1. DeLCON CONSORTIUM

2. DBT’s Electronic Library Consortium DeLCON
D.D.Lal
(DeLCON Coordinator & Administrator)
DBT Electronic Library Consortium
NBRC, NH-08, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana. India
Website :

3. What is DeLCON Consortium ?
The DBT's eLectronic Library CONsortium called as "DeLCON". The 'DeLCON Consortium' has been set up by the DBT to promote the use of electronic databases and full text access to journals by the Research and academic community in the country.

4. DeLCON Consortium
The DBT, Government of India has established ‘DBT’s e-Library Consortium (DeLCON)’ in the year 2009 in the area of ‘Life Sciences’ and ‘Biotechnology’ and now the existing members of the ‘DeLCON Consortium’ are 33 Institutions.
The ‘DBT e-Library Consortium’ (DeLCON) has now covered 917 online resources with 20 International Publishers.

5. PROGRESS & DEVELOPMENT OF DELCON CONSORTIUM :: –>
‘MILESTONE OF DeLCON Consortium’

6. DeLCON Covered 899 Online Journals in the Year 2009 & in the Year 2010 added 18 New e-Resources & Now, the total Covered DeLCON Journals are 917.

7. Further, added 7 Institutions
Included 17 New Members in ‘DeLCON’ (Including 15 NER Institutions, Wellcome Trust - Hyderabad & BIRAP-New Delhi (in the Year 2010).
Further, added 7 Institutions
(4 DBT Institutions & 3 NER – Institutions) in the year 2011.

8. DeLCON Phase – I Members = 10
National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar
Department of Biotechnology, (DBT), New Delhi
National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi
National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, Maharashtra
Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram
International Centre for Genome Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi

9. DeLCON Phase-II Members = 16
Assam University, Silchar, Assam
College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati
College of Veterinary Sci. & A.H. Central Agricultural University, Aizawl, Mizoram
D. M. College of Science, Imphal, Manipur
Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
Guwahati University, Guwahati
Manipur University, Imphal
Mizoram University, Mizoram
Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Arunachal Pradesh
North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam
Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim University, Gagtok
St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Program (BIRAP), New Delhi

10. DeLCON Phase-III Members = 07
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, Punjab.
Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Gurgaon.
Translational Health Science & Technology Institute (THSTI), Gurgaon
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NABMG), Kalyani, Kolkata.
(NER-Institution)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.
Tezpur University, (TU) Assam.
Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology (SSCST), Sikkim.

11. DeLCON CONSORTIUM COVERED 917 e-Journals
Am. Assoc. for Advancement of Science
(3 Journal) 2
Am. Association for Cancer Research
(8 Journals) 3
American Chemical Society (ACS)
(37 Journals 4
Annual Reviews
(23 Journals) 5
Am. Soc. for Biochem. & Molecular Biology
(2 Journal) 6
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
(4 Journals) 7
Informa Healthcare / Taylor and Francis
(7 Journals) 8
Lippincott (LWW)/Wolter & Kluwer/ OVID
(11 Journals) 9
Marry ANN Liebert 10
Nature Publications
(40 Journals) 11
Oxford University Press (OUP)
(18 Journals) 12
Springer India
(237 Journals) 13
Society for General Microbiology
(3 Journals) 14
Society for Hematology
(1 Journal) 15
Wiley-Blackwell
(86 Journals) 16
Elsevier Science (ScienceDirect)
(415 Journals) 17
Am. Society for Microbiology (ASM) 18 19
Am. Association of Immunology (AAI)
Am. Association for Plant Biologist
(01 Journal)
(02 Journals) 20
SCOPUS Database
(1 Database)

12. Criteria for Selection of ‘DeLCON Journals’
Selections based on usage / suitability of e-resources to DBT Institutions.
Nodal Officer’s Feedback & Requests
Minimum Recommendations of 3-5 DBT Institutions
Recommendations of DeLCON Expert Committee
Based on Funds Availability.
Terms and Conditions should be suitable with Publishers
Perpetual Access & Back Volumes access
Publishers Discount offer and Negotiation.

13. BUDGETS & FUNDS
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, is funding & Monitoring to ‘DeLCON Consortium’.

14. The ‘DeLCON Consortium’ not prefer and not agree for ‘FTE’ Model.
PRISING MODEL
The ‘DeLCON Consortium’ not prefer and not agree for ‘FTE’ Model.

15. DISCOUNT Expectations
The ‘DeLCON Consortium’ expectation is more than 80-85% discount.

16. DeLCON ACCESS FACILITIES
MODE OF ACCESS = ONLINE ONLY 24X7X365 : unlimited
IP based in Institution / Full Access without password
Limited Remote Access
Inter Library Loan (ILL) Facilities for Research Works
Search / Advance Search / Key Word Search / Full Text (.pdf) Downloadable
Browse / Archive Back Volumes from Vol. 1 Issues 1 or from 1995

17. SUBJECT COVERAGE UNDER DeLCON
LIFE SCIENCES
BIOTECHNOLOGY,
BIOINFORMATICS
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOLOGY/ CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
IMMUNOLOGY
NEUROSCIENCE
PLANT GENOME
PLANT BIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY / PSYCHOLOGY
PHYSIOTHERAPY
GENOME / GENE / GENETICS
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY
RADIOLOGY
MEDICINES
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
CELL BIOLOGY & CELL SC.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MOLECULAR & CELLULAR BIOLOGY
VETERINARY SCIENCES
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSC.
SYSTEM NEUROSCIENCE

18. DBT’s E-LIBRARY CONSORTIUM (DeLCON) JOURNALS are AVAILABLE to ACCESS : http://delcon.gov.in/

19. HOW TO ACCESS DeLCON : http://www.delcon.gov.in Visit the Website :

20. IF ANY QUESTION / FEEDBACK PLEASE CONTACT TO :
D.D.Lal
DeLCON Coordinator & Administrator
Tel (D): // M.:
Website :

21. THANK YOU

22. HOW TO ACCESS ‘DeLCON CONSORTIUM’ WEBSITE http://delcon.gov.in