1. Gokhale Memorial Girl’s College;Kolkata
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Building Digital Collections: A Case Study of College Libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal
Ms. Sarama Das
Librarian
Gokhale Memorial Girl’s College;Kolkata
&
Mr.Srijib Kr. Patra; Asstt. Librarian, Manbhum mahavidyalaya; Purulia, W.B.

2. Contents Introduction Scope and Limitations Objectives of the Study
Methodology & Findings of the Study
UGC and Higher Education & Role of West Bengal College Service Commission
E-Resources
UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium
Recent Developments
Further Suggestions
Conclusions
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3. Introduction
Majority of the college libraries in Howrah District have no permanent trained staff to look after the library and in some cases, library clerk is the In-Charge of the library. In spite of all these problems these colleges have started automation of the library by using local library software. Some colleges have taken initiative to subscribe to the e-resources with help of UGC and MHRD.
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4. Scope and Limitations
The scope of the study is limited to survey of existing LIS infrastructure in 15 college libraries in Howrah District, in order to fulfill the academic needs of users. It focuses on the present situation and services available in all college libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal.It focuses on the digital resources and services available in all 16 Degree College Libraries of Howrah Dist.
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5. Howrah
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6. Objectives of the Study
To assess the number of computers and other related infrastructure available at all the college libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal
To find out the status of library automation in all the college libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal
To know the adequacy of availability of library staff to manage the information resources
To find out the availability of Internet facility at all the college libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal
To suggest suitable suggestions and recommendations to improve the e-resource acquisition for the benefit of users.
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7. Methodology Questionnaire Survey over telephone 17 January 2019
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8. Findings of the Study
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9. Bagnan College (Bagnan Block) 30,000+20 3 15 Nil 1 (PT) +6
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College Name
No. of
Books & Journals in Library (Approx.)
Computer
In library
In College
Present status of library automation (Retro conversion)
Software used
Professional & non professional
Staff
Internet
facility 1
Bagnan College (Bagnan Block)
30,000+20 3 15
Nil
1 (PT) +6
Library and others 2
Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College (Howrah Sadar
42,000+1 12 26
50%
Local
1 + 4
Dinabandhu Institution (Shibpur)
40,000+5 4 40
25%
LIBSYS
Lalbaba College (Bally)
27,000+10 20
Yet not started
1 + 2
In other place 5
Narasingha Dutta College (Howrah)
36,000+1 14
80%
1 + 3 6
Joypur Panchanan Roy College (Amta II Block)
7,276+6 17
1 (Clerk)
Principal’s Room 7
Jagannath Kishore College 8
Partly (Only book database)
2 (part-time)
Individual
Dept.
Mahatma Gandhi College
Partly (Only book database
1 (Permanent)
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10. Books & Jour in Lib.(Approx.) Computer In library In College
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College Name
No. of
Books & Jour in Lib.(Approx.)
Computer
In library
In College
Present status of lib.automation (Retro conversion)
Software used
Professional & non professional
Staff
Internet
facility 6
Joypur Panchanan Roy College (Amta II Block)
7,276+6 17
Nil
0 + 1(Clerk)
Principal’s Room 7
Prabhu Jagatbandhu College (Andul)
18,000+6 1 15
66%
WINISIS
2 + 4 8
Puras Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya (Kanpur)
Just have started
Local
1 + 2 (casual) 9
Ramsaday College (Amta I Block) 55
1 + 2
Library and others 10
Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir
9000+0
Yet not started
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11. Books & Jour in Library (Approx.) Computer In library In College
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College Name
No. of
Books & Jour in Library (Approx.)
Computer
In library
In College
Present status of library automation (Retro conversion)
Software used
Professional & non professional
Staff
Internet
facility 11
Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College
7200+3 4 17
Uptodate
Local
0 + 2
Library and others 12
Ramkrishna Vidyamandir (belur)
230
Migrated to KOHA
2 + 3 (casual) 13
Shyampur Sidheswari Mahavidyalaya (Shyampur Block)
20,000+10 3
10.
70%
Local (VLIS)
1 (Part time) + 3 14
Sovarani Girls College
16,000+12 1 18
50%
1 + 1
Other places 15
Uluberia College 40
85%
WINISIS
1+ 5
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12. UGC and Higher Education
The University Grant Commission (UGC) is a statutory organization established by an act of parliament in 1956 for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education
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13. UGC and Higher Education (Cont.)
In the last Xth five years plan ( ) the enrollment rate has gone up to 6% to 10%
In the current XIth five years plan ( ) it is proposed to raise upto 15%. Already 30 new central universities, 8 new IITs, 20 new IIITs and 7 new IIMs and several high grade medical colleges would be established in each district of the country
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14. Role of West Bengal College Service Commission
To prepare merit panels of candidates eligible for recruitment to the posts of Librarian /Asst. librarian and Lecturer in different subjects/disciplines in the Degree Colleges affiliated to Calcutta University, Burdwan University, North Bengal University, Kalyani University and Vidyasagar University.
To recommend candidates for appointment to fill in the vacant posts of Lecturer and Librarian/Asst. librarian
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15. What is e-resource?
Electronic resources refers to those material that require computer access, and that may either be locally mounted or accessed remotely via the internet.
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16. Advantages of e-resources
Technical support is available electronically and via telephone
E-Resource are available 24X7
Remote access to authorized users
Platform independent
Stable and durable URLs for electronic journals
Training/instruction alternatives for limited port resources
No limits to fair use of information (e.g. printing, ing)
Adequate system response (speed, downtimes, etc.)
Assurance of easy and permanent access to archival electronic material
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17. N-LIST Project: Access to E-resources to College Libraries
Cross subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia. INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and UGC-INFONET resources for technical institutions.
Access to selected e-resources to Colleges.
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18. Electronic Journal Databases
Sl.No.
Electronic Journals databases
Publishing Country
No. of Journals
Access to Back files 1
American Institute of Physics
USA 18
Five years 2
American Physical Society 10 3
Annual Reviews 33
Ten years 4
Cambridge University Press
U.K.
240 5
Economic and Political Weekly
India
1966 + 6
Indian Journal.com
150
2007 + 7
Institute of Physics 46
Vol. 1 + 8
Oxford University Press
206
1996 + 9
Royal Society of Chemistry 29
Wilson Omnifile
1.420
1982 + 11
MathSciNet (Bibliographic Database)
1940 +
Total
2,154
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19. Electronic Books Databases
Sl.No.
E-resources/Publishers of Electronic Books
Publishing Country
No. of E-Books
No. of Publishers 1
ERbrary
USA
45,100
250 2
Myilibrary-McGraw Hill
1,308 3
Oxford Scholarship
U.K.
902 4
NetLibrary
936 44 5
NetLibrary (open access books)
3,500
Total
51,746
297
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20. Further Suggestions
National Knowledge Commission should take initiatives along with UGC to look after the college libraries for up gradation
Concern institutional authority should be positive minded for up gradation of the library.
Library staff should be positive minded to upgrade the college library.
Budgetary resources should be increased gradually for strengthening digital resources in libraries.
Authorities must allocate suitable/adequate grant for library modernization.
Authorities must establish Internet search facility in the library for the esteem users
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21. Further Suggestions (Cont.)
Library staff must regularly organize user awareness and training programmes
With the increasing influx of electronic resources into libraries, the user orientation programmes should be implemented
More computer terminals should be installed in libraries for facilitating easy and quicker access of information to users
There must be a provision for proper evaluation of the users feedback
Library staffs should introduce Open Access ("Free to Read" and download) full-text books and journal sites like Pubmed Central, DOAJ, etc to users.
Finally, the library should conduct regular feedback to evaluate and assessments to determine the effectiveness of the digital resources in meeting information needs of the users.
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22. Conclusions
The goal of the libraries is to provide an effective combination of print, non-print and electronic resources, and the integration of the use of these-resources in support of teaching, learning and research at the University. Electronic resources, however, pose challenges not encountered with the acquisitions of traditional library materials, such as access, interface, and technical support and licensing. The libraries therefore need to formulate a separate electronic resources collection development policy to address these issues.
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