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The higher education system in India is very large and complex. India has the third largest higher education system in the world behind China and the United States, comprising more than 471 universities, 22,064 affiliated colleges, and 5.21 lakhs faculty. The UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to...
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... cost recovery factor for each resource is shown in Fig. 3, which reflects that the cost recovery factor for JSTOR is highest followed by Springer. The total cost that has been recovered amounts to Rs 308.9 crores as against the total expenditure of Rs 40.5 crores in the year 2008 with Rs 268.4 crores as the cost of articles downloaded in ...
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... The Project focuses on the usage of Electronic Information accessible through UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium on the campus of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Jagdish Arora & Kruti Trivedi, (2010) have observed that the education system in India is large and complex. India plays an eminent role in higher education system in the world behind China and the United states. ...
This study analyses the survey was undertaken among the academic community, they have been utilized Electronic Resources by the respondents from selected State Universities of Kerala, India. The analysis attempt to know the awareness of UGC-INFONET, purposes of use UGC-INFONET consortium resources, level of satisfaction, preference given to download the full text articles, use of databases and respondents observed constraints, barriers and limitations while access the UGC-INFONET services offered in the Select State Universities of Kerala. The respondents of the study were 421 from selected State Universities in Kerala State, India. The Respondents categorize include Teaching faculty, Research Scholars and PG Students, the analysis made effective use of Electronic resources in rely on academic research prevalence of their needs in the Six State Universities of Kerala. The results examined out of 421 respondents, 220 (52.3%) of them belong to Research scholar. majority of respondents 109 (25.9%) are post graduates and 75 (17.8%) are having PG with NET qualification. Mean value for ‘To borrow books’ was 3.86 and assigned the rank one. Majority of respondents 416 (98.8%) are searching for educational and research Information. The findings of the study could identify the various parameters while access Electronic resources by the academic community. The study would helpful to bring to access Electronic Information for momentum of gain research and academic ideas among the users.
... The Project focuses on the usage of Electronic Information accessible through UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium on the campus of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Jagdish Arora & Kruti Trivedi, (2010) have observed that the education system in India is large and complex. India plays an eminent role in higher education system in the world behind China and the United states. ...
The study analyses that UGC-INFONET services offered in the Select State Universities of Kerala. The respondents of the study were 421 from selected State Universities in Kerala State, India. The Respondents categorize include Teaching faculty, Research Scholars and PG Students, the analysis made effective use of Electronic resources in rely on academic research prevalence of their needs in the Six State Universities of Kerala. The results examined out of 421 respondents, 220 (52.3%) of them belong to Research scholar. majority of respondents 109 (25.9%) are post graduates and 75 (17.8%) are having PG with NET qualification. Mean value for ‘To borrow books’ was 3.86 and assigned the rank one. Majority of respondents 416 (98.8%) are searching for educational and research Information. The findings of the study could identify the various parameters while access Electronic resources by the academic community. The study would helpful to bring to access Electronic Information for momentum of gain research and academic ideas among the users.
... Higher Education in India is one of the largest and oldest systems of higher education found anywhere in the world. [3] [4] Objectives To bring out a clear picture of library consortiums in higher education institutes in India; To study the major initiatives taken by Government of India to strengthen institutional libraries; To study the consortia related library services in higher educational institutions; To study about the UGC-INFONET, INDEST, NLIST and E-SHODHSINDHU Consortium. ...
The Higher Education system of India has tremendously transformed into a high quality affordable educational system over the past two decades. It ensures universal access to low-cost high-quality university education for students of all levels. A student-centric learning-driven model of education with well-planned expansion, India has not only bettered its enrollment numbers but has dramatically enhanced its learning outcomes at higher education level. A differentiated three-tiered university system comprising highly selective elite research universities, comprehensive universities and specialised institutions and an array of highly accessible and high-quality colleges has enabled institutions to build on their strengths and cater across different categories of educational needs. Hassel free access to e resources to academic libraries in the higher education system through consortia has come a long way. The steps were taken by Ministry of Human Resource Development, the government of India in this concern are praiseworthy. The present study concerns about how the major consortia activities in India with special reference to UGC INFONET, INDEST and NLIST consortia and how they have been merged to form a single entity named e-ShodhSindhu, Consortia for Higher Education e resources which is appreciable and will definitely strengthen higher education system in India with free and or highly subsidized access to scholarly E-resources to help educational institutions in fulfil their mission in to reality.
... It is a multiple service network that offers catalogue-based services, database services, document supply services, collection and development and communications based services 2 . INFLIBNET has a website of its own where it offers all these services under separate classification categories 3 . ...
This paper aims to develop a standardised tool to measure the impact of INFLIBNET services.The methodology involves validation of the impact assessment scale by establishing reliability and validity. Construct validity was established initially, based on previous research findings on impact assessment. This was followed by content validity by asking opinion from three experts, who rated the scale to be highly valid, along with certain modifications. Later, Test Retest reliability was established using data from 21 respondents with an interval 75 days. 'r' value ranges from 0.46 - 0.49 for different subscales. Alpha co-efficiency was also calculated χ value range between 0.54 and 0.80, Thus, the scale was found to be stable and valid and ready for identifying impact of INFLIBNET services. The paper involves application of Psychometry in the field of Library Science, emphasizing the importance of standardisation in assessment of any new resources/ service.
... The UGC, through the INFLIBNET Centre, has successfully infused a new culture of electronic access to scholarly information amongst academic community in universities through two major initiatives namely, "UGC-INFONET Connectivity Programme" that provides for networking of university campuses with state-of-the-art campus wide networks and Internet bandwidth, and the "UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium", which provides access to selected scholarly electronic journals and databases in different disciplines. Hence, libraries and information professionals are required to play a proactive role in promoting usage of resources amongst faculty and researchers (Arora and Trivedi, 2010). ...
UGC-INFONET E-Journals Consortium launched by UGC is one of the biggest and ambitious programmes in the history of higher education in India. All universities and colleges who are under the purview of UGC have been provided UGCINFONET connectivity and access to scholarly e-Journals and Databases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the Consortium by the PG students and Research Scholars in the Alagappa University, Karaikudi. Further, the data is collected through a questionnaire to study the information needs of the PG students and Researchers and in the Alagappa University, Karaikudi. The paper reveals that UGC- INFONET Consortium is very much essential to help in fulfilling the ever increasing information needs of the users. There is also need to create awareness and train the users to access the UGC-INFONET Journals to make its uses effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, addition of new of Journals in the Consortium is necessary to keep the users updated and satisfy their needs.
E-ShodhSindhu Consortium is an innovative project conceived and launched by MHRD Government of India and executed by INFLIBNET Centre to provide access to full text resources and database to the research and academic community in India. One of the objectives, inter alia, is to create awareness among the research scholars regarding the aims, membership databases, E-resources of Shodhsindhu consortia. E-ShodhSindhu is the best way of a common infrastructure and it has become very important. The budget problem is solved as the e-resources are accessed at lower subscription rates with easy terms of subscription under the single window.
Any cooperative association of libraries, whether they are school, public, academic, special, or information centres, that organises resources and/or activities on behalf of its members is known as a library consortium. The information age has given rise to library consortiums across the globe. The aim of this study was to comprehend the growth and progress of library collaborations in India. The distinguishing traits, resource categories, and service offerings of these consortia collaborations in India were examined using a checklist. It is made clear that the consortia's resource offerings differ depending on the needs of their user base. While the CSIR collaboration offers the greatest quantity of e-resources, INFONET, HELINET, E-ShodhSindhu (INFLIBNET), and CeRA consortiums offer bibliographic databases, full text e-journals, and free E-Resources.
The changing scenario in library environment has arisen for the need and use of E-Resources along with print version. Electronic journals (E-Journals) bring new challenges before the library and information professionals to give full-text access to scholarly publications both in print and electronic version to its end users. Access of information to the remote user has always been a challenge and delivery of information service is not a new concept as it has before printing media was invented. Due to the information explosion, it is challenging to manage the information manually but the more recent technologies have helped to overcome these obstacles. A Consortium could be described as a group of organizations who come together to fulfil a combined objective that usefully requires cooperation and sharing of resources. There are many hundreds of library consortia around the world planned along many different lines. The emergence of the Internet, mainly, the World Wide Web (WWW) as a new media of information delivery triggered the proliferation of Web-based full-text online resources. An increasing number of publishers are using the Internet as a global way to offer their publications to the international community of scientists. The finest and most influential outcome of ICT development is the creation of e-resource which changes our libraries in every aspect. Electronic resources (or E-resources) are information resources which are available in electronic form. E-journal consortium is a major breakthrough for libraries to fulfil the information requirements of their users.
The present study has been undertaken to assess the availability of various types of E-resources available under DeLCON and UGC-Infonet Consortia and to find out the extent of use of these E-resources by the Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Post-Graduate Students of Assam University belonging to Biomedical and Ecology & Environmental Sciences. For this, a survey has been conducted using a well-designed questionnaire which was circulated randomly among 250 respondents. Based on filled up questionnaires, the data has been analysed and inferences were made based on standard statistical techniques. For the data analysis, the percentage technique has been adopted and for creating the graphs, Microsoft Excel (application software) has been used. Suggestions and recommendations were made on the basis of responses and opinions received from the respondents.
The study reveals that majority of the respondents (54%) use equally printed and electronic resources available in Assam University. It has been found that E-Journals and E-Books are the types of E-Resources which are mostly used by the (57.04%) and (38.52%) respondents respectively. It has been observed that the maximum number of respondent’s (72.59%) access E-Resources from their concerned departments (LAN). Most of the respondents (85.49%) are aware of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortia, whereas (47.67%) respondents are aware of DeLCON Consortia. DeLCON Consortia is mostly famous to Biotechnology users as information available in DeLCON Consortia is mainly related to Biotechnology subject. Major problems faced by users while accessing E-Resources through consortia is the slow downloading speed of internet.
The study reveals that there is a need to evaluate the DeLCON & UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortia periodically and include more number of E-journals in the consortium and to make available more full-text article in the emerging field of research. The infrastructure facilities of Assam University should be enhanced for better utilization of available E-resources. Higher speeds Wi-Fi campus needs to be developed by AUS so that user members can use online E-resources within the campus according to their suitability.
India has one of the largest and most complex higher educational systems in the world. Prior to a few decades ago, due to multifarious reasons, India was unable to attract a good number of foreign students in its universities. Keeping this in mind, the Government of India has taken various steps and launched a few ambitious programmes like the Pan-Africa project, UGC-Infonet, and the E-Journals Consortium. All these efforts have contributed to establishing the Indian higher education system as one of the best in the world. Now, Indian universities and other institutes are open to the global market and hope to attract foreign students. The establishment of the distance learning university, Indira Gandhi National Open University, has immensely helped in attracting a large number of international students and it has also brought remarkable changes in the field of self-learning and distance education. This chapter discusses the global shift toward transnational distance learning and India’s role in this transition.
