N-LIST program of INFLIBNET
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This document discusses the role of online journals and library consortiums in research, with a focus on the N-LIST program run by INFLIBNET in India. It defines electronic publications and categories like e-journals, aggregators, and consortiums. It describes how INFLIBNET and its N-LIST program provide access to online resources for colleges through a library consortium. The document concludes that electronic publications are beneficial but still need adoption, and librarians play an important role in encouraging access and managing issues with new technologies.
N-LIST program of INFLIBNET
- 1. Role of Online Journals and Library Consortium on research : with special reference to N-LIST Programme of INFLIBNET by Tapan Barui, Librarian, B.B. College, Asansol, Burdwan, West Bengal, India Introduction Electronic Publication -Features -Categories Online Journals/E-journals Aggregator Consortium/Consortia E-Reference Source E-Zine Electronic Thesis and Dissertation INFLIBNET -N-LIST Conclusion
- 2. Introduction • Library is a store house of books, journals and other non-book learning materials- backdated definition. • In modern era, library is not confined into a room or building – Virtual Library. • It reaches to the users online and 24x7 hrs. • Price-hike of printed materials and other cost. • Development of Information and Communication Technology. contd…
- 3. Contd… • Publication of E-documents – e-books, online journals, databases etc. • Resource sharing – library consortia are evolved. • INFLIBNET – an Indian library and information network. • N-LIST – Library consortium for colleges. • UGC-Infonet – another Library consortium for universities and research institutions.
- 4. Electronic Publications Main Feature of Electronic Publication • They can be accessed anywhere in the world with some mechanical assistance like computers, E- book reader device like Palm digital reader, Microsoft’s Reader and Lonely Planet’s phone interface etc. • They can be delivered instantly. • They can be downloaded and saved on the local computer for further reference. • Users can view images, graphics and multimedia which makes reading a more enjoyable experience. • They are searchable and hyperlinks, copying and editing facilities give it a more interesting aid.
- 5. Categories of E Publishing Electronics books An electronic book has electronic text and that text is represented to the reader visually. The electronic text can be saved to a memory device like the hard disk of a computer, Pen drives, CD ROM etc. It can be downloaded from the internet or built into a palm sized digital reader. Project Gutenberg is one of the famous publisher of book length electronic texts, began in 1971. By the end of 2011, this publisher has created and distributed more then 100000 electronic texts, which include several main categories of books including classic and light literatures and reference books. Mostly the format for the E books is in PDF format, SGML, and HTML. Contd…
- 6. Contd… E-Journals E- Journals have become major resources in scholarly research. The history of E-Journals began with the full text databases offered by DIALOG in1980. With the emergence of Internet; revolution took place in the journal and periodical publication sector. Now major publishers are using Internet and the web as a global way for making their publication available to all. Access to E-journals means rights to access. When the library subscribes to the E-Journals it gets permission to access the remote location where the information is being stored. For that the subscriber gets a user id and password which can be used from any user terminal in the library or else where. Sometimes Publishers deliver the E-Journals to subscribers through CD- ROM or through their web sites. Mostly E journals are available as databases where a number of E-Journals are available together. This may be from different publishers, but collected and maintained by a particular vendor. Some of the renounced publishers and vendors are: Contd…
- 7. Contd… 1. Elsevier science ( provide access to more then 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals) 2. Addition-Wesley ( covers subjects like computer science, Economics, Health Science and others) 3. Benjamin Cummings (covers varied subjects like Chemistry, Finance, Computer Science and lots others) 4. The academic press through IDEAL database( Full text of 180 journals on the web) 5. Springer-Verlag ( more then 240 full text Journals) 6. Blackwell Publishers ( Offers access to E journals on humanities and Social Sciences through ingenta.com)
- 8. Aggregator • An aggregator is a database, collection of electronic publications, most commonly a searchable collection of electronic journals. • It provides access to a large number of e-journals from a range of different publishers. • Aggregator has come as a big solution to the librarians as there is no need of contacting each and every publisher for making their publication available for use. • It has made it possible to present electronic content as a simplified access to a range of publishers and purchasing of a large collection, allow libraries to quickly address the information needs of their patrons.
- 9. Consortia • A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. • With the Information explosion, it is becoming difficult for the librarian to satisfy the increasing information need of the users. • Due to economic reason no library is in a position to acquire all such information in print or other form. • Due to cost effectiveness, librarians are coming together in the form of consortia for resources sharing. • In India, CSIR Consortia, FORSA, IIM Library Consortia , INDEST Consortium and UGC-infonet e-journal consortium, N-LIST are some of the consortia serving the varies kinds of institution in the country.
- 10. Electronic Reference Sources • Now various vendors and publishers are providing various reference sources in electronic form through their databases and web sites such as dictionaries, yearbook, encyclopedia’s etc. • Some of then are dictionaries online (www.dictionaries.com, www.dic.leo.org); yearbooks online (www.uja.org); directories online ( www.people.yahoo.com ) etc. • Wikipedia is a new form of popular reference source which does not have its printed counterparts. • Lots of information are available in the Wikipedia and the most interesting thing is that new information can be added by the user and the information available can also be altered.
- 11. E-zine E zine is the abbreviation for Electronic magazine. • The electronic accessibility of magazine is very useful for the user of the library, as many users can access the issues simultaneously; • It saves the cost of extra copies for the library. • In print subscription the issues might get lost sometime due to postal delay, or theft. • This can be checked with the electronic publication. • Some sources of e-zines are www.indiatoday.com , www.news.sify.com. etc.
- 12. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation This is a very useful service as far as the libraries in the academic field are concerned. • It reduces the duplication of research works and gives assistance for the selection of the research area to the users of the libraries. • As these can be searched subject wise, it reduce the labour of the reference staff as well as user a lot. • Some of these are www.unesco.org/webworld.etd/contribution.html ; http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in etc.
- 13. Advantages of E-Documents 1. A single interface to find and retrieve information. 2. No need of negotiation for the price with a number of different journals publishers 3. Can be accessed from any place according to the user’s convenience. 4. Most updated information can be provided. 5. Reduce the storage space. 6. With the availability of user friendly, simple, advanced and customized search facility more specific information can be retrieved in minimum time. 7. It is very helpful for the interlibrary loan. As a request can be taken care of immediately after getting the request, if the information is available in the electronic form. 8. Back issues of the periodicals can be accessed irrespectively the purchasing date which enable the user to use the journal in an enhanced way. 9. With the help of the Central Govt. of India negation can be done with other countries, so that resource sharing can be done and the library user can be provided the foreign publication with least cost
- 14. INFIBNET Library and Information Networks in India Some of the important and significant networks that exist in India are given below: • General Networks: NICNET (1977), INDONET (1986),I-NET (formerly VIKRAM (1991), RABMN (1991) • Library Networks (Metropolitan): CALIBNET (1986), DELNET (1988), PUNET (1992), ADINET (1993), MALIBNET (1993), BONET (1994), MYLIBNET (1995),BALNET (1997). • Library Networks (Wide Area): INFLIBNET (1991) • Information Networks (Sectoral): ERNET (1986),VIDYANET, OPNET, SIRNET, BTISNET, DESINET(1986) For details of the INFLIBNET we should go to the website www.inflibnet.ac.in
- 15. Conclusion The INFLIBNET Centre is a great boon to Indian higher education system in satisfying its information needs. Researchers are benefitted by the services of INFLIBNET. Library and information professionals role has to be redefined in view of the information technology developments and they need to weigh all the alternatives and procure some of the documents in electronic formats keeping in mind the users actual need and interest. As electronic publication is a very recent phenomenon still lots of people are ignorant about the benefit they can avail from it. So librarian’s role is to encourage the users to access it and get benefited. So user education is very crucial. As number of issues is there to be taken care of by the library professional like, technological issues, managerial issues, archiving and accessing back files ,accessibility, awareness, and coverage, pricing and compatibility of hardware and software and lots more, the librarians role becomes very crucial.
- 16. Thank you to all!