A Move towards Digital India : Library’s Essential Role in Digitization

Dr. Atul Bhatt
Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
Gujarat University

Library Resources Centre, Institute of lawDepartment of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University
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Department of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University
Outline
Overview of Digital India – Vision and Mission
Digital India: Initiative (DII)
Digital Library Projects in India
Future of the Libraries and Library Profession
Learners Expectations from Academic Libraries
Things We Would Do Differently
Efforts to Meeting Challenges
Marketing and Promotion – Role of Social Media
Concluding Remarks

We want to have one mission and target: Take the nation forward –
Digitally, and Economically – Shri Narendra Modi
Overview of Digital India – Vision and Mission
•Announced prestigious ‘Digital India (DI)’ programme on August 15, 2014
The Digital India programmes is a flagship programmes of the
Government of India
Launched on July 1, 2015 through nation-wide celebrations of Digital India
Week The hallmark of the programme is its ‘Citizens First’ approach
Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future.

Vision of Digital India
•
Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
Governance and Services on Demand
Digital Empowerment of Citizens
The vision of Digital India programme is to transform India into a
digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

Digital India: Development and Framework
“Our youth has surprised the world with its IT skills.
Our ancestors used to play with snakes, we play
with mouse.” – Shri Narendra Modi

1 Broadband
Highway
2 Universal
Access to
Phones
3 Public Internet
Access Programme
6 Information
for All
5 eKranti – Electronic
delivery of Services
7 Electronic
Manufacturing
Target net
zero Imports
Nine Pillars of Digital India
4 E-Governance
Reforming Government
through Technology
8 IT
for
Job
9 Early Harvest
Programmes

eSign framework would allow citizens to digitally sign a document online
using Aadhaar authentication.
•
Digital Locker System aims to minimize the usage of physical documents and enable
sharing of e-documents across agencies. The sharing of the e-documents will be done
through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents
online.
MyGov.in has been implemented as a platform for citizen engagement in governance,
through a "Discuss", "Do" and "Disseminate" approach. The mobile app for MyGov
would bring these features to users on a mobile phone.

Swachh Bharat Mission Mobile app would be used by people and
Government organizations for achieving the goals of Swachh Bharat
Mission.
•
National Scholarships Portal is said to be a one stop solution for end to end
scholarship process right from submission of student application, verification, sanction
and disbursal to end beneficiary for all the scholarships provided by the Government
of India.
Bharat Net, a high speed digital highway to connect all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats of
country. This would be the world's largest rural broadband connectivity project using
optical fiber.

e-Hospital It provides important services such as online registration, payment of fees
and appointment, online diagnostic reports, enquiring availability of blood online etc.
•
e-Granthalaya is an Integrated Library Management Software developed by National
Informatics Centre,(NIC), Department of Electronics & Information Technology. The
application is useful for automation of in-house activities of libraries and to provide
various online member services. The software provides built-in Web OPAC interface to
publish the library catalogue over Internet.
BHIM is an app that makes payment transactions simple, easy and quick using Unified
Payments Interface (UPI). It enables direct bank to bank payments instantly and collect
money using a Mobile number or Payment address.

•
E-Pathshala: Transforming Learning through Technology
The Ministry of Human Resource Development introduced the e-Pathshala
programme to promote ‘learning on the go’ among students, teachers and parents.
Through this initiative, free access to NCERT books is available to students of classes 1
to 12. These books are available in both Hindi and English.
Next Generation Network (NGN) – This is a BSNL initiative which looks to
replace 30 year old exchanges, with this new IP-based technology to
manage all types of services like voice, data, multimedia/ video and other
types of communication services.

Digital Library Projects in India
•
Vidyanidhi: began as a pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility of Electronic
Theses and Dissertations in the Indian context This project got underway in the year
2000 at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore,
Manasagangotri, Mysore, sponsored by the National Information System for Science
and Technology, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science
and Technology, Government of India.
Digital Library of India is a digital library of books, which are free-to-read, searchable, predominantly in
Indian languages, available to everyone over the Internet. Very soon it is expected that this portal
would provide a gateway to Indian Digital Libraries in science, arts, culture, music, movies, traditional
medicine, palm leaves and many more. This project is a collaboration between different Indian
insitutes and Universities and Carnegie Mellon University under Universal Digital Library Project.

Ministry of Human Resource Development under its National Mission on Education through
Information and Communication Technology has initiated the National Digital Library (NDL) pilot
project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window
search facility.
Digital Library Projects in India (NDL)
•
National Digital Library (NDL) : The main objective of National Digital Library (NDL)
is to integrate all the existing digital contents across educational institutions of the
nation to provide single window access to the different group of users of our
country.
The NDL is providing help to the educational institutions (universities, institutions, colleges and
schools) to create an Institutional Digital Repository for collecting, preserving, and disseminating of
the intellectual output generated by their teachers, scholars, students and staff.

Digital Library Projects in India (NDL)
13,00,000+ Items have been authored by 1 lakh authors
Repository hosts contents from multiple subject domains like
Technology, Science, Humanities, Agriculture and others
Items are available in more than 70 languages
Repository integrates contents from different Indian Institutional
Repositories
Educational materials are available for users ranging from primary
to post-graduate levels

Library Resources Centre, Institute of lawLibrary Resources Centre, Institute of law
National Digital Library

Shodhganga

Changes in higher education
According to Richard Biddiscomb “The ‘killer –apps’ of
computing and the web are having a profound effect
on higher education”
Education Paradigms are shifting to include online
learning, hybrid learning and collaborative models.

Emerging Trends in Higher Education
 Open Distance Learning
 Online Learning / E-learning
 Collaborative Learning and Research
 Massive Open Online Courses
 Open Educational Resources – Open Courseware

Emerging Trends in Higher Education

Future of the Library
 “The future of the library is that there is no library: the functions that the
library performs have blown up and are scattered throughout the universe”
Steven J. bell and John Shank – The Blended Librarian
 Mike Shatzkin: Within 15 to 20 years the physical library will cease to exist;
patrons will access electronic material online, and the meeting places and
cyberbars will have migrated elsewhere.
 Above mentioned scenario may not be that alarming but the challenge
stands.

The Grand Challenges
 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution
 Explosive growth and usage of web resources
 Escalating cost of printed documents (Serials)
 Fluctuations in Exchange Rate
 Heightened level of users’ expectations
 Interactive virtual learning environment
 New patterns of scholarly publishing and communication

The Grand Challenges - Open movements
 Open is a key trend in future education and publication, specifically in terms of
 Open access
 Open source
 Open data
 Open education
 Open peer review

The Grand Challenges - Serial Crisis
•Journal subscriptions fees rise. (more than 42% increase in
cost for all periodicals) Library budgets are cut.
•Serials Crisis: No library can afford to buy
•subscriptions to all journals.
•Librarians become strong advocates of Open Access

Learners Expectations from Academic Libraries
Impact of ICT on Libraries
 Collection to Connectivity
 From Ownership to Accessibility
 From Akar to Nirakar
 From Real to Virtual
 From Paper to Pixel
 From More Space to More Bandwidth

Why go beyond formal methods?
 The 95 Percent Solution: School is not where most Americans learn
most of their science by John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking
 Recent findings challenge the longstanding belief that the place for
science knowledge acquisition is the classroom.
 International comparisons of trends in science knowledge over
lifetimes suggests that much if not most science knowledge is
acquired outside of school. American Scientist: v. 98 (Nov-Dec), 2010
Courtesy: from the Presentation Dr. H. Anilkumar

The Library of the Future
... … A Managed place … …with managed
digital space.

The Library of the Future Source: DNA 26/01/2014 Page 10

We have a window of opportunity
 It is estimated that developed economies and even China will face
shortage of about 40 million highly skilled workers by 2020.
12th Five Year Plan, Volume III Social Sector
 Current level of GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) in India stands at a figure of
18.8%. However this is very low compared to world average of 23.2%,
36.5 % for developing countries and 45% for many developed countries.
N. Sundarrajan, (2013) Achieving Target GER: Is Quantity the only Answer? University News, 51(49)
 India’s research output as global share of scientific publication was a
mere 3.5% in 2010 where as china’s share was 21 % in 2007.
Dr. Manmohan singh conf. of NIT Directors at Rashtrpati Bhavan Business Standard 7/11/2013

We have a window of opportunity
 People like libraries
 Libraries are considered hub of academic activities/ (till now)
 The window will not stay open forever. Alternatives will be
brought in force when available

Library as a knowledge Gateway
A Library is not a building staked with
books – it is a repository and source of
information and ideas, a place for learning
and enquiry for the generation of
thoughts and the creation of new
knowledge
-National Knowledge Commission 2005

Blueprints for future
Enhancing space and
support for creation -
based learning

increased student
success in connection
with library usage

Digital library software
DSpace
Greenstone
Eprints
Omeka
Invenio
Fedora
ResourceSpace

Digital library software -DSpace
DSpace is a digital library system to capture, store, index, preserve
and redistribute the intellectual output of a university’s research faculty
in digital formats. Dspace has been developed jointly by MIT Libraries
and Hewlett-Packard (HP). It is now freely available to research
institutions world-wide as an open source system.
Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital
library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and
publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. It is available for both
Windows and Linux O/S. It requires Perl software to build collections.

Eprints is generic archive software under development by the University
of Southampton. It is intended to create a highly configurable web-based
archive. EPrints primary goal is to be set up as an open archive for
research papers, but it could be easily used for other things such as
images, research data, audio archives anything that can be stored digitally
by making changes in configuration.
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the
display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and
exhibitions.

Invenio software developed by, maintained by, and used at, the CERN Document
Server. It allows you to run your own electronic preprint or digital library server, your
own online library catalogue or a document system on the web. It complies with the
Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAI-PMH) and uses MARC 21 as
its underlying bibliographic standard. It is a free software issued under GNU-GPL license.
Fedora is an Open-Source digital repository management system based on
the Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture (Fedora).
The Fedora repository system is open source software licensed under the
Mozilla Public License. It requires Sun Java Software Development Kit, v1.4.
Optionaly one can use MySql or Oracale 9i to create relational databse. It
works both on Windows and Unix versions of O/s.

Digitization is?
Digitization is the process of converting analogue
originals to computer-readable form
Digital imaging and scanning are mechanisms for
capturing a digital picture
A digital image is sampled and mapped as a grid of
squares known as picture elements (pixels)
Digital files use a binary format with a series of ‘1’ and
‘0’, ‘on’ and ‘off, to represent data

what can be delivered digitally
Born digital content
Paper and text content
Bound volumes or manuscripts
Photographs – prints, slides, transparencies
Video and audio
Maps, drawings and large paper formats

Digital library
Digital Libraries
Traditional Libraries
Index
Metadata
Search
DL creation &
processes
Users

Keeping in tune with the global
development, we have created an
institutional repository using
DSpace software. We are feeding
institutional intellectual outputs like
faculty papers, theses and
dissertations in PDF format at
DSpace. Students can access this
digital information anywhere on the
campus through our library server.
Knowledge Repository – Digital Library
Keeping in tune with the global
development, we have created
an institutional repository using
DSpace software. We are
feeding institutional intellectual
outputs like faculty papers,
theses and dissertations in PDF
format at DSpace. Students can
access this digital information
anywhere on the campus through
our library server.

Exam Papers & Press Clipping :Google Apps

What’s Happening@ILNU Library:
“Reference Management” – Zotero in DDS
We are managing DDS provided to
ILNU Faculties:
Different way to providing services
using Zotero
Content
Service
Bibliography
Cases

50Library Resources Centre, Institute of lawDepartment of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University
Programs are arranged to
spread the Awareness regarding
the Library. And Online Quiz
also arranged to know the output
of this program. And result is
very surprising with lot of
queries solved and interest in the
Library has been increasing.
Faculty Awareness :

Efforts to Meeting Challenges

Efforts to Meeting Challenges - Kindle e-book Readers

Features :Beyond Books
Wireless Access
E-ink, paper-like display
Reading Bookmarks
Dictionary
Notes and Highlights
Search Capabilities
Text-to Speech/ Audiobooks
And much more…

Marketing and Promotion

Role of Social Media in popularizing the Library

Best Practices in the Library
Technology adopted by Library - Library Website
Users are updated herewith
Various collections, activities,
And upcoming events also
URL:http://www.nirmauni.ac.in/ILLib

Using Social Media

“ILNU Library” - Library Mobile App (Android)
A Library Mobile Application is a easy way
for Users to connect with Library quickly
and easily through their mobile device
Institute Publications :
Highlighting Features of the Lib. Mob. App:
E-
Library
Press
Clippings
WebOPAC Exam
Papers

“ILNU Library Virtual Tour” – Virtual Visit from YouTube

Talk Show by the Students:
“Talk-SHOW” - A dialogue-based
discussion sessions: Informal
Session with Expert & Coffee...!

Technology adopted by Library
“Event Programme Videos” – One Stop Play

Digital CD Library
The CD Library is a CD/DVD-ROM
storage system which can hold 150
CDs/DVDs. The CD Library can
store all kinds of CD/DVD in 12cm
size,The unit can connect to the
personal computer via USB cable.
Users may find the CDs by CD
titles, CD contents, category,
remark, and etc

Extent of the use of Library Resources
& Services
Circulation 2007-2016 Circulation 2016
Average Circulation : 117 per day
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
No.ofBooksCirculatedperDay
Year - wise Circulation
Year - wise Average Circulation per Day
Jan Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Month-wise Average Circulation per Day
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov

Extent of the use of Library Resources
& Services
User Statistics 2007-2016 User Statistics 2016
Average User Visit : 224 per day
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
17
33
67
102
121 127
191
280 280
224
No.ofLibraryUser
Year - wise Average Usage per Day
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Jan Feb Mar. April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nove.
405
362
265
50
6
213
253
317
357
200
40
No.ofLibraryUser
Month - wise Average Usage per Day in 2016

It’s budding legal eagles
a collection of legal
happenings from all
around the world. It's a
bid to bring to your
computer and phone an
easy access to the news
of whatever that is
happening in this noble
profession, globally
Samiksha: Your One Stop Global Legal Digest Through the Looking Glass:
To Help & Motivate
Users to involve in
Collection
Development, this
Service is started for. It
provides you latest
Update with your
Favorite Subject’s
Books across the Globe
in various Subjects.

An user-friendly web-
based Open Source
library software KOHA
has been adopted at
the Library Resource
Centre to make it fully
automated.
Library Automation
An user-friendly web-
based Open Source
library software KOHA
has been adopted at
the Library Resource
Centre to make it fully
automated.

Library is providing
Remote-Login facility to
the users of Institute of
Law, Nirma University, All
final year UG students, PG
students, PH.D. Students
and faculty members are
using Remote-Login
facility for accessing
online and digital
resources at their home
Remote login - E-library
Library is providing
Remote-Login facility to
the users of Institute of
Law, Nirma University, All
final year UG students, PG
students, PH.D. Students
and faculty members are
using Remote-Login facility
for accessing online and
digital resources at their
home

Concluding Remarks
 Librarians need to improve new skills using the new
technology
 It requires reorientation of traditional skill of librarianship.
 Librarians must continue to educate themselves in the best
mechanisms for using information technologies
 Pass knowledge onto others so that the wealth of information
at our disposal can be tapped effectively and play vital role for
better and better change.

Concluding Remarks
 For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to
miss the future – John F. Kennedy (June 25, 1963)
 Role of libraries and librarians have changed, is changing and will
continue to change.
 Google is good but librarian is better in network environment.

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