E-Journal for Professional Development and Research: Special Reference at Madurai Kamraj University

Abstract

The technological development in the use and delivery of information media has changed the role of library professionals. The print media is getting digitized and through the advent of internet, the information is available to anybody from any corner of the world. The use of e-journals and e-books has created a new source of information to the professional development of the research scholars and students. E-journals very important source for the professional development and research. E-resources are becoming vital to carry any meaningful research. Scholarly communication is the root of scientific and technological progress. Scholarly communication system is being carried out worldwide, particularly with respect to electronic journals. E-journals and e-books are electronic equivalents of their print counterparts possessing many added features. E-resources offer a range of potential advantages to libraries and research scholars; multiple simultaneous access to the same issue, remote access, in-built searching facilities, multimedia capabilities and reduced storage concerns. Libraries today buy licenses for an ever-increasing number of e-journals from a range of different publishers and providers. Consortia based library subscription to E-journals and electronic full-text databases are picking up good momentum in worldwide. It was implemented a web-based electronic refereeing system for an electronic journal whose many value-added features are described in detail in this paper.