EP is the dissemination of Information in electronic format and its distribution to potential users either on electronic networks such as internet and Intranet or in stand-alone formats such as CD-ROMs and Diskette. Synonym for EP is CAP (Computer Assisted Publishing)

1. Electronic Publishing
Dr.Naushad Ali P.M
Dept. of Library & Information Science
A.M.U Aligarh

2. Electronic Publishing
 EP is the dissemination of Information in
electronic format and its distribution to
potential users either on electronic networks
such as internet and Intranet or in stand-alone
formats such as CD-ROMs and Diskette.
Synonym for EP is CAP (Computer Assisted
Publishing)
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3. Definition
 F.W Lancaster “ EP is as a publication
process where the manuscripts are submitted
in electronic format, edited , printed and even
distributed to readers in electronic form by
employing computers and
telecommunication technology”.
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4. Reasons for Developments of E-
Publishing
 Rapid development and wide use of
Computer technology
 Tremendous growth of computer networks
 Merging of Computer and
Telecommunication Technology
 Development of Information Industry
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5. EP Products
 Include text, graphics, audio, video, numeric
and textual databases
 Directories, atlases, computer programmes
and
 Indexing, Abstracting databases.
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6. Categories of E Publishing:
 Off line: The information is entirely passes into the
possession of the purchaser/ user who can access it
at an unlimited number of times for no further
change.
 Eg. Computer S/W or reference materials on CD.
 On line: The information remains in a publisher
controller computer, usually accessible only on
payment of a fee for each use. Unlike the off-line,
the on-line information can be continuously
updated, refined and managed.
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7. Advantages of E Publishing
 Maintenance of Updated Information
 Speed
 Global Distribution
 Retrieval
 Multiple Access
 Manageability
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8. Disadvantages of E Publishing
 High Initial Cost
 Incompatible Hardware and Software
 Weak Infrastructure of computer and
Communication network
 Inconvenient to use
 Delay in release
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9. Types of Electronic Publication
 E-Journals
 E-Books
 E-Databases
 E-Dissertations and Thesis
 E-Archives and Back files
 Bulletin Boards (BBS)
 Listservs, Blogs
 E-Reference Sources
 Institutional Repositories
 Multi Media Resources
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10. Electronic Journals
 Electronic journals are a fast developing feature of
e-publishing. E-journals are full text journals that
accessible via internet
 David Plunger and Brain Shakel, 1990 defined e-
journal as “e-journals are those whose text materials
are directly entered by file transfer from a machine
readable form, whose editorial processes are
facilitated by computer and whose articles are
available in electronic form to the reader.
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11. Types E-Journals
 E only Journals: Some of the electronic journals,
that are originally published only in electronic form
and are available through internet application.
 Parallel Electronic Journals: These types of
journals are published simultaneously in both forms-
print and electronic.
 CD-ROM journals: Commercial publishers have also
made journal titles available on CD-ROM. The full text
of journals and newspapers have been made available
on CD-ROM
 Eg. www.jbc.org ,www. ijc.com (Internet Journal of
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12. Advantages of E-Journals
 Speed
 Easily searchable
 Interactive
 Accessible
 Links
 Inexpensive
 Multiple capabilities
 Flexibility
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13. Disadvantages of E-Journals
 Perishable Citation: Web sites change their
URLs or frequently disappear altogether
 Archiving
 Authenticity:
 Inconvenient to use
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14. Examples
www.emeraldinsight.com
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/

15. E – BOOKS
 An electronic book is usually a collection of digital
objects or documents, which in turn are packaged
and formatted with the intention of being displayed
on a handled device or read by a speech generating
application.
 Electronic books also include versions, which are
available simultaneously in print and on the web.
Some of the drawbacks to electronic books are that
they are difficult to use for sustained reading from a
computer screen
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16. Types of E-books
 Downloadable e- books: Contents are available on
the internet for downloading to the user’s PC. No
special reading device is required.
 Dedicated e- book readers: Contents are
downloaded to a dedicated hardware device with a
high quality screen and special capabilities for book
readings.
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17. E-books….
Point on demand books: Contents are stored
in a system connected to a high quality
printer and bound copies are produced on
demand.
Web accessible e-books: Published on the
provider’s web sites and may be accessed for
a purchase of books to receive indefinite
access.
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18. E-Book Readers

19. Introduction to Social Network Methods by Robert A.
Hanneman, Mark Riddle
http://www.ebooksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=2666
The Research Methods Knowledge Base by William Trochim,
James P.Donnelly
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=2917
An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability
Approach
Severine Deneulin, Lila Shahani
http://www.ebooksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=5667

20. Databases
 A database is an organized collection of
data / information and records of documents
organized in a machine readable form that
can be accessed by a computer for retrieving
the required information.
 A database is a collection of items of
information that share some thing in
common.
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21. Types of databases
 Reference databases
a) Bibliographic databases: These databases does not
contain complete information but only
bibliographic details like references of the journal
article, monographs, reports, conference
proceedings, dissertations, books etc.
b) Referral database: Referral database directs the
users to the address of persons or organizations.
These databases also provide the references to the
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22. Source Databases
 The database comprises source data, full text of
original source publication or materials prepared
specifically for electronic description.
 a) Numeric database: These databases contain
statistical or numeric data, which can be statistically
manipulated online, to produce tables, graphs etc.
 b) Full text database: These databases contain
complete copy of text of documents i.e. Journal
articles, books, newspapers etc.
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23. Database….
 c) Software database: This database contains
complete programme that can be downloaded for
local use.
 d) Full text image database: These databases
contain full text materials that includes figures,
illustration charts, photographs and other graphic
materials included in the original work.
 e) Dictionary database: It contains information
such as definition, meaning, chemical
nomenclatures, physical properties etc.
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24. Examples of databases
 AGRICOLA AGRIS
 CASEARCH Chemical Abstract Service,
USA
 SCI SEARCH Institute of Scientific
Info. Philadelphia, USA.
 COMPENDEX
Engineering Index Inc. USA.
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25. Mode of Access of Databases
 Databases can be accessed by using either
i) CD-ROM or ii ) Online
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26. E-Archives and Back files
 Non current records of an institution,
organization, business or person, created for
working purposes and retain by the original
creator or a successor, for reference and/ or
historical interest.
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27. Bulletin Boards
 Miniature form of an online system for a cost
effective distribution of information in e-
forms. Electronic BBS are vital for computer
mediated communication among computer
users. Often devoted to single topics. One of
the earliest forms of the electronic
networking.
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28. General Application of BBS
 E-mail
 E- Computer Conference
 E-Publishing
 Current Content
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29. Listservs
 Use e-mail to communicate
 Access by subscription
 May be moderated; usually informal exchange of
information
 Many maintain archives of old messages,
sometimes, web accessible
 Listserv in Library Science
libtech@yahoogroups.com
iatlis@yahoogroups.com
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30. E-Reference Sources
 Reference Sources like Biographical
sources, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
Thesaurus, Indexes and abstracts, etc. play
very important part in research
 These form a special category of documents
meant for consultation or reference
 Now a good number of reference sources are
available on internet and CD-ROMs.
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31. Examples
 Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
http://www.eb.com
 Encyclopeadia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
 Dictionaries online: A web of online dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
 CIA world fact book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/:publications/n solo/WFB-all.html
 Newspapers Directory
http://www.newsrack.com

32. Electronic Theses and
Dissertations (ETDs)
 Theses and Dissertations have traditionally been
quite limited with regard to when, where, how and
to whom they are accessible
 This limitation is solved by the Electronic Theses
and Dissertations (ETDs).
 An ETD is a document that explains the research or
scholarship of a researcher/student which is
expressed in a form simultaneously suitable for
machine archives and worldwide retrieval

33. Example
 Vidyanidhi
http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/
 Shodhganga
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
 Networked Digital Library
of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
http://www.ndltd.org

34. Multimedia Resources
 The word multimedia refers to the
integration of multiple media – such as visual
imaging, text, video and sound and
animation, in one level. On another level,
interactive multimedia refers to the ability of
the user to control these components and
interact with them as needed.
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35. Multimedia…..
 In a Multi Media every file containing information
is called an object. The objects can be text, images,
audio files, video films, video animation sequence
sound tracks, or any application software packages
in the computer. The main feature of Multi Media is
link where one can navigate from one to another
and with these links any object in the computer can
be linked to each other.
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36. Institutional Repository (IR)
 An institutional repository is a digital archive of the
intellectual product created by the faculty, research
staff, and students of an institution and accessible to
end users both within and outside of the institution
 Collection, preservation, and dissemination of an
institution’s collective scholarly resources.
 Act as significant pointers of an institution’s
academic or research quality.
 Wider accessibility and visibility to institution’s
research.

37. Example
 Kautilya Digital Repository at Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research
http://oii.igidr.ac.in
 DSpace at University of Kashmir
http://dspaces.uok.edu.in:8080/dspace/
 eGyankosh, Indira Gandhi National Open
University
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in

38. More Examples
 CMFRI Digital Repository
 Digital Knowledge Repository of Central Drug Research
Institute
 Dyuthi (Digital repository of Cochin University of Science
& Technology)
 DRS at National Institute of Oceanography
 DSpace @ SDM College Of Engineering and Technology
 DSpace at Cochin University of Science and Technology
 DSpace at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
 Shodhganga @ Information and Library Network Center
 DSpace@ Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

39. Blogs
 A blog can be anything we want it to be: an
online diary, a commentary on news events,
or a chat room for our friends. It can also be
a medium for social scientists to
communicate with colleagues, and to share
their insights and uncertainties with a broader
public

40. Example
 DLIS, AMU
http://www.aligarhdlis.blogspot.com
 Social Science Weblogs
http://www.sociosite.net/weblogs.php
 Social Science Research Council Blogs
http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/
 The Social Science Blog
http://www.socialscienceblog.org/

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