Discusses on various types of academic e-resources available in India and use of e-resources in digital environment for College and University students under capacity enhancement programme.

1. Capacity Enhancement Programme
on
Use of E-resources in Digital Environment
DR. SANTOSH KUMAR TUNGA
Associate Librarian & IQAC, Coordinator
Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College
Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-4861

2. Use of E-resources in Digital
Environment
DR. SANTOSH KUMAR TUNGA
Associate Librarian & IQAC, Coordinator
Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College
Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-4861

3. Outline of today discussion
• The concept of Library Materials and their types
• Understanding about Print Sources and Institutional Digital
Resources (IDR).
• Open CourseWare (OCW) initiatives in India
• INFLIBNET initiatives in India
• ETD initiatives in India
• E-Books & E-Journals initiatives in India
• Hands-on-practices
• Acknowledgement & Reference

4. Library materials
or
Library Resources

5. Library Materials
• Library materials are primarily organized by format (such
as books, periodicals audio, video, microforms), or type
(government documents, reference works, maps/atlases),
then by size or subject.
• A library's collection can include books, periodicals,
newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents,
microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray
Discs, e-books, e-journals, audiobooks, databases, table
games, video games and other formats.

6. Library Materials cont…
• The print material includes the books, periodicals,
newspapers and reference books. The non-print
material includes the audio-visual materials and
electronic materials.
• Other special materials are: standards, patents,
pamphlets, reports, research reports, dissertations
and theses, and maps and charts, etc.

7. Library Materials cont...
LIBRARY
MATERIALS
DOCUMENT
PRINT
MATERIALS
NON-PRINT
MATERIALS
AUDIO-VISUAL
MATERIALS
ELECTRONIC
MATERIALS
NON-
DOCUMENT
FORMAL/
INSTITUTIONS
INFORMAL/
HUMAN

8. Library Resources/Materials in
College/University Library
Library
Resources
Print Resources
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Institutional
Digital Resources
(IDR)
Online/E-
Resources
Local E-
Resources
Open Access
E-Resources
Subscribed /
Licensed
E-resources

9. Print Resources

10. Print Resources
Print
Resources
Primary
Resources
Secondary
Resources
Tertiary
Resources

11. Examples of Print Resources
• Books – Reference Books & Lending Books
• Journals- Primary & Secondary
• Magazines & Periodicals
• Conference/Seminar Papers
• Theses & Dissertations – Ph D
• Project Reports- UG, PG & M Phil
• Research Reports
• Standards & Patents
• Working Papers
• Reviews

12. Audio-visual sources
• TV
• Radio
• Magnetic Tape
• Film
• Videos
• Gramophone
• Slides
• Pictures & Posters
• Charts

13. Computerized Information Sources/
Materials
• Databases
• Databank
• Online/Digital sources
• MARC
• Information Networks
• E-resources/Digital Materials
• Internet
• Websites
• CDROM, DVD, etc.

14. Institutional Digital Resources (IDR)
or
Institutional Repository (IR)

15. Contributors of Institutional Digital
Resources (IDR)
• Institute: Regulation, Acts, Lectures, Seminars, Journals,
Magazine, Annual Reports, Newspaper Cutting,
Performance Reports, Specific News
• Faculties: Research papers, Pre-print journal Articles, Post-
Print Journal Articles, Books, Book chapters, Conf. papers,
PPT, Teaching materials, Project Reports, Patents.
• Students (UG & PG): Project Reports, Magazine Papers,
Journal papers, Academic Writings
• Central Library: Syllabus, Previous Question papers
(Institute & Affiliated University), Newspapers Clipping,

16. Self archiving @ Institutional
Repository
• Video Lectures Repository
• Annual Reports Repository
• Institutional Journal & Magazine Repository
• Institutional Newsletter Repository
• Presentation (PPT) Repository
• Education Materials Repository
• Contributed Journal Paper Repository
• Seminars/Conference/Symposium Repository
• Project Reports (Faculty & Students) Repository
• Newspaper Report Repository
• Question papers & Syllabus Repository

17. Examples of IR or IDR
NAME URL
Digital Archive @ NIT Rourkela http://dspace.nitrul.ac.in/dspace/
ETD @ IISC Bangalore http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Open Access Repository @ IISc
Research publications
http://eprints.iisc.earnet.in
Digital Repository @ IIT Bombay http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/dspace
E-print Archive @ Univ. Delhi http://eprint.du.ac.in
E-print & ETD @ IIT Delhi http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/dspace
IR @ INFLIBNET http://dspace.inflibnet.ac.in
Dspace @ Raman Research Institute http://dspace.rri.res.in:8080/dspace/

18. Online/E-Resources
(1) Local E-resources
(2) open /free access E-resources
(3) subscribed/Licensed Resources

19. Online/E-Resources
Local E-Resources
• Online Library Catalogue – OPAC/Web-OPAC
• CD-ROMs
• DVD-ROMs
• Cassettes
• Video Cassettes

20. Online/E-Resources
Open Access E-Resources
• MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
• Open Courseware
• Software
• E-Theses & Dissertations
• E-Books
• E-Journals
• E-Magazines
• E-Newspapers

21. Online/E-Resources
subscribed/Licensed Resources
• E-Books- OUP, CUP, Elsivier, Wiley, Springer, Sage, Pearson,
MacGraw-Hill
• E-Journals- Consortium, Aggregator (JSTOR, Highwire,
Muse), Publishers (Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis,
Emerald, Pearson)
• E-Theses & Dissertations- ProQuest, Shodhganga
• E-Databases- Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, SCI Finder,
Math SCI Net, J GatePlus (JCCC)

22. Subscribed E-Journals
Consortium in india
• UGC INFONET
• AICTE-INDEST
• CeRA (Consortium for E-Resources in Agriculture)
• CSIR- E-Journals Consortium
• N-LIST (E-Resources for Colleges by INFLIBNET)
• E-shoodhsindhu

23. Mooc (massive open online course)
• MOOC is a free web-based distance learning
program that is designed for the participation of
large members geographically dispersed students.
• A MOOC may be patterned on a College or
University course with open access features such as
open learning of content, structure and leaning tools.

24. Mooc (massive open online course)
in India & abroad.
NAME SUBJECTS url
NPTEL online course Engineering, Science &
Humanities
https://nptel.ac.in
SWAYAM online
course
All subjects- School, UG
& PG
http://swayam.gov.in
UG/PG MOOCs @
UGC
UG & PG subjects http://ugcmoocs.inflibnet.ac.
in/ugcmoocs/moocs-
course.php
Courseera All sujects https://www.courseera.org
Harvard All subjects https://online-
learning.harvard.edu
Edx All subjects https://www.edx.org
Open Yale Course Ars & Science https://oyc.yale.edu

25. Open Course Ware (OCW)
initiatives in india

26. Open Course Ware (OCW)
• OCW is a free and open digital publications of high
quality College and University level educational
materials.

27. Open Course Ware (OCW) Initiatives in India
NAME OF INITIATIVES URL
Consortium for Educational Communication
(CEC) Learning Object Repository (LOR)
www.cec-lor.edu.in
e-Gyankosh: A National Digital Repository
copyrighted by IGNOU
www.egyankosh.ac.in
National Programme on Technology Enhanced
Learning (NPTEL)
www.nptel.iitm.ac.in
http://youtube.com/nptelhrd/
e-PGPathshala: Free e-books & Curriculum
upto PG level in 71 subjects
http://www.epgp.inflibnet.ac.in
SWAYAM: MHRD-MOOCs http://swayam.gov.in
www.swayamindia.com
GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Network)
courses
http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in

28. INFLIBNET Initiative in India

29. INFLIBNET Initiative in India
NAME SUNJECT URL
Shodhganga Repository of E-Theses &
Dissertations
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
Shodhgangotri Repository of Research-in-
Progress/Synopsys/researc
h Proposal
http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac
.in
N-LIST E-book & e-journals for
colleges
http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in
e-shodhsindhu Consortium for e-resources http://ess.inflibnet.ac.in
e-PGPathshala Free e-books http://www.epgp.inflibnet.ac.in
Vidya-Mitra E-content portal http://www.vidyamitra.inflibnet.
ac.in
Open Journal Acess
System (OJAS)
Open Journals http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ojs/

30. ETD initiatives in India

31. E-theses and Dissertations (ETD) in India
SOURCES URL
Shodhganga; Indian ETD Repository http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
Vidyanidhi Digital Library www.vidyanidhi.org.in
CSIR Explorations: Open Access
Repository of Indian Theses
http://csir.explorations.com
ETD @ IISc http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in

32. Open E-books initiatives in India

33. Open e-books
SOURCES URL
National Digital Library of India
(NDLI), IITKGP
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in
National Science Digital Library
(NSDL)
https://nsdl.oercommons.org
State Central Digital Library (SCDL) https://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in
Granth South Asia: Textbooks and
Archives
http://www.granthsouthasia.in/collect
ion.html/
National Repository of Open
Educational Resources (NROER)
https://nroer.gov.in
e-Adhyayan: UG & PG Books http://theindianlibrarians.blogspot.co
m

34. Open e-books cont…
SOURCES URL
Open Library https://openlibrary.org
Rare Book Society of India https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org
Computational Linguistic R & D http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in/
Authorama (Literature Books) https://www.authorama.com
Bookspics (Children Books) http://bookspics.com
Computerbooks http://freecomputerbooks.com
Ebook Lobby (Arts & Science
Books)
http://www.ebooklobby.com
Librivox (Audio Books) https://librivox.org
Gutenberg (All Subject Books) https://www.gutanberg.org

35. Open e-journals initiatives in India

36. E-Journals
initiatives by Scientific Society and Publishers
SOURCES SUBJECT URL
Indian Academy of
Sciences
Science www.ias.ac.in/pubs/journals/
Indian National Science
Academy
Science www.insa.ac.in
NISCAIR Research
Journals
Science & Social Sc http://nopr.niscair.re.in
Indian MEDLAR’s Centre Medical Science http://indmed.nic.in
Open Journal Access
System
All Subjects www.inflibnet.ac.in/ojs/
IndianJournals.com All subjects www.indianjournals.com

37. E-Journals
initiatives by scientific society and publishers cont…
SOURCES SUBJECT URL
Indian Statistical Institute
(ISI)
Statistics http://sankhya.isical.ac.in
National Collection of
Industrial Micro-organism
(NCIM)
Micro-
organism
http://ncl-india.org/ncim/
National Centre of
Biodiversity Informetrics
Biodiversity http://www.ncbi.org.in
Springer Open Journal All subjects https://www.springeropen.com/jou
rnals-a-z/
Taylor & Francis Open
Journals
All subjects https://www.tandfonline.com/open
access/openjournals/

38. Digital initiatives on Manuscript in India

39. Digital initiatives on manuscript in
India
SOURCES URL
Kalasampada: DL-Resources of
Indian Cultural Heritage (DL-RICH)
http://www.ignca.nic.in/dlrich.ht
ml
National Mission for Manuscript
(NMM)
http://www.namami.org/index.ht
m
National Databank on Indian Art &
Culture (NDBIAC)
http://ignca.nic.in/ndb_0001.htm
Muktabodh: DL-& Archiving Project http://www.muktabodhalib.org/di
gital_library.htm

40. Directory of open E-resources

41. Directory of open E-resources
SOURCES ABBREVAT
ION
URL
Directory of Open
Access Books
DOAB https://www.doabooks.org
Directory of Open
Access Journals
DOAJ https://www.doaj.org
Directory of Open
Access Repository
Open DOAR https://www.opendoar.org
Directory of Open
Source Software
DOAS https://www.opensourcesoftware
directory.com/
Directory of Open Data
Portal
Open Data
Soft
https://www.opendatasoft.org
Directory of Online
Newspapers
DONP http://www.onlinenewspaers.co
m/
Internet Archive on
Open Educational
OER http://www.archive.org

42. Practice
on
use of e-resources

43. Hands-on-Practice
• https://www.netugc.com/2006-june-ugc-net-
previous-years-solved-paper-1
• https://www.netugc.com/2006-december-ugc-
net-previous-years-solved-paper-1
• https://www.netugc.com/2007-june-ugc-net-
previous-years-solved-paper-1
• https://www.netugc.com/2007-december-ugc-
net-previous-years-solved-paper-1

44. Hands-on-Practice cont…
• Consortium for Educational Communication
https://cec.nic.in/cec/
• Internet Archive on Open Educational Resources
http://www.archive.org
• Directory of Open Access Journals
https://www.doaj.org
• National Digital Library of India (NDLI), IITKGP
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in
• Zlibrary: https://zlibrary-asia.se/

45. Acknowledgement
• I would like express my sincere thanks to various
Internet sources, Books and also authors of those
sources used to prepare this presentation.
• This presentation is mainly prepared to create an
awareness among students and research scholars
about the concept and types of e-resources and its
uses in digital environment.
• These slides have been/being used in my various
talks and presentations both online and offline mode.

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