Availability of open access resources through Maharashtra university library websites

Collection development of open access resources and its

availability through websites by university libraries in

Maharashtra

Dr. Sarika SawantSHPT School of Library Science

SNDT WU

Outline

• Open access movement• Objectives• Findings• OA resources

Open access movement

• Open Access Journals (Golden Road)• Self-Archiving of E-Prints (Green Road)

Objectives

• To identify university libraries that gives links to open access material through their websites.

• To classify open access material according to the subject.

Findings

• Out of 13 universities, 8 were having links to open access resources through their websites

• Top universities wereSavitribai Phule Pune UniversityNorth Maharashtra University

OA Resources

• e-PG Pathashala• CEC digital media Library• Digital Library India• OALIB • Biodiversity Heritage Library• UC Press E-Books• CalTech

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