Member libraries are usually homogeneous in nature and require crosssharing of the resources in a specific subject area. Agarwal indest aicte consortium, indian institute of technology, new delhi110016 the article discusses various consortia operating in india, the inception of indest aicte consortium, objectives. Indest consortium for the subscription to electronic resources for 38 academic institutions, including the indian institute of sciences, indian institute of technology, regional engineering colleges, indian institute of managements, and about 60 centrallyfundedaided. As a consortia of libraries, the indest would bring together institutions receiving financial support from these three ministriesdepartments of government of india. Of india which provides access to eresources asme, asce, oxford university journals. With the introduction of the consortium, the core members like iits got the access to 8000 eresources and online serials, which subsequently increased to more than 0. Pdf the indestaicte consortium, launched in, provides differential access to electronic journals and six bibliographic databases from a. The consortium was renamed as indestaicte consortium in december 2005 with the aicte playing pivotal role in enrolling its affiliated engineering colleges and institutions as members of the consortium for selected eresources at much lower rates of subscription. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it.
It covers the syllabus, result, solved question papers of previous years or answer keys and sample or format of june and december 20 examination for paper 1, 2 and 3. The term is delivered from the latin word for fellowship. The consortium is named as the indian national digital library in. Library consortia or buying clubs development is rooted in the history of library cooperative efforts and is now also driven by the need to provide remote users with licensed access to electronic resources that too very economically by sharing subscription cost. To subscribe electronic resources for the members of the consortium at highly discounted. The syllabus, sample or model question paper of national eligibility test net state eligibility test set state level eligibility test slet examination of university grants commission ugc conducted by national testing. Indest consortium for the fulltext resources and databases for various categories of institutions in the consortium would have costing rs. This paper discusses the status of information and communication technologies usage in indian libraries with special reference to special libraries and the efforts made by various institutions to propagate e. Indest consortium, set up by the mhrd ministry of human resources development, is instrumental in taking initiatives to deal with this fast emerging scenario in the country. Impact of information technology and role of libraries in the. Discusses briefly the concept and significance of consortia in indian context with a view to justify on the basis of tremendous growth as well as diversity of explicit knowledge, increased users demands, diminished budgets, galloping prices for subscribing periodicals and purchasing books, etc. Click on pdf icon links to view download fulltext article. The indestaicte consortium, launched in 2003, provides differential access to 12,000 electronic journals and six bibliographic databases from a. Use of information and communication technology in.
Library consortia, consortium, indestaicte consortium, resource sharing, collection development 1. Ugc net syllabus for anthropology free online nta ugc. The consortium was renamed as indest aicte consortium in december 2005 with the aicte playing a pivotal role in enrolling its approved engineering colleges and institutions as members of the consortium for selected eresources at much lower rates of subscription. The present study explains about indestaicte consortium of mhrd and ugc infonet consortium of inflibnet, ugc. May 17, 2015 download for free report this document. Nta ugc net solved question paper1 free online nta ugc. Daulat jotwani librarian, iit bombay 10th annual meet and workshop of indestaicte consortium, nit silchar, 56 may 2014 ebooks in libraries. Collection development and access to serials in the. Downloads brochure on indestaicte consortium indestaicte agreement form brochure for core members of indestaicte consortium. This may be applicable both in the case of digital libraries and digital archives as well as libraries interested in optimally managing their digital collection before rendering useful services from such collection. Library consortia are created to help libraries obtain better prices by buying joint access for a greater number. Downloads brochure on indest aicte consortium indest aicte agreement form brochure for core members of indest aicte consortium.
This paper highlights the consortia efforts in india like jccc consortium, indest consortium, csir e. The indestaicte consortium is the most ambitious initiative taken so far in the country. The consortium has been greatly benefiting the universities across the country. In this type, libraries are free to join and leave when they please. The following documents are being made available for download in the pdf xls format.
The paper presents most frequently use of ejournals by the core members and aicte supported members in select engineering colleges. Emergence of library consortia is a very promising development in this direction. Multiple choice type questions and answers 201250 free. Indest the indian national digital library in engineering sciences and technology consortium. Consortium was renamed as indest aicte consortium in december 2005 with the aicte playing a pivotal role in enrolling its approved engineering colleges and institutions as members of the consortium for selected eresources at much lower rates of subscription. If you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs. Library services government of india, all india council. Indest consortium are two major initiatives that have come to the rescue of academic libraries so that they can cater to the needs of academia with reasonable subscription fee. This paper provides an overview of the approach that the indest consortium has taken to promote consortia based resource sharing among the member libraries. At the time of preparation of this paper, total 26 other engineering colleges and institutions have also joined the consortium on payment basis. Authors deposits a soft copies of their publications and associated metadata into institutional archive in. Indestaicte consortium posters contact details form. Moreover, the indest consortium, as an openended proposition, welcomes.
Under indest consortium online access is provided to ieee iee electronic library iel, asce and asme to our university. Consortium is cooperative arrangement of groups with a policy of sharing resources among members. Free online ugc national eligibility test net state eligibility test set state level eligibility test slet guide in library and information science is prepared by badan barman for lis links. The indestaicte consortium provides access to more than 12000 electronic journals made available via twenty four publishers and five bibliographic databases from a number of publishers and aggregators to centrallyfunded technical institutions, government and governmentaided engineering colleges and private engineering colleges, and other organizations. Free online nta ugc net guide book covers the solved question papers of old ugc net, nta net, ugc set, ugc slet exam. Use and awareness about nlist eresources by the graduate. In this section, a general discussion on document management in digital form is attempted. Journal of advanced research in library and information science. Consortium headquarters to coordinate its activities2. The eresources accessible to the central library of iits core members through the indestaicte consortium are listed in table 9. Indest consortium for the subscription to electronic resources for 38 academic institutions, including the indian institute of sciences, indian institute of technology, regional engineering colleges, indian institute of managements, and about 60 centrallyfundedaided government institutions through the consortium. Indestaicte consortium and nlist are three major initiatives for universities and college library users. Library services click below the links to read the relative content. It also discusses the challenges and issues faced by library consortia with special reference to indest aicte consortium.
Ugc net syllabus for anthropology free online nta ugc net. The present study explains about indest aicte consortium of mhrd and ugc infonet consortium of inflibnet, ugc. Indian national digital library in engineering science and. The members of this consortium get access to current as well as archival resources. Click on the desired journals title, you will get a page containing volume issue as shown below. Impact of information technology and role of libraries in.
Introduction the success and survival of libraries will much depend on how much and to what extent the libraries. The iit delhi has been designated as the consortium headquarters to coordinate its. Use of nlist programme and the role of college librarians. This will take you to a page containing table of contents with full text pdf icon link. Besides this, it also subscribes journals and databases of jstor eresources, department of biotechnology sponsored delcon, ielieee online, springer e. The institute is also a member of esodh sindhu formerly indest consortium, mhrd, govt. Indest aicte consortium and nlist are three major initiatives for universities and college library users. The project entitled national library and information services infrastructure for scholarly content nlist, being jointly executed by the ugcinfonet digital library consortium, inflibnet centre and the indestaicte consortium, iit delhi provides for i crosssubscription to eresources subscribed by the two consortia, i. Iits and nits to establish eprint archives and acts as content providers. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugc.
Daulat jotwani librarian, iit bombay 10th annual meet and workshop of indestaicte consortium, nit silchar, 56 may 2014 e. Organising esources is one of the important and crucial works to provide services to the users of the library information system. Indest consortium, set up by the mhrd ministry of human resources. The indest is proposed to function as consortium of engineering and technological libraries for buildingup core digital collection in engineering and technology. Journal of advanced research in library and information. Libraries in india have been affected by an uncertain financial environment in which resource. Indest aicte is one of the most useful library consortia related to. Pdf the indest aicte consortium, launched in, provides differential access to electronic journals and six bibliographic databases from a. Nta ugc net solved question paper1 free online nta ugc net.
Indestaicte consortium merged in eshodh sindhu icolc. Members of the indest consortium generally have a networked. Indest aicte consortium posters contact details form. Previous research study on consortium library consortium is an association of libraries established by formal agreement, usually for the purpose of improving services or facilities through resource sharing among its members dong and zou 2009 1.
Consortia are formed with an objective to enhance the purchasing power of the participating libraries in the present scenario of. Consortia for management college libraries in the e. Journal of computing an evaluation of eresources in. A decade of service for engineering, science and technology community of the country bibhuti b. Usage of electronic resources is getting higher year by year. Consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium and extend access to selected e resources to its member institutions including centrallyfunded technical institutions, universities and colleges that are covered under 12b and 2f sections of the ugc act. Statement showing total download of journal articles sr. Closed group consortia it is within defined group either by affiliation and collaboration, among them like csir, dae, iim consortium and the formation and operation of the consortia guidelines and its administration are fairly simple and easy. It also discusses the challenges and issues faced by library consortia with special reference to indestaicte consortium. Recently mhrd formed eshodhsindhu merging three consortia, namely ugcinfonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Library consortia, consortium, indest aicte consortium, resource sharing, collection development 1. The national library and information infrastructure for scholarly content nlist were proposed to the ministry of human resource development mhrd under its national mission on. A decade of service for engineering, science and technology.