USE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ACADEMICS

NLIST, DELNET and DOAJ

Vrushali Dandawate Librarian

AISSMS College of Engineering, PuneAmbassador, DOAJ India

Vrushali@doaj.org,vsdandawate@aissmscoe.com

For Presentation in “One day workshop on “Information Resources in Academics “at MITACSE Alandi Pune 07 November 2016

What is N LIST • The Project entitled "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure

for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)", being jointly executed by the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the INDEST-AICTE Consortium

• Access to selected e-resources to colleges.

• The N-LIST project provides access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions through server(s) installed at the INFLIBNET Centre.

• The authorized users from colleges can now access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed at the INFLIBNET Centre.

How to Access E-Resources through N-LIST?

1.Login

On successful Log-in, a list of e-resources subscribed through NLIST Programme will be displayed.

2 Access E-resources

Click on the desired e-resource to reach out to the full-text e-resource on publisher’s website. For further help in search, browse or navigate articles / book chapters through publisher’s website, Click on User Guide / Help from navigation bar and download user manual and tutorials.

3. Searching Journals Titles Covered Under N-LIST Programme

Click on “Search” option on navigation bar of N-LIST Web Site to search journals covered under the N-LIST Programme. Enter name of journal or a subject term in text entry box and click on “Go”. Search results will be displayed with link to full-text of journal(s) on publisher’s Web site.

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Instructions for College Authority

Get Registered

Faculty, staff, students and researchers from colleges covered under the 2F / 12B Act of UGC are eligible to access e-resources through the N-LIST programme. Follow the steps given below if your college is not registered with the N-LIST Programme as yet.

1. Click on “Register” option from navigation bar of N-LIST Web site, N-LIST Registration page will be displayed as shown below.

2. You will be prompted to fill-in and submit the Registration Form (on line/off line). Submit a copy of 12 B / 2 F certificate issued by the UGC.

3. Ensure to mention static IP Address of your college in Registration Form (if available) else provide list of authorized users including faculty, staff, researchers and students.

4. Username and password will be created for authorized users, i. e. faculty, staff, researchers and students as per the list submitted by you in the prescribed format, preferably in excel format as softcopy, as shown below.

5. After submitting details of authorized users, User ID and Password of each user will be sent to the contact person / Principal of College as mentioned in the Registration Form.

DELNET

DELNET• DELNET was started at the India International Centre Library in January 1988 and

was registered as a society in 1992. It was initially supported by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Reseach, Government of India. It was subsequently supported by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

The Main Objectives of DELNET Resources Sharing among the libraries by developing a network of libraries

To offer technical guidance to the member-libraries on collecting, storing, sharing and disseminating information;

To coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible;

To establish /facilitate the establishment of referral and /or research centres, and maintain a central online union catalogue of books, serials and non-book materials of all the participating libraries;

To faciliate and promote delivery of documents manually or mechanically;

To develop specialised bibliographic database of books, serials and non-book materials;

To develop databases of projects, specialists and institutions;

To possess and maintain electronic and mechanical equipment for speedy communication of information and delivery of electronic mail;

To coordinate with other regional, national and international networks and libraries for exchange of information and documents;

DELNET USER TRAINING VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpCNFQKp5I

Know about DOAJ

A history of DOAJHow is DOAJ funded?How is it organised?Why is DOAJ important?

• Founded 2003 at Lund University – launched May 2003 with 300 journals

• Funded by initial one-off grants - membership and sponsor funding model introduced 2006.A history of DOAJ

• Since 2013 operated by Infrastructure Services for Open Access IS4OA (www.is4oa.org)

• A not-for-profit community interest company registered in the UK– Articles of association states that– - activities should benefit research– - cannot be sold to private companies!

• Governance– Advisory Board – no influence, but providing advice –

OA-advocates, publishers and library directors• Organization– Managing Director – Lars– Community Manager – Dominic– Editor-in-Chief – Tom

• Managing Editors and Publication Specialists – Sonja, Rikard, Alejandra & Judith

• Editor Groups (based on language areas) based on voluntary – non-paid work– (currently groups of Editors & Associate Editors

• DOAJ Ambassadors!!

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders

• Researchers as authors– Identify good publishing channels for publishing in OA– Comply with OA-policies & mandates

• Librarians/Libraries– Provide access to lots of OA-content easily– Enabling librarians to provide advice to researchers– Determine eligibility for APC- support from OA-

publication funds

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders (contd)

• Universities, Research Institutions, Research Funders, Governments– Determining compliance with OA-policies and mandates– Monitor OA-publication output– Determine eligibility for APC-support– Identifying quality OA-journals to count in Research

Assessment Systems

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders• Publishers– Increased traffic, visibility & impact – Increased number of submissions – Certification & prestige• Inclusion in accreditation lists of research funders and

governments– Eligibility for support from OA-publication funds

• Service Providers (Aggregators, Databases and Search Engines)– Harvesting article metadata records for inclusion in

services, databases, indexes etc.

WHY TO PUBLISH IN OA JOURNALS KNOW ABOUT QUESTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS

Questionable Publications

• Use the gold open-access model (author pays)– Article processing charges (APCs)

• Conflict of interest: more papers accepted = more income

• Not all OA journals are bad; not all traditional ones are good

• Monetary transactions from authors to publishers cause many problems

How Questionable Publishers Works

• Experts at manipulative spamming• Target young and emerging researchers• They mimic legitimate publishers in many

ways

How Questionable Publishers Works

• They lie; they are counterfeit publishers• They are often one-man operations• Author-oriented vs. reader oriented• Customers include unlucky honest folks and

complicit folks• Chiefly in Asia and Africa, but also many in the UK,

Ontario, Australia, and the US• They also operate bogus conferences• Journals with broad coverage

Predatory identification

• Criteria• Lack of transparency (hiding

information conventionally given by publishers)

• Deception• Don’t follow industry standards

DOAJ Ambassadors Kamel Belhamel, Region: North Africa,

Xin Bi, Region: China

Vrushali Dandawate, Region: India

Sridhar Gutam, Region: India

Mahmoud Khalifa, Region: Middle East & Persian Gulf

Ivonne Lujano, Region: Latin America

Solomon Mekonnen, Region: East Africa

Leena Shah, Region: India

Cenyu Shen, Region: China

Ina Smith, Region: Southern Africa

Pascal Soubeiga, Region: West Africa

Yanhong Zhai, Region: China