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7.2.5. Cost-effectiveness of the N-LIST Programme

The cost-effectiveness of N-LIST programme can be judged by factors such as number of beneficiary

colleges, full-time potential users in these colleges, cost of e-resources subscribed and expenditure on
e-resources per college and per potential user. The N-LIST programme is a cost-effective proposition
because of large number of colleges with larger number of potential users and potential for growth.
These factors are discussed below in detail.

7.2.6. Analysis of Usage

It is important to ensure that the resources offered to the colleges are being used optimally and steps are
taken to promote usage of e-resources wherever required. A brief analysis of usage of e-resources by the

beneficiary college is given below.

7.2.6.1. Publisher-wise Usage of E-journals

Figure 29, given below, shows number of articles downloaded by the users from different publishers
during the financial year 2016-2017. It can be observed that JSTOR is highly used resource followed by
Indian Journals and H. W. Wilson. The usage of EPW could not be analysed due to lack of usage data from

the publishers.

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No. of downloads 10000

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12153 5071 2444 19292 15077 40476 267304 8665 8338

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AIP Annual CUP H W IOP Indian JSTOR OUP RSC
Reviews Wilson Journals
Name of Publisher

Fig.29: Publisher wise Usage of E-Journals 2016-2017

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