kinds of resources are available in all the subjects are
on the Internet.
Relevance of the study
The
lists judiciously selected open access journals in the field of Library and
Information Science available on ‘www’. The topic covers almost all subjects
coming under Library and Information Science. The methodology adopted to find
out information from the Internet is described. The criteria for evaluation
free online journals discussed. The list of open access journals with their
websites and bibliographic details is provided which may be useful to the
scholars, students, learners, institutions, and organizations.
Title of the study
The
Title of the study is “Free/Open Acess Online Journals in the Field of
Library and Information Science: An Analytical Study”.
Definition of Key Terms
1)
Online Journals: Journals,
which are accessible and manageable through Internet.
2)
Library and Information Science: The sciences concerned with gathering,
manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information for
future references and immediate use.
3)
Analytical Study: An auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts
and tries to identify significant changes by separating a whole--intellectual
or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles.
Objectives
The
objective is to provide a list of free-online journals of Library and
Information Science. It provides the usage to access the latest researches in
their respective field, and enables them to the latest development and gets relevant
information. The free online journal list will also help in updating individual
knowledge of the users so that; they can full fill the demand of their
profession.
Methodology
Various
search engines have been used for searching the free online journals in the
field of Library and Information Science. There are various types of search
engines like; ‘google.com’, ‘excite.com’, ‘northernlight.com’, ‘altavista.com’,
‘lycos.com’, ‘ask.com’, ‘deja.com’ etc. Meta search engines like altaseek.com, C4.com,
metracrawler.com, genieeknows.com etc. After finding out the titles of journals
these were verified from the actual sites and their details like publishers,
editors, periodicity, coverage, and medium of availability (Print/CD-ROM) have
been asserted.
Limitation
The
uses of search terms and various indexing techniques by the different search
engines. The comprehensive list of all free online journals could not be
extensively prepared because if it is prepared extensively, the project will be
much lengthy and need much more time.
Organization of the study
The
study is organized under six chapters as follows:
Chapter I: Introduction
In
this chapter a brief description of the whole study is provided
Chapter II: Review of Literature
This
chapter provides a brief review of related literature and similar studies
conducted in the online journals in the field of Library and Information
science.
Chapter III: Online Journals
This
chapter describes the various aspects of online journals.
Chapter IV: Free Open Access Online
Journals in Library and Information Science.
About online gathering, manipulating,
storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information through Internet.
Chapter V: Analysis of Data
Concerns with systematic analysis
and interpretation of the data collected.
Chapter VI: Findings and Conclusion
The
Findings and Conclusions derived from analysis of data collected are given in
this Chapter.
Appendix I: Bibliography.
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