National Digital Library of India Webinar by St. Francis Institute of Technology

Learning and Information Centre of St. Francis Institute of Technology organized a National Level Webinar on Awareness Program on e-Resources of NDLI (National Digital Library of India) for students, librarians and faculty members from Colleges all over the country on May 29, 2020 from 12.00 – 1.30 pm.

The webinar commenced with the customary College Anthem imploring God's blessings. The welcome address delivered by the Dean Academics - Dr. Kevin Noronha who gave an insight into St. Francis Institute of Technology. Ms. Chinmayee Bhange, Librarian introduced the Resource Person, Dr. Vignesh Sornamohan, Chief Strategic and Outreach Officer, National Digital Library of India, IIT Kharagpur.

Dr. Vignesh Sornamohan first spoke about the beginnings of NDLI – he said it had been launched by Ministry of Education, New Delhi and IIT, Kharagpur is the implementing institution. In his presentation, the Resource Person elaborated upon NDLI and its features, as well as the wide range of e-resources made available on NDLI Platform. He explained Use-Models of Content Access, Web Content Harvesting, NDLI Repository, Content contribution and Learning Management System.  He demonstrated how NDLI e-resources could be browsed by type, subject, and sources. He also demonstrated how users could access different types of Learning Resources such as E- articles, audio lectures, e-books, Question papers, Theses, and Video Lectures. He emphasized that NDLI has taken special care of young students during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering e-resources for students of CBSE class 9,10 11 and 12.  Participants were shown how to install NDLI App on their phones through Playstore via the  link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhrd.ndl&hl=en_IN.

The Webinar ended with an interactive quiz. There were total 159 participants for this Webinar.

The recording of this Webinar can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNoQP78s9I