Use of UGC‐Infonet Digital Library Consortium resources by research scholars and faculty members of the University of Delhi in History and Political Science
Purpose – This paper focuses on the use of UGC‐Infonet Digital Library Consortium Resources by research scholars and faculty members of University of Delhi in History and Political Science. 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 fulfilled by the information resources available through UGC‐Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The paper attempts to define this consortium, its objectives, scope, e‐resources subscribed and the government initiative to provide current information in various disciplines for research and teaching excellence.Design/methodology/approach – To study the information usage pattern and needs of the respective users a survey was conducted among faculty and research scholars. The population included in the study comprised 105 respondents from both departments and of that, eight are faculty and 97 are research scholars.Findin...
Use of UGC-Infonet E-resources by Social Science Academics in Indian Universities: an evaluation study
Abstract UGC is providing access to scholarly electronic resources (e-resources) to Indian universities through the UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. Access to subscribed e-resources is being provided free of cost to member universities. The whole program is funded by the UGC and executed by the INFLIBNET Centre. Now, the UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium is in its 11th year and it has been expected that privileged academicians are utilizing available e-resources extensively and optimally. In this paper an effort is being made to assess, how social science faculty working in Indian universities have been using e-resources, what are the problems they are facing in accessing them, and what are the efforts made by INFLIBNET to spread awareness about such an ambitious initiative of UGC among social science faculty members. This paper also highlights some important issues with respect to use, acceptance and planning of this consortium.
Accessing and Economics of Electronic Journals at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics Library: A Case Study
While technology progresses rapidly in Library and Information centers, it has become imperative to gather various opinions and cost effectiveness of the electronic-journals (eJournals) in the libraries. The e-journals have opened up many service opportunities for academic libraries. Indian Institute of Astrophysics library is no exception in facing this transition. The Institute has been accessing the electronic versions for the last couple of years for some of the journals, which were acquired in print format for many years. This paper briefly describes the introduction of electronic journals in the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) library, the cost factors and their usage by the scientists. It also discusses the problems faced by the libraries in handling electronic journals. Paper: CF Jismi George, Uma B Arali & Christina Louis