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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
The Growth of Electronic Journals in Academic Libraries in Saudi Arabia
التطور في مجموعات الدوريات الإلكترونية في المكتبات الاكاديمية السعودية
 
Subject : EJ 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Saudi Academic Libraries (SALs) have been moving towards using electronic resources since 1992. This study aims to investigate the changes in electronic journals (bibliographic and full-text databases) and printed journal collections and acquisition, namely; number of titles, type of provisions, acquisition budgets and costs, for the period 1995-2000. The survey method was used to obtain the data. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires, which were distributed to six selected academic libraries in Saudi Arabia. The study compared the subscription prices of electronic and print journals and compared the increase of electronic journals to the decrease of printed journals in general works (general references), humanities, social sciences and applied science and technology via full-text CD-ROM networks, online databases, global academic networks, and the Internet. The percentages were used to show the differences between the increase & the decrease of electronic journals and printed journals collections and budgets. The most important findings show that the percentage of electronic journals collections increased rapidly in all SALs between 1995 and 2000 (8.1%-21.1%), where the percentage of printed journals collections started to decrease slightly in all SALs between 1997 and 2000 (17.2%-15.7%). The electronic journal acquisition budget (5.1%-26.8%) increased double of printed journal acquisition budget (15.3%-18.0%) in the same time period. The percentage of electronic journals acquisitions was very high in applied science (61%) and appears that most of the electronic journals that SALs subscribe to were on CD-ROMs networks (82%). 
ISSN : 01435124 
Journal Name : LIBRARY MANAGEMENT 
Volume : 25 
Issue Number : 4-5 
Publishing Year : 1424 AH
2004 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Saturday, March 10, 2012 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
سوسن طه ضليميDULAYMI, SAWSAN TAHAResearcherDoctorateSDULAYMI@KAU.EDU.SA

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