www.tjprc.org editor@tjprc.org AN IMPACT OF USING E-JOURNALS INTHE ACADEMICS IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES OF BANGLADESH SABRINA AKTAR Lecturer, National University, Bangladesh ABSTRACT This study focused the impact of using e-journals by the academics (faculty members and research students) in the university libraries of Bangladesh. The results also explored the purpose of using e-journals, challenges faced by academics and recommendations for improving e-journals services in the university libraries of Bangladesh. The surveyed data have been analyzed using SPSS (16.0). A structured questionnaire was distributed to collect data and information. The table presentations have been made using Microsoft Excel and MS Word 2013. A total of 100 questionnaires were distributed to ten (10) reputed public and private university library users. The researcher received all the questionnaires with properly filled up and the response rate was 100%.The analysis of results has been explained within the framework of the research.The researcher had made all possible investigations to collect data related to this study in order to show a complete picture.It was understandable from the findings of this study that most of the users used e-journals for writing and publishing research articles, academic and professional development and search for necessary resources. They achieved more skilled in the field of research after using e-journals and mentioned some problems regarding e- journal services. The researcher believed that the recommendations would help the users in getting successful e-journal services. It was also useful to the library professional and e-journal service providers for developing e-journal services in the university libraries of Bangladesh. KEYWORDS: E-journals, Academics, Research scholars, Public University, Private University, University Libraries & Bangladesh Received: Jul 20, 2018; Accepted: Aug 10, 2018; Published: Sep10, 2018; Paper Id.: IJLSROCT20181 INTRODUCTION E-journals are considered as a major part of the digital collections and vital information resources all over the world. University libraries provide e-journal services to the user and most of the users were used e-journals for research purpose. E-journals may be defined as any serial publication (such as journals, magazine, and newsletter) in digital format and available on CD-ROM, DVD, online systems and the internet. E-journals are often referred to interchangeably as “electronic publishing”, “electronic serials”, “online journals” and “electronic periodicals” (Chan, 1999). Now-a-days academics and research students are interested to use internet based journals instead of printed journals. Most of the publication processes of e-journals are now done digitally i.e. research paper submission, peer review, editing etc. on the publisher’s network. The medium of e-journals are suitable to access and easily usable for the researcher and have the quality to include huge information together. The Internet plays an essential role in meeting knowledge and information needs of the academic organizations since it creates potential to access a large number of resources, such as recent results of investigation, from anywhere in the globe. It also facilitates researchers, scholars and university libraries in delivering resources to a wider audience in any place of Original Article International Journal of Library Science and Research (IJLSR) ISSN (P): 2250-2351; ISSN (E): 2321-0079 Vol. 8, Issue 2, Oct 2018, 1-12 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.