The technological advancements have made radical changes in the conventional system of information processingdissemination. Opinion on how far ugc infonet ejournals enable to meet the information needs of users. Awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Aug 06, 20 inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp lecture mks 1. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp. Electronic resources usage statistics of this university is analyzed to cater the shortcomings in the available eresources facility. Workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium a report. National library and information services infrastructure for. Ugc infonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology.
It was formally launched in december, 2003 by honorable dr. Opac is a platform to search and locate the information on available resources in the library or in other words it is the computerized form of library card catalogue. Library and information science abstract 19692003 2. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is the most important consortium providing access to a large array of eresources to all academic universities and colleges in india and thus facilitates. Ejournals consortium is the one amongst the foremost programmes launched by university grants commission ugc, india for the free flow of scholarly information between the indian universities. The project entitled national library and information services infrastructure for scholarly content nlist, being jointly executed by the ugcinfonet digital library consortium, and the indestaicte consortium. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the. Most of the libraries started providing opac terminals to the user to access the bibliographic records of the library holdings. Res name jan15 feb15 mar15 apr15 may15 jun15 jul15 aug15 sep15 oct15 nov15 dec15 ytd total 1. The ugc infonet digital library consortium subscribes to the following resources for its member institutions.
University of madras, congratulated the library for organizing such an informative workshop and has requested ugc infonet to add ebsco in the digital library consortium copy of his letter is enclosed for necessary action. So far 277 universities in india are covered under the ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Manoj kumar sinha associate professor and head department of library and information science assam university a central university silchar788011 mobile 09435231672, 09435712447 email. The main objective of the ugc infonet digital library consortium is to provide access to qualitative electronic resources including fulltext and bibliographic databases to academic institutions at a lower rates of subscription. With the help of opac users can easily trace the status of an item whether its on loan, available, lost, damaged or missing. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty members and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university. Ugc infonet digital library consortium and the social science research output among select indian universities an impact study. The paper highlights the important survey findings in respect of internet awareness, internet use pattern and attitude of library users towards the electronic resources, which have been made available to them under ugc infonet digital library consortium. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugc. Guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium. All electronic resources subscribed are available from the publishers web site. Chand, prem arora, jagdish naga, moses m pradhan, dinesh ranjan. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium the university grants commission initiated the ugcinfonet digital library consortium in year 2004 in order to provide access to a large number of scholarly journals from reputed publishers, aggregators, scholar societies and university presses to universities in india.
Himachal pradesh university is one amongst the beneficiaries of this program. The esubscription initiative under ugcinfonet is expected to trigger. Duls is regularly conducting innovative information literacy programs ilp for the benefit of students, researchers and faculty members some libraries university library. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium resources. The role of consortia is highly remarkable in distributing scholarly eresources to institutions in huge quantities. Internet browsing and searching, email, chat, video conferencing facilities are also provided under the broader term of internet section in the library.
The ugcinfonet digital library consortium provides current as well as. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is the most important consortium providing access to a large array of eresources to all academic universities and colleges in india, and thus facilitates the prompt access and efficient and effective usage of eresources for teaching and research activities. Infonet digital library consortium resources by research scholars and. Mar 16, 2014 eresources under ugc infonet 09 central and 02 state universities are the part of 142 universities chosen by inflibnet centre, ahmedabad for access to eresources. In this paper an effort is being made to discuss the various concepts of library consortia in india briefly and ugcinfonet. Scholarly information access pattern of ugcinfonet digital. May 18, 2010 ugcinfonet digital library consortium ugcinfonet is the most ambitious project sponsored by the university grants commission, government of india to deliver the fruits of current developments in the information society through varied electronic resources being published by renowned publishers in various academic disciplines for the research. In addition to this 20 more databases are also accessible through ugc infonet digital library consortium. Eresources, ugc infonet digital library consortium. Under this program the universities have been provided connectivity with the assistance of ernet.
The university grants commission, through its novel programme. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. Usage of eresources in himachal pradesh university, shimla. Usage study of ugcinfonet eresources at university of pune. The ugcinfonet is a major initiative of university grants commission ugc to make use of the benefits of information and communication technology ict to all the universities and colleges across the country. A p j abdul kalam, the president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugc infonet programme. The paper intends to study the use of online resources and services provided by ugc infonet. Identify the promotional methods used in libraries to enhance the effective use of the project journals.
Ugcinfonet digital library the consortium offered access to current as well as. In a welcoming move, the university grants commission has granted access to all centralstate universitiesugc funded deemed universities to its e. International journal of advanced library and information science 2015, volume 3, special issue, pp. Pdf use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by. Eresources library consortia ugc infonet digital library consortium usage statistics counter. The library consortia were created for increasing scholarly resources at shared cost and also to provide related services to their member organizations. The consortium is known as ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Physics, materials, nanotechnology 2 jayakar library, university of pune, ganesh khind road, pune411 007 the paper focuses on the study of usage of eresources available through. The major aims and objectives of the ugcinfonet digital library consortium are as follows. Following is the list of eresources with link to their brief introduction.
Ugcinfonet digital library consortium has come forward to help the university libraries, so that access made available to the user community. The journals covering the areas of physical science, natural science, social science and humanities and the long standing need of university. Ugc infonet digital library consortium the ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants commission ugc to bring qualitative change in academic libraries in india. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortiuman overview. University of delhi du, delhi, delhi university profile. Digital library free online nta ugc net guide book december. Manual downloading and analysis of usage statistics is a timeconsuming process for a consortium like ugc infonet digital library consortium having more than 180 core members. Based on the recommendation of an expert committee, the mhrd has formed eshodh sindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugc infonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. A study of usage trends among the universities of north east india. Through ugc infonet digital library consortium access has been provided to large number of scholarly journals with assumption that broader, faster, better access makes more use of information. Deshpande 0 1 2 0 8 ieee xplore digital library 1 7 nature. The major aims and objectives of the ugc infonet digital library consortium are as follows. Ugc infonet digital library consortium scholarly information is being given free of cost to more than 150 universities. The consortium is known as ugc infonet digital library consortium.
Ugcinfonet ejournal consortium free online nta ugc net. Nov 05, 2015 in a welcoming move, the university grants commission has granted access to all centralstate universitiesugc funded deemed universities to its eresources under ugcinfonet digital library. The purpose of this paper is to find out user awareness and uses of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty members and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university. The cdrom databases available at the inflibnet library are as follows. Ugc infonet digital library consortium publisher wise usage statistics for 2015 aligarh muslim university rank 10 s. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortium resources. Ejournals, eresources, consortium, web based access, ugc infonet consortia.
Pdf use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty. Identify the most improved aspect in library by using ugc infonet ejournals. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants. Bhatt department of library and information science, university of delhi, delhi, india. The economic and political weekly, published by the sameeksha trust, a registered charitable trust since 1949, is one of the indian publications that enjoy a global reputation for excellence and scholarship. The findings of the present study may be taken as the preliminary findings from a pilot study. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium for access to e resources dr. Based on the recommendation of an expert committee, the mhrd has formed eshodhsindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugc infonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Knowledge, access and effective use of ugcinfonet ejournals by. Click on the print button or select file, then print, from the menu bar to choose the options you want from the print dialog box.
May 29, 2017 the ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. The article briefly touches upon the economics of the ugcinfonet digital library consortium and outlines model for implementation of college. The valediction of the workshop was held at chemical sciences auditorium, guindy campus on the 30th september 2008. A questionnaire based survey was conducted with all. Implications of sushi for analysis of usage statistics of e. International journal of library and information studies vol. Pdf usage of ugc infonet digital library consortium. Access to ejournals through ugc infonet digital library consortium.