RRI library and NKRC consortia

Abstract

Financial resource is a great cause of concern in these days of shrinking budget, costescalation and Information explosion for any given library. Consortia are a boon to librarians in the digital Environment enhancing the power of online access to a variety of information resources. CSIR ejournal consortium started in the year 2002. DST funded autonomous organizations joined this Consortia in April 2009. This CSIR DST consortium was renamed as "National Knowledge Resource Consortium(NKRC)". Since RRI is a DST funded autonomous organization, RRI library has become a major player in this consortium activity. This poster discusses the functionality of NKRC Consortia with respect to Raman Research Institute. A projection of relevant journal titles for the Research at RRI is a part of this presentation.