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A Brief Evaluation of Search Facilities and Search Results of Few Resources Accessible through INDEST Consortium

Sahoo, Kshyanaprava; Jeevan, V K J (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)

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The Indian National Digital Library in Science and Technology consortium, setup by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has currently over 140 institutions as members who are taking advantage of cost effective access of premier resources in science, technology and management. Out of the different resources accessible under this consortium, the present study selected four major resources, such as ACM Digital Library, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, ScienceDirect of Elsevier, and Springer Link to make a comparative assessment of the key features and quantity of records in these. The results identified are presented in tabular form. More exhaustive studies are further planned to categorically identify the best resource to answer a crucial query and in identifying the inherent benefits and limitations of each resource.

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Development of Consortial Approach and Resource Sharing in Higher Education Lirbaries With Special Reference to India

Singh, Yogendra (INFLIBNET Centre, November 10, 2005)

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This paper mainly traces the historical development of consortia based library services. States that the consortial approach in the form of cooperation was initiated by Melvil Dewey in 1880s. Main factors behind such cooperation are outlined. States that like any other form of library services consortia were also first came into existence in the United States where by the year 1970 more then 125 academic library consortia were functional. Finds that now the trend has changed and consortia are coming up in developing countries also mainly for the acquisition of electronic resources. Briefly touches the history of consortial development in India where it had not been very successful mainly due to human reasons. Describes in details the two recently formed consortia in India i.e. INDEST and E-journal Consortium of UGC Infonet. Describes the pros and cons of the present model of subscription to full set of journals of publishers in the form of so called “Big Deals” and advises that these big deals may not be really big in many cases. Outlines some of the guidelines for the librarians in these conditions. Concludes that the consortia in the country should work in close cooperation and not in competition to each other.

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Digital Library Consortia with Reference to UGC-Infonet: A Need of the Hour in Digital World

Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar (INFLIBNET Center., February 28, 2008)

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ICT is playing a major role in the all round development of society. Recent developments in the technologies have brought changes in the modes and methods of information, storage, retrieval and transmission. The Internet and web technology has open new dimension to the information systems. Internet, www, web 2.0 etc. has brought a major revolution on the library and information centres also to have access to different information sources and disseminate to the users in the era of information explosion. The paper mainly discusses about the importance of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortia for the libraries in the digital wor

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Indian Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST) Consortium: Consortia-Based Subscription to Electronic Resources for Technical Education System in India: A Government of India Initiative

Arora, Jagdish; Agrawal, Pawan (INFLIBNET Centre, February NaN, 2003)

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has set-up a “Consortia-based Subscription to Electronic Resources for Technical Education System in India” on the recommendations made by the Expert Group appointed by the ministry. The consortium is named as the Indian National Digital Library in Science and Technology (INDEST) Consortium. The INDEST Consortium has commenced its operation since Dec., 2002 through its headquarters at the IIT Delhi. The Consortium subscribes to full-text electronic resources and bibliographic databases for 38 leading engineering and technological institutions in India including IITs (7), IISc (1), NITs / RECs (17), IIMs (6) and a few other institutions directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). While the expenditure on electronic resources proposed for subscription under the consortium for these 38 institutions are being met from the funds made available by the MHRD, the consortium being an open-ended proposition, welcomes all other institutions to join it on their own for sharing benefits it offers in terms of highly discounted subscription rates and better terms of agreement with the publishers. Moreover, beneficiary institutions may also subscribe to additional electronic resources through the consortium that are not being funded by the MHRD. This article introduces the INDEST Consortium, its activities and services.

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