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. So far 277 universities in india are covered under the ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Inflibnet centre, ahmadabad ugcinfonet digital library. May 29, 2017 the ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. The present paper is an attempt to study the use of ugc infonet digital library consortium by pg students and.
A p j abdul kalam, the president of india soon after providing the internet onnectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugc infonet programme. It is a national initiative for providing access to scholarly electronic resources including more. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugc. Guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium contents 1. Awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium list of resources. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortiuman overview. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium, executed and monitored by inflibnet centre, subscribes to ejournals and databases for more than 200 universities. Consortium, 23 icast consortium, 24 and ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium list of resources subscribed for 2015 aligarh muslim university s. A p j abdul kalam, the president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugcinfonet programme.
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. Open access is a publication model wherein neither a reader nor the readers institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. Infonet digital library consortium is the most important consortium providing access to a large array of e. Pdf the last few years, the ugc infonet digital library consortium has been providing indian universities with electrical access to national. Digital library free online nta ugc net guide book december. Vishala b k m k bhandi abstract the recent developments in information technology changed the world scenario. 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. Evaluating the awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the. Access to ejournals through ugc infonet digital library. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium among distance education faculty members of annamalai university. The university grants commission, through its novel programme. Based on the recommendation of an expert committee, the mhrd has formed eshodhsindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugcinfonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Pdf use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by.
A library consortium formation can be local,regional,state,national and inter institutional level. 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. Usage of eresources in himachal pradesh university, shimla. Ugc infonet digital library consortium list of resources subscribed for 2015 aligarh muslim university s. Use of ugc infonet digital library consortium among distance education faculty members of annamalai university. Ugc infonet digital library consortium scholarly information is being given free of cost to more than 150 universities. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003. It was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. The consortium is known as ugc infonet digital library consortium. Implications of sushi for analysis of usage statistics of e. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. 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 consortium is known as ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Evaluating the awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library.
Pdf usage of ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium publisher wise. Consortium, 23 icast consortium, 24 and ugc infonet digital library consortium. It is a huge task to download and store usage statistics for all the member universities. Libraries and information centres have embraced the new information technology more profoundly than many. The scheme has now been extended to 200 universities and 6 interuniversity centres of the ugc.
Ugc infonet digital library consortium publisher wise usage statistics for 2015 aligarh muslim university rank 10 s. Res name jan15 feb15 mar15 apr15 may15 jun15 jul15 aug15 sep15 oct15 nov15 dec15 ytd total 1. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium resources. The program was launched in 2002 to bring about a qualitative change in the academic infrastructure, especially for higher education. Guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium. The ugc infonet digital library consortium subscribes to the following resources for its member institutions. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was launched in 2004, as a nation wide programme to facilitate access to eresources to university libraries in india. Institutional members and library visitors scholars cannot access subscribed eresources. The ugcinfonet mainly provides internet bandwidth, a prerequisite for delivery of scholarly content subscribed through the ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. General articles impact of access to eresources through the. 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. Scholarly information access pattern of ugcinfonet. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium among.
Proliferation of information, diminishing library budgets and enhanced information needs for prompt access have led to formation of such consortium to resolve serial crisis, provide 365. Deshpande 0 1 2 0 8 ieee xplore digital library 1 7 nature. Ugc infonet digital library consortium is an innovative project launched by ugc to provide access of full text electronic resources and bibliographic databases to the research and academic community in india. Aug 06, 20 the ugc infonet mainly provides internet bandwidth, a prerequisite for delivery of scholarly content subscribed through the ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology. The syllabus, sample or model question paper of national eligibility test net state eligibility test set state level eligibility test slet examination of university grants commission ugc conducted by national testing. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered under 12b act of the ugc. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium scholarly information is being given free of cost to more than 150 universities. The ugcinfonet 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. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Ugc has takenup the task of networking university campuses with the stateoftheart campus wide networks under the ugcinfonet connectivity program. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium publisher wise usage statistics for 2015 aligarh muslim university rank 10 s.
Awareness and utilization of ugcinfonet digital library consortium among the library users of universities of haryana. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium has come forward to help the university libraries, so that access made available to the user community. Eresources, ugc infonet digital library consortium. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium was setup in 2004 with an aim to provide access to scholarly content to universities in india. Ugcinfonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology. The consortium has also launched associate membership. Awareness and utilization of ugcinfonet digital library. Usage study of ugcinfonet eresources at university of pune. The library consortia were created for increasing scholarly resources at shared cost and also to provide related services to their member organizations. The article describes major activities, operations, and services of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty members and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university. Electronic resources usage statistics of this university is. Implications of sushi for analysis of usage statistics of.
Workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium a report. 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. Through ugcinfonet 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. The article describes major activities, operations, and services of ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet digital library consortium inflibnet centre text electronic journals improve your research by accessing scholarly content brought to you by the inflibnet centre link to eresources search journals and databases of member universities frequently asked question f. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. It was formally launched in december, 2003 by honorable dr. Pdf use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty. Free online nta ugc net guide book covers the solved question papers of old ugc net, nta net, ugc set, ugc slet exam. Centre has developed a website of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium are as follows. The ugcinfonet 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. Abdul kalam, the then president of india, in december 2003.
Ugcinfonet digital library the consortium offered access to current as well as. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the. The consortium, with its collective strength of participating institutions, attracts highly discounted rates of subscription with most favourable. This chapter presents a questionnairebased survey finding that 85. Use of nlist programme and the role of college librarians. Users can get information about the ugcinfonet digital library consortium, eresources, details of member universities, user help guides and usage statistics, etc. Internet browsing and searching, email, chat, video conferencing facilities are also provided under the broader term of internet section in the library. A questionnaire based survey was conducted with all.
Inflibnet has identified 22 potential universities as ill centers in the country to fulfill ill request from the users affiliated to universities covered under ugc. The paper explains the role of ugc infonet and ugc infonet digital library consortium in india. Library consortia refers to collaboration between libraries for sharing information resources to satisfy the increasing information need of the users. The ugc infonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered under 12b act of the ugc. 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. 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 valediction of the workshop was held at chemical sciences auditorium, guindy campus on the 30th september 2008. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium inflibnet centre 5 search results of previous query after clicking on title, abstract page is displayed. View full text article in pdf html format click here to view article. The paper intends to study the use of online resources and services provided by ugc infonet. Paper examines the usage pattern of the ugc infonet digital library consortium 16 full text databases in relation to the usefulness of the resources in university. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium publisher wise usage. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants. Inflibnet centre, ahmadabad ugcinfonet digital library consortium usage statistics for 2007 university of delhi rank 01 publisher jan07 feb07 mar07 apr07 may07 jun07 jul07 aug07 sep07 oct07 nov07 dec07 ytd total.
The ugcinfonet digital library consortium subscribes to the following resources for its member institutions. Digital library free online nta ugc net guide book. Following is the list of eresources with link to their brief introduction. Under this program the universities have been provided connectivity with. Usage of eresources in himachal pradesh university. Knowledge, access and effective use of ugcinfonet e.
Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp. All electronic resources subscribed are available from the publishers web site. 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. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium is fullyfunded by the university grants commission ugc and executed by the inflibnet information and library network centre, ahmedabad. 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. Scholarly information access pattern of ugcinfonet digital. Ejournals, eresources, consortium, web based access, ugcinfonet consortia. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered under.
Q guideline on fair use and license agreement with publishers. Ugcinfonet ejournal consortium free online nta ugc net. This paper accommodates international scenario of library consortia in the beginning and then shifted to indian library consortia. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium provides current as well as. Most of the libraries started providing opac terminals to the user to access the bibliographic records of the library holdings. The consortium provides access to more than 5000 ejournals in various disciplines. The access to ejournal consortia was started in october 1, 2003 when the users started getting access to these resources on trial basis for three months. Ugcinfonet, digital library, university libraries, consortia, ejournals, haryana cite this article mithu dey, durga prasad. Workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium a. Himachal pradesh university is one amongst the beneficiaries of this program. In a welcoming move, the university grants commission has granted access to all centralstate universitiesugc funded deemed universities to its e. The consortium acts as a singlewindow service for a large number of universities with their diverse research and academic interest. Consortium for higher education eresources ugcinfonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium have.
General articles impact of access to eresources through. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium among distance. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortium resources. University of madras, congratulated the library for organizing such an informative workshop and has requested ugcinfonet to add ebsco in the digital library consortium copy of his letter is enclosed for necessary action. Ugc infonet digital library consortium and the social science research output among select indian universities an impact study. Ugc has takenup the task of networking university campuses with the stateoftheart campus wide networks under the ugc infonet connectivity program. Ugc infonet digital library consortium the ugc infonet digital library consortium was launched in 2004, as a nation wide programme to facilitate access to eresources to university libraries in india.
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