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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