Preservation of E-Information Resources in Academic Libraries: Special Reference to GFGC, Honnali
Author(s): Dr. Nagaraja Naik M & Dr. Babuprasad. K. C.
Abstract - The growth in the acquisition of electronic resources emphasizes the need for preservation that is easy to access and available. Information in e-resources can be easily corrupted, copied, and altered with the help of advanced technologies; thus, the preservation process plays an important role in such a scenario.
Preserving electronic resources in current developments is a challenging issue and requires many aspects and areas of expertise in the electronic age. An overview of preservation of different types and formats of electronic resources in libraries, including planning, importance, methods, strategy, threats, and solutions and other factors like storage, media, challenges and requirements, emphasizing the creation, preservation and handling of metadata of electronic resources along with features, types, formats and benefits of electronic resources examining the various steps, procedures, methods and plans for Preservation of electronic resources compared to print resources of libraries along with major threats and challenges in preserving, are discussed. An overview of major projects of preserving electronic resources, drawing attention to handling metadata for e-resources, focusing on storage media, the format and hardware is discussed here.
Keywords - Preservation, E-Resources, Digital Storage, Metadata, Migration, Emulation.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.11.2.2025.1878
Cite This Article As: Naik M,N. & Babuprasad. K. C. (2025) Preservation of E-Information Resources in Academic Libraries: Special Reference to GFGC, Honnali. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 11(2) 124-132. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1878 Page: 124-132 Publication Date: 14 May 2025