'N-LIST Project'

Kapil Sibal inaugurates 'N-LIST Project'
New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal inaugurated the "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST) Project" here on Tuesday

The N-LIST project provides access to more than 2,100 electronic journals and 51,000 electronic books to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions through servers installed at the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre.
Authorized users from colleges can now access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed in the INFLIBNET Centre.Faculty, staff students and researches from colleges covered under section 12B of UGC Act are eligible to access e-resources through the N-LIST project. These colleges are required to register themselves on the N-LIST Website.Currently, 665 colleges are registered members. Registered colleges are issued Log-in ID and passwords for their authorized users including faculty, staff, researchers and students.Colleges that are not covered under 2F/12B Act of the UGC may join as N-LIST Associate Members.The UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre, INDEST-AICTE Consortium and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi are jointly executing the N-LIST Project.The project provides for cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and UGC-INFONET resources for technical institutions; and access to selected e-resources to colleges. (ANI)
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NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR)

Hi,
The following journals published by NISCAIR can now be accessed online:
IJBB: Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics
IJC-A: Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section A
IJC-B: Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section B
IJPAP: Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics
JSIR: Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
IJRSP: Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics
IJCT: Indian Journal of Chemical Technology
IJEMS: Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences
IJMS: Indian Journal of Marine Sciences
IJEB: Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
IJBT: Indian Journal of Biotechnology
IJFTR: Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research
IJNPR (NPR): Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) [Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)
JIPR: Journal of Intellectual Property Rights
BVAAP: Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika
ALIS: Annals of Library and Information Studies
IJTK: Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
Source: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ accessed on 27/04/2010

Variety Book Sales

Hi,
One more exhibtion for those avid readers!!...Here are the details....

VARIETY BOOK SALES
VENUE: PRABHODANKAR THAKAREY AUDITORIUMSODAWALA LANE, BORIVALI WEST
TIME: 11.00 AM TO 9.00 PM
DATE: 30/04/2010
Contact: Mr. S. Khojem on 9820763302 for details

Book Fair at Churchgate

Hi,
Ashish Book Centre has organized a Book Exhibition and are offering a discount of 85% on the books.
The book "India - 50: the making of a Nation" by Ayyaz Memon and Ranjana Banerjee which originally costs Rs. 2000/- is available at a cost of Rs. 295/- only. Also the book "India: Travel Guide 9 Lonely Planet" which costs Rs. 1500/- is available for Rs. 500/- only.
Venue: Sunderbhai Hall
Behind Income Tax Office
Churchgate
Mumbai 400020
Dates: 16 April 2010 to 3 May 2010
Time: 9.30 am to 8.30 pm

Nature India

Nature India is a one-stop site for information on Indian science. The website, serving the scientific community of the world’s largest democracy, provides information on jobs, events, the best research and science news from India. Through in-depth features and commentaries, leading members of the scientific community, scientists and journalists reflect on contemporary issues affecting Indian science. It also provides free access to some handpicked premium content from various NPG journals.

http://www.nature.com/nindia/index.html

Source: Website of Nature India/ Accessed on 13/04/2010

National Library Websites

www.library.uq.edu.au/natlibs/websites.html

Source: University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (Site accessed on 13/04/2010)

e-facilities edge out Ahmedabad's old libraries

e-facilities edge out Ahmedabad's old libraries
Priya Adhyaru-Majithia / DNAMonday, April 12, 2010 10:27 IST
Ahmedabad: When information is available at the click of a mouse, why browse among dusty, wooden cabinets filled with dog-eared, books, yellowed with age, their pages brittle, and silverfish thriving in them?

The city’s traditional libraries with their tall, whitewashed buildings are fast becoming redundant. Booklovers and students in the city are shying off conventional reading places and heading for the stylish ambience of modern, fully air-conditioned libraries with steel racks and books with crisp pages.

But what really gives the modern libraries an edge over their traditional elder cousins is the fact that they also make their stock available to their readers online. This obviates the entire process of physically having to go to a library to borrow or return a book.

The librarians of the city’s old libraries told DNA that the Indian library scene is set for a radical transformation. Bharti Desai, librarian in-charge of Gujarat Vidyapith, said there had been a 40 per cent drop in the number of daily visitors to Vidyapith library.

“Grants for new books and maintenance of the place have gone up but, strangely, the number of people using the library has fallen,” she said. “Why would anyone make an effort to visit a library when the information one needs is easily available on the internet?”MJ Library, believed to be the biggest library in the city with the best collection of books, was once visited by more than 1,500 readers a day. Its librarian, Prabhatsinh Dabhi, said the number of readers had now come down to an average of 700 entries per day.

“Also, there has been a decline of about 30% in the membership of the library’s Bal Kishor Vibhag [children’s section for kids under 14 years],” he said. “The time-consuming procedure for borrowing books has become outdated and is, apparently, discouraging library users.”

The BJ Institute of Learning and Research Library which has a rich collection of about 11,000 catalogued manuscripts, is another major resource for the city’s students and researchers. Its director, Ramjibhai Savalia, said the library was used particularly by people doing research in Gujarati, Sanskrit and Prakrit languages.


Source: DNA dated 12th. April, 2010
Accessed from http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_e-facilities-edge-out-ahmedabad-s-old-libraries_1370335 on 13/04/2010.