Electronic resource consortium: a field study on the collection of Egyptian university libraries

Abstract

A study on consortium of electronic resources in the field of libraries. The study dealt with a consortium of Egyptian university libraries as a model. The study began with a comprehensive methodological introduction that presented the objectives and questions of the research and previous studies on the subject and the methodology followed in the study. Then the study dealt with the concept of collections and identified the origins of the term, the beginning of its appearance and its use in the field of libraries and the reasons for it. Its appearance, types, and benefits to its participants. The study presented examples of electronic resource collections in the United States, Britain, Canada, China, and France. Then the study talks about the management of electronic resources and their standards, then comes the field study about the Egyptian Collective Libraries Association affiliated with the Supreme Council of Universities, and deals with its origins, its members, and the projects it implements, such as the digital library project, and the Egyptian university libraries mechanization project.