PLANNER 2006

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Institutional Repository of Jawaharlal Nehru University Library, New Delhi
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Mahemei, Lohrii Kaini; Koganuramath, Muttayya
The JNU, New Delhi was started in 1969 and during the past thirty six years it has grown into a prestigious university of its kind in India today. Being a premier university in teaching and research programmes, it aimed to develop digital library for collecting the documents and manage networked information services for the benefits of faculty, students, research scholars and other academic community in their education and research. The University has more than thirty six centres, which comes under nine schools. Each year it publishes close to 1000 research papers and awards about 2312 degrees in various disciplines. To reveal the prestige of a university, Institutional Repository is the one and only way to make the whole world knowing the esteem of a university. With access to IR, the students will be able to find, read the literature reviews of their peers and global knowledge sharing is also possible. In this paper we discuss the future plans towards implementation of IR in JNU Central Library and also describe about some available IR software.
Digitization of Print Books and Future of The Librarianship
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Deka, Sanjib K
With the advancement of Information Technology (IT) the role of libraries have changed and led to the transformation of library services from traditional services to new services and delivery modes. The book which is the major ingredient in a library has seen a number of transitions over the centuries. This paper discusses the digitization movement of library books in major institutes and libraries. Also enumerates key projects taken over in India and western countries. It also highlights the impact of digitization on library services.
Exploration of Research Potentiality through Web based e-books
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Mishra, R N
The features of e-book like model, market collections, developing operating guidelines and enhancing potential strategies, hardware, softwares, and standards need strong strategies, approaches and procedures to support and exchange of scholarly information for research potentiality. The development of e-books and e-publishing has challenged the traditional balance among publishers, authors, book sellers, libraries and information centers in a number of fundamental ways. The spiraling cost of publications including the non-availability of latest printed book, exploration of web technology, networks necessitated the cause of generating the ideas of e-books and more prominently when the publishers and authors found the web as the viable platform for business point of view including academic exploration to promulgate the e-books services through web. This paper throws light on the how the impact of e-books has geared to activate the research potentiality among researchers in the wake of advanced information and communication technology.
Perspective of Digital Preservation: Need and Strategies in The Digital Age
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Singh, Kh Surachand; Sagolshem, Memori; Devi, Th Purnima
While digital technologies are enabling information to be created, manipulated, disseminated, located, and stored with increasing ease, preserving access to this information poses a significant challenge. Digital preservation involves the use of well-defined techniques to prevent the original artifact from deteriorating further and to perhaps even improve it to the point where it can be used again. It involves quite different methods, skills, and outcomes and can complement traditional preservation services, while simultaneously providing unique and dynamic new uses of information.
UGC-INFONET : A Cross-Sectional view on Infrastructure
(INFLIBNET Center, 2006-11-09) Sharma, S K; Parida, Ellora; K, Manoj Kumar
Indian education system is one of the largest and oldest education systems in the world. now in the Indian education system, universities form the base for success in higher education. Global competition in education system forced the Indian universities to change their curricula frequently and introduce new subjects, which impose a great demand to have good communication network infrastructure so that researchers, scholars and students can tap the most up-to-date information. To bring quality in higher education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken major initiative to modernise the university campuses with the state-of-the-art campus wide networks and has set up its own nationwide communication network named UGC-Infonet. This paper introduces a cross-sectional view of this initiative.
Open Access Movement and Open Access Initiatives in India
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Bist, Rajender Singh; Mohanty, V Patnaik
Open access is a new trend in scholarly communication which aims at providing free access to scholarly literature over the internet and has gained enormous momentum in the recent years. Although OA started and has grown from the pockets of regional initiatives in the developing countries, it is appealing to developing countries and is spreading throughout the world quickly facilitated by common technical standards and open source software. OA endeavors to reduce the price and permission barriers to scholarly communication and the scholarly literature are freely accessible now without any hindrance. This paper outlines the OA concept and specific Indian initiatives are mentioned and described. In addition this paper also evaluates the OA movement in India and concludes with suggestions and recommendations for improving the OA scenario in India.
Availability of E-resources and Their Access Facility: A Case Study of Manipur
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Devi, Th Madhuri; Devi, N Vidyavati; Singh, Ch Ibohal
Surveys the important and leading institutions of Manipur to assess the availability of Eresources and their access facility. Ascertains different types of such resources available and approximate numbers of e-journals subscribed to these institutions. Understanding the users and their level of satisfaction from the use of such resources, the present paper suggests for the optimal use of them.
Specters in the Use of Electronic Journals: the North Eastern hill University Experience
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Hangsing, P
A general observation of the northeastern universities and specifics based on NEHU experiences indicates that the universities in the northeastern regions record comparatively lower percentage of usage. The poor statistical show is attributed to the infrastructural dwarf in the universities. The nature of skewed usage pattern is found similar to other empirical studies suggesting that such methods may be espoused to form the parameters for determining the core collection of the electronic journal consortium. The paper briefly examines the existing subscription deals and suggested that resorting to alternative deals may strengthen collection and ultimately the usage pattern. The paper also maintains that higher per capita expenditure per students should be encouraged in the region to buildup infrastructure and come at par with the mainstream.
Institutional Rrepositories: A Gateway for Knowledge Revolution
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Suleta, Thoudam; Sangeeta, Keisham
The emergence of computer communication technology has accelerated and offers great opportunities to fast, cost effective and efficient electronic communication. In addition, universities and other institutions across the globe are building up their own institutional repository center. Therefore, librarians and library professionals should take initiative and come up with institutional repositories so that researchers and the scholars can access the scholarly publishing materials. The present article highlights the overview of the institutional repositories. It also highlights the development of institutional repositories and its role.
Status of Libraries in Nagaland: A Profile
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Lendina; Ngullie, Mhonbemo
Traces the over all library status & systems in Nagaland. Points out the problems being faced by the libraries in over all management and organizational aspects. Suggests certain points for the over all improvement of public and academic library services in the state.
Human Resource Development for Digital Environment : A Case Study of the Libraries of Manipur
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Devi, Arambam Hileima; Vikas, Ch; Devi, Th Purnima
The present paper highlights the scenario of application of information technology in the three types of libraries i.e. Publics, Special and Academic Libraries residing in the valley of Manipur. The objectives are to present an unbiased account of the scenario which has been large affecting the services of the libraries. It also states the problems and prospect regarding the areas, which can be developed in future for effective functioning of the libraries in Manipur.
Access to Infonet E-Journals Consortium in Manipur University Library
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Singh, Th Khomdon; Singh, Th Shyam; Singh, Ch Ibohal
Mentions about Infonet E-Journal Consortium. Objectives, Scope and methodology of the study are highlighted. Assesses the access to the consortium by 100 (one hundred) users of Manipur University Library covering different parameters. Concludes to implement the opinions and suggestions of the users for improving the system.
Digital Preservation:Iinitiatives at IGNCA
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Chaubey, O N
Digital preservation is increasingly recognised as a vital part of managing digital resources This paper presents an over view of various Digital Preservation initiatives being undertaken. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance, based on our practical experience to those who wish to manage their digital collections. Appropriate materials, identification, metadata, copying, preservation and access consideration are dealt with in practical terms to help you understand how to manage your digital resources. This paper is an attempt to describe digital library initiatives being undertaken at IGNCA. This paper does not claim that the suggestions being presented here are the only possible answers, but we do believe that our experiences may help many people to get a start on managing and preserving their digital collections.
Digitization at Gandhi Smriti Library of Lbsnaa: An Initiative to Preserve the Rare Books
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Bist, Rajender Singh
Manuscripts provide rich, authentic information, facts and evidence for historical, legal and research references. Physical condition of the manuscripts may be decayed due to factors such as climate, insects, acidified paper and old age. A core function of libraries is to maintain and preserve the decaying/ damaged manuscripts for the present as well as use of the future generation. The most significant development in the recent times is to digitize the fragile and rare documents for better access, storage, preservation and dissemination. Digitization is an important aspect of developing digital libraries as it opens up new avenues of access, use, research and preservation of valued information resources. This paper deals with the key issues of digitization at the Gandhi Smriti Library of LBSNAA, which have started digitizing its rare collection with the aim of providing the cost-effective technical solutions for efficient development and delivery of digital services to provide enhanced access to the Library’s collections and other documentary resources, and also to provide shared access to digital collections in cooperation with other institutions. Further, it strives to provide the infrastructure for long-term management of digital material in the Library’s collection through provision of hardware and software systems supporting integrated collection management in a digital environment.
A consortium for College Libraries in Meghalaya : A Proposal
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Thabah, Jacqueline Jeane; Sumer, Firstborn Roy
Paper discusses the present scenario of affiliated College Libraries in Meghalaya and found that some of the libraries have computerized their collection. Moreover all the libraries have similar resources as they follow the same syllabi and also subscribe to some important journals. Due to financial constraints most of the libraries’ procurement is limited. This proposal may be considered as a pilot project which could be extended to a greater dimension. It could be a role model which could be implemented initially in the libraries situated in the Capital and extended to other libraries of the State and North-East region as a whole. The proposal follows the same concept as the UGCINFONET e-journals consortium, but intended for affiliated college libraries.
Role of Meta Search Engines in Web- based Information System: Fundamentals and Challenges
(INFLIBNET Center, 2006-11-09) Das, Subarna Kumar
Meta search engines are powerful tools that search multiple search engines simultaneously. Unlike crawler-based search engines such as Google, AllTheWeb, AltaVista and others, meta search engines generally do not build and maintain their own web indexes. Instead, they use the indexes built by others, aggregating and often postprocessing results in unique ways. Meta search engines accept your query, and send it out to multiple search engines in parallel. They are often quite fast, using private “backdoor” servers made available by the search engines they query. They get this privileged status thanks to revenue sharing agreements. There are several advantages to using meta search engines, though they’re not always the most appropriate tool. The most obvious advantage is that you can get results from multiple search engines without having to visit each in turn. Apart from the time savings, there is some evidence that this gives your search a broader scope, since each individual search engine’s index differs from all others. Present paper attempts to highlights the role of meta search engine in web- based information retrieval
Access to Web-based Community Information Services in North East India
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Singh, Ch Ibohal; Devi, Th Madhuri; Devi, N Vidyavati; Singh, N Giridhari
In this paper an attempt is being made here to highlight the access to web-based community information services of the Community Information Centres (CICs) in North East India. Emphasis has been given on the objectives, specific purposes, infrastructure, and major facilities and services. Points out the need for assessing the impact of the CICs to the people of the
Interoperability As A Bench Mark in Digital Libraries
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Gupta, Vibha; Ansari, Ansari
Digital libraries were viewed as systems providing a community of users with coherent access to a large, organized repository of information and knowledge. A given digital library system should provide a coherent, consistent view of as many of these repositories as possible. From the user’s perspective, to the extent possible, there should appear to be a single digital library system. Users increasingly have access to various types of digital collections and information systems: personal information resources, workgroup and organizational information collections and collaboration environments, and more public digital libraries. The digital library system needs to extend smoothly from personal information resources, workgroup and organizational systems, and out to personal views of the content of more public digital libraries.
Iinformation Handling in this E-Environment
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Pal, Rakesh Kumar
We are living in an information world. This has come because of the unbelievable scientific and technological progress. So much information is being generated that we are confronted with information explosion, information pollution and exponential growth of information. This is causing a concern for the communication, distribution, availability, access and exploitation fronts of information, particularly so in science and technology. Management of information is thus drawing greater attention. Information is recognized as both national and international resource and it should be utilized for the socio-economic, scientific and technological progress of mankind as a whole. Information is the basic need of the human beings. The crucial role that information plays can be gauged from the vast areas of human activities in which it finds application that includes: growth of knowledge and wisdom, decision-making and management, research and development, manufacture and industry, education and training and academic writing. No one can deny the fact that information is a vital input in research, education and training etc more so in the current digital environment.
Preservation of Digitized Information: New Challenges in the 21st Century
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-11-09) Sur, Subrata
Digital information preservation is always the thinking of library and information society. Transition from print format to electronic format has given rise to various issues in preserving the digital form. Preservation problem is complicated by the rapid obsolescence of the hardware and software required to interpret and present digital documents. This paper highlights the necessity of preserving the digital form, strategies related to preservation, technologies and UNESCO guidelines for digital preservation of library documents.

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