INFLIBNET's Institutional Repository

Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and the Information Library Network (INFLIBNET) the two Inter-University Centres (IUC's) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) were set up with common facilities as IUC's equipped with infrastructure for research and academic activity in the universities of higher education in the country considering the fact that heavy investment on infrastructure and other cost-intensive central facilities may be beyond the reach of individual institutions. CEC and the INFLIBNET Centre of UGC provide information support for education and research in colleges and universities through their services and facilities. While CEC concentrates on creation and dissemination of multimedia-based learning resources, the INFLIBNET specialises in textual-based information retrieval services through its union databases and by facilitating access to full-text and bibliographic e-resources through consortium arrangements. Both the organizations make intensive use of Internet, Web and other communication technology to develop and disseminate their services. While both the institutions work primarily for the same goal, albeit separately, there is a lot of scope for the them to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate in the process of creation, development and dissemination their resources and services. The Internet and Web technology offer virtual environment that facilitate collaboration, hitherto, not possible in the traditional communication system. There is, therefore, an opportunity to examine and evaluate the activities, services and functionalities of the two institutions, identify gaps in resources, services and infrastructure and flag potential areas of coordination and collaboration. The two organizations may also redefine their roles in changing scenario and identify modalities to work in tandem with inputs from their users and experts in Media, Communication and Library Information Science.

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Issue Date	Title	Author(s)
29-Jan-2009	Information and Communication Technology in Academic Libraries	Arora, Jagdish
29-Jan-2009	Issues and Strategies in Digital Preservation	Harineeswaran, V; Nithyananda, K
29-Jan-2009	Epitaph of Digital Distribution : A Restorative Conundrum	Vaish, Anurika
29-Jan-2009	Virtual Learning Environment: Issues and Challenges before LIS Schools and Libraries	Singh, Ibohal; Devi, Madhur
29-Jan-2009	A Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Initiation:	Kaur, Sarbjot; Aggarwal, Sunil
29-Jan-2009	Web 2.0 and Library 2.0	Sivakumar, G
29-Jan-2009	Metadata Standards for Textual and Multimedia Content	Prasad, ARD; Madalli, Devika P
29-Jan-2009	Digital Preservation: An Overview*	Arora, Jagdish
29-Jan-2009	Reshaping the World of Scholarly Communication : Open Access and the Free Online Scholarship Movement	Munshi, Usha Mujoo
29-Jan-2009	Open Source Movement and Education: Opportunities and Implications	Sasikumar, M
29-Jan-2009	Library 2.0 : Innovative Technologies for Building Libraries of Tomorrow*	Arora, Jagdish
29-Jan-2009	Virtual University: Ways to Make it Real	Mohanty, B; Jain, Rakshak
29-Jan-2009	Towards EDUSAT II	Bhatia, Bhupendra Singh