VVP Engineering College Library has celebrated digital library week as per the guidance of AICTE under the concept of Digital India during 1st to 7th July 2015

1. Wel-come to VVP Knowledge Center
Awareness
About Digital Facilities of Library
Under
AICTE-Digital India Week Celebration
2nd July to 7th July-2015
By
Dr. Tejas Shah-Librarian-VVP Engg. College,
Rajkot, Gujarat,India
tejlibrarian@gmail.com
KNOW AND
GROW
KNOW AND
GROW
level of skills of India's people will have to
be significantly improved in order to make
full use of the new initiative.
……….Azim Premji
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2. AICTE has suggested to organize
programs under Digital India week
as below mentioned point….
“Digital Literacy – Information
and Communication
Technology ( ICT ) in Higher
and Technical Education”
Our VVP Library has already adopted such ICT
enabled facilities…..the highlights are………follows….
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3. Meaning of Digital????
• Meaning of Digital is : The thing which is not
physical i.e. virtual or digital whether it is
book, journal, magazine, video lectures,
lecture notes, CD/DVD, Mobile Apps, etc.
which are available digitally is call “Digital”.
• Digital Library means: Every kind of reading
material and facility provided digitally are
called “Digital Library” whether it is in house
facility or through web
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4. VVP Knowledge
Centre
Inspired by our Visionary Chairman Sir and
Motivated by Principal Sir 4

5. Advantages of Digital Libraries
 Save the space of library
 Access from any where and any time with computer and
internet
 24 x 7 Accessibility
 Manage and retrieve large number of information
 User-friendly
 Break the time, space and language barrier
 useful for everyone who wants to get quick information of
every subject from the world of knowledge
 Job, training and recruitment will be profiled
 Many users can used simultaneously
 Cost effective
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6. Digital Facilities of VVP
Library
LIBRARY AUTOMATION
• Library is centrally computerized with the use of
SOUL software (Network Version) since 2006.
• Barcode reader and software helped to make
entire house keeping activities very fast and
accurate.
• Bar-coded I card is provided to every users of VVP
Library for computerized transaction
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7. Library Automation…

8. Digital Facilities……
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS..
IEEE, SCIENCE DIRECT,
ASME, ASCE, DELNET, ETC…..
> RS. 18 LAC YEARLY
 CD/DVD – 4000
 VIDEO LECTURES OF IITS NPTEL– 50,000 HOURS
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9. 9
Elsevier’s Science Direct-275 Journals
8% /Month

10. 10
IEEE-160 Journals
38% /Month

11. ASME-27 Journals
22% /Month
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12. ASCE – 35 Journals
Jan-14
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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7
1
59
1
30
10
58
13
4
11
5
Duration
Usage of ASCE
No.of User
7% /Month
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13. DELNET
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14. Digital Facilities……
WEB OPAC
• We have created WEB OPAC facility through
which students and faculties can search the
entire library holdings from any where at any
time (24x7). As our college is Wi-Fi enable;
students also can search their required
information within the entire campus.
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15. Web OPAC
(Library facility on our college website)
Link - http://vvpedulink.ac.in
Go to - Library
Click on – Web OPAC
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16. Home page of WEB OPAC
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17. Search Book
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18. Book Title Branch wise
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19. Digital Facilities……
NPTEL Video Lectures
• Purchased the NPTEL Web and Video Lectures
• It is a video lectuer’s of India’s IITs and IISc’s Lecturer’s
• 50000 hours (1.5 TB)
• Also availale free in website of NPTEL
• The National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is
a Government of India sponsored educational program.
• By developing curriculum-based video and web courses
• The program aims to enhance the quality of engineering education
in India by developing curriculum based video and web courses.
• We made a special server for access such lectures.
• It is also made available through FTP server of our college.
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20. Digital Facilities……
TRANSCATION SMS:
• We provides special service to the students
i.e. Transactions SMS. Here, we provide the
information of books on their mobile as and
when they issued or returned the books. User
can see the remaining balance of books also
when he/she issued/returned the books.
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21. Transaction SMS Screen Shot
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22. Digital Facilities…..
Ask The Librarian ( under process )
In this facility user can ask directly to the
librarian through web opac of vvp library.
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23. Ask the Librarian
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24. Digital Facilities……
JOB AWARENESS:
• We do emails of scanned advertisement
related with the “recruitment of engineers”
from various news papers to the concern
HODs through which they motivated their
students for the placement purpose.
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25. Job Awareness
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26. Digital Facilities……
WEB ACCESS AREA
• We have made separate web access room in
the library in which we provides internet
facility. There are 12 highly configured P.C.
with 17" TFT monitor with good internet
speed.
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WEB ACCESS

28. Digital Facilities
Blog
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29. Digital Facilities……….
REPROGRAPHY
Xerox facility is available near to library at the rate
of no profits no loss.
Web Solution File to Initiate Digital Use
We have prepared a file of different web addresses
which indicate that what type of information is
available in which link. We have made a large
collection of such web address from news papers,
magazines and books, so student can easily find
the required link.
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WEB SOLUTION

31. Digital Facilities……
AUDIO VISUAL ROOM
• We have made special A.V. room with latest
multi media projector with document camera
including facility of laptop, microphone,
speaker, dias with writing chairs. Student can
use these free of cost with their respective
faculties for the presentation of their work.
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Audio Visual Room……

33. Digital Facilities……
PRACHAR-PRASAR MAIL
• We mail the scanned press cuttings and
photographs of college function to every staff
members and well wishers of our college.
• We also keep all the documents in DVD also
for ready reference
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34. PRACHARPRASAR EMAIL
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35. Screen Shot of Prachar Prasar Mail
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36. Digital Facilities………
E-Books Online & on College FTP
• We have a large number of e book collection
( Technical + Non Technial )which is available
in the server of Library at where student can
read the books online.
• It is also available on college FTP i.e.
(ftp:/198.168.111.250)
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37. Digital Facilities……
C.C.T.V. Camera
• We have put the Closed Circuit Camera at the
26 places of library to stop the students
misbehaves in the library premises.
• One TV set is situated in central premises of
library for the alertness of students.
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38. Reports
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39. Title-Volume Report Snapshot
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40. Transaction Report (Individual)
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41. Transaction Report
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42. New (book) edition added Report
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43. Most Frequent user Report
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44. Member status
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45. Check in Software
• Books which are issued from circulation
counter are checked at check in counter.
• To minimize theft of library materials.
• Report of transaction of the day and book
checked at check in counter
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46. Check in Software
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47. Change Password
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48. Future Digital Projects
• DSpace for Institutional Repository
• CD/DVD Content Searching
• E-Books Online
• Reference Section Software -
• Ask The Librarian
• Book Location
• New Arrival Updation on Web
• Video Lecture through DSpace
• Reservation of Books-Online
• Verification Software
• Magazine/Journal Content Page
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49. Thanks
Without libraries what have
we?
We have no past and no future.
………..Ray Bradbury( An American Author)
Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.
–Willard Scott
VVP
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