Knockdown the lockdown

1. “Knockdown the Lockdown”
Services catered by Smt. Hansa Mehta Library
during lockdown period
(24thMar-23rdApril – One Month)
Dr. Mayank Trivedi
University Librarian & Senate Member
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library
The M S Univesity of Baroda
Vadodara
Date : 27th April, 2020

2. • Since the lock down, all the libraries have been closed
down and many faculties of various Universities are not
able to access Scholarly Content e.g. Delhi Uni and many
more…
• Smt. Hansa Mehta Library is using KNIMBUS to provide
remote access to all the subscribed resources.
• It facilitates uninterrupted access to all resources which
helps faculties to work from home, carry out their
research, get information to conduct online classes, etc.
• HM Library is trying to enrich all MSU faculty with the
latest Knowledge and Information in a best possible way.
Usage of Learning resources from HML
Website (Remote access)

3. Types of services
• 30+ Trial access from various Publishers like -HBR Ascend,
Cambridge Uni Press, Oxford Uni Press, EBSCO, ProQuest,
Springer, GyanSagar etc…
• Dissemination of Academic Inf. through email/Whatsapp(60+)
• Support to MSU faculty for remote access(50+)
• Support for Anti-plagiarism Software(30+users)
• OPAC Services (40+ Users)
• Page Scanning (20+Users)
• Article Downloading (60+ Articles)
• E-Document Delivery Services(30+)
• Inter Library Loan(ILL) (15+)
• Virtual Meetings attended on various online platform(25)
• Library is always ready to work Proactively to support Digital
Learning, which is the need of the time.(Post COVID-2019)
• Virtual Users have been tremendously increased.(Graph attached)

4. Routine Activities
• Cleaning of HML and SSMT
• Community Services
• Waived off Library Overdue during Lockdown
• Disposal of garbage
• Sanitization of HML and SSMT
• Salary of Staff
• Payment to various parties
• Routine activities of HML and SSMT

5. Active Users

6. Usage Statistics

7. Page views, Searches, Downloads

8. 256
96
82
74
72
66
57
52
49
48
14.69
5.51
4.7
4.25
4.13
3.79
3.27
2.98
2.81
2.75
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Usage of IR During COVID-19
Total Searches :- 1743
Searches % of Total

9. Statistics from Knimbus

10. Total Remote Users
Total Registered Users 629
Active user 101
New User 93
Visits & Logins 13911
Cumulative View Searches and downloads 14297
Remote Access Views & Downloads 13336

11. Title Date Hosted by
EBSCOhost training session for MS
University Baroda
15-4-2020 GK Upadhyaya
ProQuest webinar: how to use ProQuest
during lockdown period
16-04-2020 Sanjay Rajan
EBSCOhost training session for MS
University Baroda 20-4-2020
GK Upadhyaya
Health through reading 23-4-2020 Dr. Mayank Trivedi
Health Sci libraries during COVID-19 22-4-2020 Dr. Mayank Trivedi
Webinar: ProQuest Dissertation & Theses
Global
24-4-2020 Sanjay Rajan
Prowess Database 21-04-2020 Prashant Joshi
CMIE Database 27-04-2020 Prashant Joshi
Webinars conducted

12. Website hits

13. Website hits

14. Website hits

15. Website hits

17. ……..Thank You
Stay Safe and Take Care…
PPTs will be available on :
https://www.slideshare.net/DrTrivedi1
https://www.slideshare.net/mayanktrivedi21/prese
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