1. Dr. V K J Jeevan Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi New Delhi 110068 vkjj@rediffmail.com DELNET and Distance Education

2. On Campus Education  Individual institution’s headache  All required infrastructure in the campus  Good networking with likeminded institutions

3. Distance Education  Social activity  Participative  National Open University, 13 state open Universities and 119 distance education directorates  Demand for higher education in the country is increasing by 15% to 17% every year  Conventional institutions can at best take only 7% of this load  500 courses to approximately 20 lakhs students through 5000 study centers and 65000 academic counselors

4. IGNOU  58 regional centres  7 sub- regional centres  1400 study centres  41 overseas centres  125 academic programmes  48,000 academic peers from various disciplines of the campus University system

5. Student Centred media enriched learning

6. DE also needs library  traditional library services designed for on-campus users will not meet the requirements of distance learners- ILA Guidelines

7. ILA Guidelines  Reference services in person or through telephone/fax/email  Manual and computerized bibliographic services to faculty  Borrowing and reading room facilities  Services like book bank, mobile library, document delivery and interlibrary loan  Preparation of “readings of articles” or course packs  Remote access to OPAC, website and networks like DELNET, INFLIBNET  Password enabled access to online journals and electronic databases  Learning resource centres at public and private libraries

8. DE also needs library  distance learning communities are entitled to library services and resources equivalent to those provided for students and faculty in traditional campus settings –ACRL

9. ACRL Guidelines  reference assistance;  computer-based bibliographic and informational services;  reliable, rapid, secure access to institutional and other networks, including the Internet;  consultation services;  a program of library user instruction designed to instill independent and effective information literacy skills;  assistance with and instruction in the use of nonprint media and equipment;  reciprocal or contractual borrowing, or interlibrary loan services using broadest application of fair use of copyrighted materials;  prompt document delivery, such as a courier system and/or electronic transmission;  access to reserve materials in accordance with copyright fair use policies;  adequate service hours for optimum access by users; and  promotion of library services to the distance learning community, including documented and updated policies, regulations and procedures for systematic development, and management of information resources.

10. DE also needs library  every user, regardless of his or her physical location, should be able to use all library services – Prof. Peter Brophy

11. DE also needs library  library and information needs of distance students do not differ in principle from the needs of their on- campus peers  what differs are the modalities that information providers must adopt -Elizabeth F. Watson -Elizabeth F. Watson

12. Same Course in two modes  peer interaction and in campus libraries in regular courses  distance learner has very little interaction with fellow students, teachers and campus atmosphere  the self learning materials are so devised with more emphasis on simulating these extra features

13. Distance learner  cost effective alternative in offering educational avenues to a large population in the developing world  boost to many careers by providing learner centric opportunities in furthering one’s educational qualifications and career goals

14. Distance Learner  previous qualifications are relaxed for certain courses  distance learner needs background materials for core and related topics  sometimes more library support than regular students

15. Reciprocal borrowing arrangements  They share resources  We share rules and regulations  Open University, UK students and staff can use other libraries to borrow books, to use book collections for reference, or as a quiet place to work or study through National Schemes, Regional Schemes, University libraries near you and UK National Libraries http://library.open.ac.uk/help/otherlibs/index.cf m

16. Reciprocal borrowing arrangements Athabasca University Library (Canada) can access Other Libraries through The Alberta Library (TAL) card program (Available to Alberta residents only) and COPPUL / CURBA Reciprocal Borrowing from libraries across Canada -http://library.athabascau.ca/otherlib/others.html Libraries in US have reciprocal borrowing, ILL and DDS arrangements

17. Network support  present library support system can not afford to provide anything comparable to the campus based mode  network facilities like DELNET should supplement the library support currently offered

18. Open Access  Not much reciprocal borrowing arrangements in the country  Network services like DELNET has a major role  Many libraries open their collection for others through DELNET  Librarian’s are worried about publisher’s rights than copyrights

19. DELNET Statistics Sl. NoFeatureValue 1Union CataLogue of Books53,95,778 2Union List of Current Periodicals25,252 3Union Catalogue of Periodicals20,235 4Databases of Periodical Articles8,88,342 5CD-ROM Database2,281 6Union List of Video Recordings5,000 7Union List of Sound Recordings748 8Databases of Theses and Dissertations44,304 9DEVINSA Database20,000 10 Members (More than 70% of these libraries are in science and technology area and around 90% are academic institutions) India 1129, Outside India 16, Total Members 1145 Delhi- 177, Andhra Pradesh- 115, Maharashtra- 111, Tamil Nadu- 160, Uttar Pradesh- 97, Karnataka- 92

20. DELNET Statistics  How many ILL requests received and complied with?  Time elapsed in providing ILL?  1 week for Delhi and 2-3 weeks for outstation  How many DDS requests received and complied with?  Time elapsed in offering DDS?

21. What about requests not registered?  Services are currently based on DELNET Union databases  If you want a book/copy from those not available in the Union database, no provision to even register the demand  What about demands you do not have??

22. Role DELNET should play  Make update of holdings more current  Creating a National Union Catalogue/Database  Give and Take Options for non Members  Collaborative Arrangements  Reference Libraries of Books  Library Consortia  Electronic Access options  Repository of Indian Research  Portal Based Services

23. For all these  DELNET should be better funded  DELNET should evolve distance education friendly membership models

24. References  Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services, June 29, 2004, http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/ acrlstandards/guidelinesdistancelearning.htm  Brophy, Peter, Library without walls: from vision to reality in Libraries without walls 2: the delivery of library services to distant users, ed. by Peter Brophy, Shelagh Fisher and Zoe Clarke, London: LA Publishing, 1998, pp.6-13.  DELNET, http://delnet.nic.in/  IGNOU, http://www.ignou.ac.in/  Indian Library Association (ILA) ‘Guidelines for Library Services to Distance Learners’, prepared by the Sectional Committee on Distance Education, Indian Library Association, New Delhi, 28 July 2001.  Keegan, Desmond, The foundations of distance education, London: Croom Helm, 1986, p. 49.  Watson, Elizabeth F., Distance Librarianship: A Perspective, in Library Services to Distance Learners in the Commonwealth: A Reader, ed. by Elizabeth F. Watson and Neela Jagannathan, Vancouver (Canada): The Commonwealth of Learning, pp. 9-39, 1997.

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