The main aim is to determine the needs of research scholars and faculty members of university of delhi in the discipline of history and political science and to find out how far their information needs are. All college covered under section 12b2f of ugc act and nonaided colleges can access to electronic resources subscribed by the ugc infonet digital library consortium as well as few selected eresources that were found most appropriate for colleges including ejournals and ebooks. The usage of eresources is one of the most important parameters to judge effectiveness of a consortium. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the. Open access is a publication model wherein neither a reader nor the readers institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. The journals covering the areas of physical science, natural science, social science and humanities and the long standing need of university. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium provides current as well as. A survey problems faced in using and reasons for nonuse. It is expected to bring remarkable change in the academic set with the availability of eresources access to. All electronic resources subscribed are available from the publishers web site. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp. The paper focuses on the study of usage of eresources available through ugc infonet digital library consortium by university of pune users. Ugc infonet digital library consortium inflibnet centre 3 users can also browse the journals by the collection list. 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 infonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology. 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. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium publisher wise. In terms of number of users, the ugcinfonet digital library consortium is the largest consortium in india with a vision and plan to reach out to all universities and colleges affiliated to these universities, over a period of time. Digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants commission.
Usage study of ugcinfonet eresources at university of. Jccc has facility to trigger email request for article to inter library loan centers as well as to inflibnet centre. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium for access to e resources dr. The ugc infonet digital library consortium subscribes to the following resources for its member institutions. 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 infonet digital library consortium. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants. The paper highlightsuse and services of ugcinfonet digital library consortium given by two university libraries in maharashtra.
Implications of sushi for analysis of usage statistics of. Ugc to bring qualitative change in academic libraries in india. Ugc infonet digital library consortium list of resources subscribed for 2015 aligarh muslim university s. To find out the respondents satisfaction with the ugc infonet consortium service to know problems face while accessing and using the ugc infonet consortium. Awareness and usage of ugc infonet digital library consortium among faculty members of state universities in tamil nadu. A number of library consortia have emerged in india in past five to six years. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugc. Use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by faculty. 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.
Pdf the higher education system in india is very large and complex. Pdf analytical study of title wise usage of ugc infonet. Advantages and disadvantages baldev kumar librarian, haryana institute of engineering and technology kaithal, haryana abstract this is an age of information explosion. 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 eshodhsindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugcinfonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium a. Guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Users can get information about the ugc infonet digital library consortium, eresources, details of member universities, user help guides and usage statistics, etc. A p j abdul kalam, the then president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugcinfonet programme.
Scope, limitations and methodology of the study this study focuses on the awareness and use of ugc infonet consortium by the research. This paper describes definitions, aim, organizations, internal structures, policies and other characteristics of the ugc infonet ejournal consortium which is one of the well known consortia for higher education in india under the ugc. The objective is to find trends in usage of eresources and which eresources are used to the maximum. Ugc has takenup the task of networking university campuses with the stateoftheart campus wide networks under the ugc infonet connectivity program. Pdf use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by. Ugc infonet ugc is modernizing the university campuses with stateoftheart campus wide networks and setting up its own nationwide communication network named ugcinfonet. It is noticed that 100% titles usage in 4 databases. The term interlibrary loan service referred as a library to library transaction. Inflibnet centre, ahmadabad ugcinfonet digital library. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. The consortium is known as ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet consortium ugc infonet digital library consortium is national level consortium for university and research institute libraries in india. Ugc infonet overview new authorstream presentation.
A sample size of sixty five alagappa university central library users was selected by random sampling method. The workshop was organized in two different campuses of. In the 21st century a new paradigm has emerged for libraries. The purpose of this paper is to find out user awareness and uses of ugc infonet digital library consortium by faculty members and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram.
This paper describes briefly a survey conducted at alagappa university, central library, karaikudi to find out the information access pattern of the users through ugc infonet digital library consortium s journals. Ugcinfonet consortium is one of the land mark achievement in the field of higher education in. 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. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the faculty members. Ugc infonet ugc infonet ejournals consortium initiative was undertaken by the ugc to facilitate free access to scholarly ejournals and databases in all fields and disciplines by the research and academic community across the country through joint partnership of ugc, inflibnet and ernet. 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. Use pattern of ugcinfonet consortium by research scholars of upe.
The factors that have led to the development of consortia are diverse among countries. The paper explains the role of ugc infonet and ugc infonet digital library consortium in india. Res name jan15 feb15 mar15 apr15 may15 jun15 jul15 aug15 sep15 oct15 nov15 dec15 ytd total. This paper discusses in detail the title wise usage in the 17 databases for which title wise usage is available. Ugc infonet digital library consortium inflibnet centre 5 print you can print to any printer connected to your workstation directly or through your network. Workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium a report a workshop on ugc infonet digital library consortium sponsored by inflibnet centre, ahmedabad was organized by madras university library on 29th and 30th september 2008. Q guideline on fair use and license agreement with publishers. The ugcinfonet will be overlaid on ernet infrastructure to provide assured quality of service and optimal utilization of bandwidth resources. Ugcinfonet digital library consortium list of resources. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp lecture mks 1.
It was formally launched in december, 2003 by honorable dr. International journal of library and information studies vol. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortium resources. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of.
Aims and objectives the main objective of the ugc infonet digital library consortium is to provide. Preferred information in ugc infonet consortium it is noted that there are different type of information are preferred in ugc infonet consortium such as ejournals, bibliographical database and document delivery systems. 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. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. Consortium in 2003 and ugc infonet digital library consortium in 2004, availability and accessibility of eresources increased phenomenally in setting in a new culture of electronic access and browsing in educational institutions. 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. 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. Use of ugcinfonet ejournals by research scholars of. Archival access is provided up to 10 years back issues for members earlier having access under ugc infonet dlc and new institutions will receive four4 years back file access.
The data required for the study was collected through a questionnaire. Utilization of ugcinfonet e journal access by research. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortiuman overview. An initiative of ministry of human resource development mhrd under the nmeict, funded by ugc, as college component under ugc infonet digital library consortium now part of eshodhsindhu. You can choose which pages you want to print, or the. The knowledge of these issues will, no doubt, help to plan for further improvements in user services. Manoj kumar sinha associate professor and head department of library and information science assam university a central university silchar788011 mobile 09435231672, 09435712447 email. The purpose of this paper is to find out user awareness and uses of ugc infonet digital library consortium by faculty members and research scholars in school of physical sciences, mizoram university. Ugcinfonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology. Infonet digital library consortium resources by research scholars and faculty members of university of delhi in history and political science. A questionnaire based survey was conducted with all. Knowledge, access and effective use of ugcinfonet ejournals by. Search project muse includes two types of search, i.
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. Ugcinfonet ejournal consortium free online nta ugc net. The major aims and objectives of the ugcinfonet digital library consortium are as follows. In the professional literature, the term consortia cover a great range of cooperation situation and expressions according to the different contexts and period they were formed and developed. Eresources, ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ijalis an open access journal issn 2348 5167 international journal of advanced library and information science. Inflibnet centre, ahmadabad ugc infonet 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. Evaluating the awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library. No library, however big it may be, is able to satisfy.
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