PROFILE OF SOUTH INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES

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1 CHAPTER-3 PROFILE OF SOUTH INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 GENESIS OF THE UNIVERSITIES 3.3 LIST OF STATE AND CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES OF SOUTH INDIA 3.4 PROFILE OF SELECTED SOUTH INDIAN UNIVERSITIES PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF KARNATAKA STATE A. Profile of the University of Mysore, Mysuru and its Library B. Profile of the Karnatak University Dharwad and its Library C. Profile of the Bangalore University Bengaluru and its Library D. Profile of the Gulbarga University, Kalburgi and its Library E. Profile of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and its Library F. Profile of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and its Library G. Profile of Vishweshwaraiah Technological University, Belagavi and its Library PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF TELANGANA STATE A. Profile of the Osmania University, Hyderabad and its Library B. Profile of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, and its library C. Profile of the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and its library D. Profile of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad and its library E. Profile of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and its Library PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF ANDHRA PRADESH A. Profile of the S V University, Tirupati and its Library B. Profile of the Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam and its Library 59

2 3.4.4 PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF TAMIL NADU STATE A. Profile of the University of Madras Chennai and its Library B. Profile of the Annamalai University, Chidambaram and its Library C. Profile of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and its Library D. Profile of the Tamil University Thanjavur and its Library E. Profile of the Bharatiar University, Coimbatore and its Library F. Profile of the Mother Theresa Women s University, Kodaikanal and its Library G. Profile of the Bharatidasan University, Thrichy and its Library PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES OF KERALA STATE A. Profile of the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and its Library B. Profile of the University of Calicut, Kozhikode and its Library C. Profile of the Cochin University of Science and Technology and its Library D. Profile of the Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur and its Library E. Profile of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and its Library F. Profile of the Kannur University, Kannur and its Library 3.5 CONCLUSION REFERENCES 60

3 3.1 INTRODUCTION From ancient Bharat to modern India, higher education has always occupied a place of prominence in Indian history. In ancient times, Nalanda, Taxila and Vikramsila universities were renowned seats of higher learning, attracting students not only from all over the country but also from far off countries like Korea, China, Burma (Myanmar), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Tibet and Nepal. Today, India manages one of the largest higher education systems in the world. 3.2 GENESIS OF THE UNIVERSITIES The present system of higher education dates back to Mountstuart Elphinstone's minutes of 1823, which stressed on the need for establishing schools for teaching English and the European sciences. Later, Lord Macaulay, in his minutes of 1835, advocated "efforts to make natives of the country thoroughly good English scholars". Sir Charles Wood's Dispatch of 1854, famously known as the ' Magna Carta of English Education in India', recommended creating a properly articulated scheme of education from the primary school to the university. It sought to encourage indigenous education and planned the formulation of a coherent policy of education. Subsequently, the universities of Calcutta, Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras were set up in 1857, followed by the University of Allahabad in the year The Inter- University Board (later known as the Association of Indian Universities) was established in the year 1925 to promote university activities by sharing information and cooperation in the field of education, culture, sports and allied areas. The first attempt to formulate a national system of education in India came in 1944 with the report of the Central Advisory Board of Education on The Post War Educational Development in India, also known as the Sargeant Report. It recommended the 61

4 formation of a University Grants Committee, which was formed in 1945 to oversee the work of the three Central Universities of Aligarh, Banaras and Delhi. In the year 1947, the Committee was entrusted with the responsibility of dealing with all the then existing Universities. Soon after Independence, the University Education Commission was set up in 1948 under the Chairmanship of Dr. S Radhakrishnan "to report on Indian university education and suggest improvements and extensions that might be desirable to suit the present and future needs and aspirations of the country". It recommended that the University Grants Committee be reconstituted on the general model of the University Grants Commission of the United Kingdom with a full-time Chairman and other members to be appointed from amongst the educationists of repute. In 1952, the Union Government decided that all cases pertaining to the allocation of grants-in-aid from public funds to the Central Universities and other Universities and Institutions of higher learning might be referred to the University Grants Commission. Consequently, the UGC was formally inaugurated by late Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December The UGC, however, was formally established only in November 1956 as a statutory body of the Government of India through an Act of Parliament for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education in India. In order to ensure effective region-wise coverage throughout the country, the UGC has decentralized its operations by setting up six regional centres at Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Guwahati and Bengaluru. The head office of the UGC is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi, with two additional bureaus operating from Feroze Shah Road and the South 62

5 Campus of University of Delhi as well. The higher education nowadays is being pressed for greater accountability and improved attention to quality. Legislators in many states are moving towards performance incentives based, at least in part, on whether the universities and colleges are accomplishing the stated goals. The public, concerned with the balance between costs and benefits of higher education, demands more information on institutional operations and outcomes. In particular, there is a great need to demonstrate the extent to which institutions are meeting their goals and objectives, and whether these goals and objectives are aligned with society s needs. It is the responsibility of each institution to define and describe its own goals, to place them in the context of peer group comparisons and to demonstrate to the public the position it holds in higher education. The national education systems call upon the universities to establish performance indicators to measure progress towards the establishment of national goals. The universities increasingly are asked to describe in specific terms their contribution towards the national welfare and the relation between the welfare of a country and university teaching and research. In the United Kingdom, for example, quality control, quality audit, and quality assessment are being carried out by the Higher Education Quality Council and the three Higher Education Funding Councils. A new central agency to gather and analyze data, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), has also been established. More specifically, the library performance indicators have flourished in the United Kingdom as the restructuring of the British higher education system proceeds. Performance measures are becoming the method of choice to track the transformation of higher education. Critics are calling for the development of a compelling vision for learning in the 21st century, a vision that would transform higher education by realigning it with three conditions: 63

6 a. The changing nature of information, knowledge, and scholarship b. The needs of individual learners and c. The changing nature of work and learning. The academic research libraries also feel the pressures that have resulted from the shift from a management system accustomed to an increased revenue and growth to the systems that demand more evidence of the efficiency and effectiveness accompanied by fundamental transformations. A 1992 study conducted by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation analyzed the economic trends of the research libraries in the context of the larger academic and publishing trends and identified historical and technological challenges that affect and transform academic libraries. As in higher education, libraries have also recognized the need for output and performance measures. The International Federation for Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) guidelines define market penetration or percentage of target population reached as the proportion of the library s potential users who actually use the library. Although it would be more difficult to get an overall use measure of the various services (e.g., reference, circulation, in-house use), it should be relatively easy for a library to calculate with their online circulation system the extent of their circulation services market penetration for each primary user group faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Extremely important, although not as easily applicable, is the measurement of user satisfaction as a performance indicator. Its applicability across institutions needs to be further explored given the variations in the services provided by each library, but it is nonetheless, a critical indicator of whether users expectations are satisfied or not. Both the IFLA guidelines and the ISO standard recommend a five-point scale and suggest measuring both general user satisfaction as well as satisfaction with specific service areas. The librarians may not feel entirely comfortable undertaking such initiatives on their own, but there is a very strong influence towards this direction, partly coming from usercentered management practices. 64

7 3. 3. LIST OF STATE AND CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES OF SOUTH INDIA KARNATAKA STATE S. NO. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The University of Mysore, Mysuru The Karnatak University, Dharwad The Bangalore University, Bengaluru The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru The Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi The Mangalore University, Mangalurru The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad The Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga The Kannada University, Hampi, Kamalapura -Bellary The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru The Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru The Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belagavi The Karnataka State Women s University,Vijayapura The Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Science University, Bidar The Tumkur University, B.H Road, Tumkuru The Davangere University, Shivagangothri, Davangere The Karnataka State Law University, Hubballi The KSGH Music & Performing Arts University, Mysuru The Karnataka Sanskrit University, Chamarajpet, Bengaluru The Rani Channamma University, Vidyasangama, Belagavi The Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Bellary 2010 CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES 23 The Central University of Karnataka, Kadaganchi- Kalaburgi

8 TELANGANA STATE Sl. No. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The Osmania University, Hyderabad The Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad The Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad The National Academy of Legal Studies & Research University, Hyderabad The Telangana University, Nizamabad The Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts University, Hyderabad 28 The Mahatma Gandhi Univesity, Nalgonda -03, AP (Former name Nalgonda University) The Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar The Satavahana University, Jyothinagar, Karimnagar The Rajiv Gandhi University of knowledge Technologies, IIIT-H Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad , The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad 2008 CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES The English and Foreign Languages University, O.U. Campus, Hyderabad, The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh The Moulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad,

9 ANDHRA PRADESH STATE Sl. No. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The Andhra University, Visakhapatnam The Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati The Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur The Kakatiya University, Warangal Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur Sri Padmavati Mahila Vishwavidyalayam,Tirupati The Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati The Dravidian University, Kuppam Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Regional Lib, Tirupati The Adikavi Nannaya University, Jai Krishnapuram, Rajahmundry Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Prakasam Road, Tirupati The Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa , The A.P. University of Law, Visakhapatnam Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Etcherla, Srikakulam The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantpur The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada The Krishna University, Rajupeta, Machllipatanam The Rayalaseema University, Kurnool The Vikram Simhapuri University, Nellore

10 TAMIL NADU STATE Sl. No. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The University of Madras, Chennai The Annamalai University, Annamalainagar The Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai The Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Combatore The Tamil University, Thanjavur The Bharathiar University, Coimbatore The Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli The Mother Teresa Women s University, Kodaikanal The Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, Karaikudi The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai The Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai The Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Thirunelveli The Periyar University, Salem The Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai The Thiruvalluvar University, Fort- Vellore The Tamil Nadu Open University, Directorate of Technical Education Campus, Guindy, Chennai The Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai The Anna of Technology University of Technology, Tirunelveli, The Anna of Technology University, Tiruchirapalli, The Anna University of Technology, Coimbarote The Anna University, Guindy, Chennai The Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, Chennai The Anna University of Technology, Tharamani, Chennai The Anna University of Technology, Madurai The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES 25 The Indian Maritime University, Chennai The Central university of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur

11 KERALA STATE Sl. No. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram The Calicut University, Malapuram District, Kozhikode The Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi The Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur The Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam Shree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady The Kannur University, Kannur The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) Kochi The Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies, Kochi The Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur The Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Wayanad CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES 12 The Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod

12 3.4. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOUTH INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES KARNATAKA STATE Sl. No NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY Year of Establishment 1 The University of Mysore, Mysuru The Karnatak University Dharwad The Bangalore University Bengaluru The Gulbarga University, Kalburgi The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru The Vishweshwaraiah Technological University, Belagavi

13 3.4.1 A) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE, MYSURU Fig. 1 The University of Mysore, Mysuru. The University of Mysuru was established on 27th July, in the year 1916 during the benevolent reign of the Maharaja of Mysuru, His Highness Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar ( ). The genesis of the University of Mysore stems from a five year long in-depth reading and analysis on higher education across the globe. In the year 1941, new courses leading to BA honours were added. During the post-independent period, from , the University enacted new Act of 1956 which ushered in an academic autonomy. It also facilitated the introduction of Pre University System of education by abolishing intermediate courses. With the support of the University Grants Commission (UGC), which came into existence in 1956, the post-graduate education was expanded significantly. In 1960, a major development was the conglomeration of all the post-graduate studies of the University at one location during the tenure of the Vice-chancellorship of Dr. K.V. Puttappa. This location was christened "Manasagangotri" meaning ` eternal spring of the mind 71

14 adjacent to Kukkarahalli lake within the heart of the heritage city of Mysuru in a picturesque area of 739 acres. The year 1966 was commemorated as the Golden Jubilee year and a corpus fund of Rs 2.85 crores was instituted for awards and prizes under various categories. Today, the University has 42 Postgraduate Departments at the Main Campus, Manasagangotri, 2 Postgraduate Centres, viz., Tubinakere, Mandya, Hemagangotri, Hassan with 5 Postgraduate Departments each and one Satellite Centre at Chamarajanagar with 3 Postgraduate Departments. It is providing higher education to about 85 lakhs students, of which over 10,000 are Postgraduates. As many as 1400 students are from 50 countries pursuing higher studies in this University. Some of these countries are China, Iran, Jordan, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, Syria, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Kajkhastan, Kirghizia, Mongolia, Uganda, Yemon, Kenya, Palestine, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. While adopting and realizing the policy of inclusive growth creating opportunities to every deserving persons new courses and programs such as Masters in Biotechnology, Microbiology, Electronics, Genetics, Electronic Media, Geographical Information Systems, Information Technology and Management, Computer Cognition Technology, Financial Analysis and Management, Tourism Administration etc., have been introduced in a phased manner to meet the emerging needs of the technology and society and to develop necessary human resources. Career Oriented Courses, such as e-commerce, Bio-informatics, Clinical Informatics, Office Automation etc., are also being offered. The library has set up a Career Information Resource Center and Learning Resource Center for Visually Challenged. The main campus features an amphitheater, an auditorium, a swimming pool, and hostels for women and men with modern amenities and comforts. 72

15 After assessing its overall performance, the University of Mysuru was first accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with Five Star status in the year 2000 and has been reaccredited in 2006 at A+ level. The Current Science has ranked the University of Mysuru as one of the top 20 Universities in Scientific and Research activities. Considering the progress of the University in all directions and its contributions to the society, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has considered the University of Mysore as `Institution of Excellence and has awarded special grant of Rs.100 Crores for establishing Centre of Excellence in ``Biodiversity, Bioprospecting and Sustainable Development and also to strengthen the infrastructural facilities in the University. On recommendation of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission, the Karnataka Government considered the University of Mysore as an Innovative University. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIERSITY OF MYSORE: a. This is a public state University in Mysore, Karnataka. The University was founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore. b. The University became the first outside of the Britain administration in India, the sixth in India as a whole, and the first in Karnataka. c. The University comprises of 122 affiliated colleges and five constituent colleges (forming an aggregate of 53,000 students). In addition, the university has 37 postgraduate departments, eight specialized research and training centers, and two postgraduate centers that together offer a total of about 55 regular academic programs to 3,500 students. d. It also runs a number of employment-oriented diploma courses and certificate programs. 73

16 e. The Mysore University Library comprises over 800,000 books, 2,400 journal titles, and 100,000 volumes of journals. f. The main campus features an amphitheater, an auditorium, a swimming pool, and hostel accommodations for men and women. g. As of July 2013, the University of Mysore was accredited "Grade A" by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), while its academic staff was ranked amongst the top 5 across India. PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig. 2 The Mysore University of Mysore Central Library The library collection grew since the days of his highness Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraje Wadiyar who encouraged the building up of a need-based library collection for the Raja s Free School and also a reading habit among the academic circles way back in the middle of the 19th Century. The Library today combines the traditional roles with an ongoing commitment to transformation of its facilities and services in order to assist the University in meeting its objectives. 74

17 The manuscript collections at the Oriental Research Institute projects the cultural heritage of the nation; the rare book collections at the University Graduate Library, popularly known as Maharaja s College Library, being a part of the university library system, support endeavor of the academic community for research and scholarship. As the Indian cultural tradition depicts, the ultimate goal of knowledge acquisition is enlightenment. The Mysore University library is one of the oldest and the largest University Libraries in the country and the Mother of other University Libraries of Karnataka. The Library started functioning in the year It has a glorious record of 91 years of worthy service with a resource collection 6 Lakh volumes in its systems today. The inception collection of the library was around 2311 books which was housed in Jubilee building and later moved to The Maharaja s college campus and finally the library shifted to its new building at Manasagangotri Campus in the year The foundation stone of this functional building was laid by first UGC Chairman Prof. C.D.Deshmukh on 11th July It was inaugurated by the then President of India Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan on 7th Dec The library is extending both traditional and IT related services. The library has 15 different divisions/ sections carrying out various library professional activities. Acquisition Section., Technical Section., Stack Area (Controlled) 1 To 4th Stacks) Active Stack Area., Circulation Section (Membership Registration) Reference, Documentation And Archival Section., Periodical Section Kannada Section., Information Technology Division Internet Centre., CD-Rom Section., Manasa Media Centre 75

18 Text Book Loan Section Office., Opac And Virtual Zone UGC Infonet Division., Xerox Unit Access to Online Bookshops., Access to Publisher's Catalogues E-RESOURCE COMMITTEE- SPECIAL CENTERS: Career Information Resource Centre, study centre for competitive examinations UGC Net, UPSC, KPSC, Banking, etc., Sources on general knowledge, General Aptitude, functional English, Numerical Ability., Guides and question bank series., Magazines covering employment opportunities. Digital Information Resource Centre : Presently, 120 PCs with Internet browsing facility, Access to thousands of e-journals, e-books, e-theses, digital repositories, etc., Facilitates ing, assignment and project preparation., Open from 8am to 8 pm., On an average 500 users per day visit the centre., Brings IT awareness among students., Learning Resource Centre for Visually Challenged : State-of-the-Art Assistive Technologies for Visually Challenged., Jaws Talking Software, Sara Book Reader, Angel Book Reader, Plex Talk, CD Reader., Zoomex and Prisma Readers, Bonita Mouse for low vision persons., Magic Key-board, Braille Key-board., Braille Printer, Graphic Embosser., , Internet search facility., Seamless access to E-journals and E-books, and Print Resources. LIBRARY COLLECTIONS The University of Mysore library has acquired a large number of Books, Journals, Reports, Theses, E-Journals, CD-ROMs, Data-bases, Non-book materials, News Papers and Magazines, etc., by utilizing various types of grants funded by the State Government, The University, UGC and Other Academic and Scientific Organizations, WEB OPAC for New and OLD Books. 76

19 ACTIVITIES: activities: The Library conducts periodically the following user oriented professional User Awareness / Education Programme Orientation Programme to Fresh Students Display of Books on Important personalities and occasions Book Exhibition on New Arrivals to Library / Gifted Books Tour of the Library for visitors. DIGITIZATION OF MYSURU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COLLECTION: The library houses a very Unique and Precious type of documents dating back to the 18th and 19th Centuries. In order to preserve and conserve these documents for a longer time, efforts are being made to digitize these important historical and archival documents. PUBLICATIONS: The Library publishes a periodically the NEW ARRIVAL LIST both in Print and CD format. It also brings out the Library Guide Book / Brochure of the Library. The Library has also proposed to publish the following documents. Handbook of Reference resources of the Library Preparation of E-Document on Special and Significant Library Collection in CD form Publishing Library Bulletin covering the details of Content Pages of Indian Journals subscribing by the Library 77

20 News Letter on recent and latest developments in the field of Library and Info. Science. Directory of Library Members FUTURE PROGRAMMES: Development of computerized Databases of Gnanapeetha Awardees in Kannada lit. Biographical databases of Scientists, Laureates, Eminent National Personalities, Nobel Awardees Digitization of University of Mysore Library Collection (Rare Archival) Digitization of Karnataka State Gazettes Providing Bulletin Board Services on UGC-INFONET Electronic Resources E RESOURCES: Campus wide access and Off Campus wide access Open access resources and Career information service portal WORKING HOURS: All days except 3 National and 8 Festival Holidays hrs hrs (Monday Saturday) hrs hrs (Sundays & Holidays) USEFUL LINKS: UGC-University Grant Commission NAAC- National Assessment and Accreditation Council INFLIBNET- Information and Library Network Centre 78

21 UGC-API Guidelines and CSIR-Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ICAR-Indian Council of Agriculture Research ICMR-Indian Council for Medical Research DBT-Department of Biotechnology MHRD-Ministry of Human Resource Development ISRO-Indian Space Research Organization NKRC-National Knowledge Resource Consortium. INDEST-AICTE Consortium and Web Opac and Digital Library of Mysuru 79

22 3.4.1 B) PROFILE OF THE KARNATAK UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD Fig 3. The Karnatak University, Dharwad The Bombay legislature of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency established the Karnatak University through the Karnatak University Act It became a statutory University on 1st March The jurisdiction of the University covers Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttar Kannada districts. It has several Post Graduate centers. The university is offering courses in the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Education, Law, Management, Science and Technology and Social Sciences. The university in its formative years had the leadership of Dr. D C Pavate as the Vice Chancellor ( ) who gave it a shape all its own with symmetry that merges with the environ that spells harmony. The rocky edifice built in magnificent style is a tribute to his genius as the architect with a matching academic input, the faculty, to earn the campus the name, Pavate Nagar for posterity. 80

23 There are 43 departments, 222 teachers and 5000 students (PG, M.Phil., Ph.D). The Vidya Soudha houses several departments of the faculties of social sciences, sciences and technology, commerce and arts. The departments of the business management and reproductive health management are housed in an independent building. The department of physical education is housed in Kreeda Bhavan. Gandhi Bhavan accommodates the department of Gandhian studies; Bhasha Bhavan houses the Departments of Foreign Languages, Hindi, Urdu and Persian. Dr. B R Ambedkar Bhavan houses the Ambedkar studies centre. Over the last 59 years, the number of affiliated colleges has increased from a mere 34 to more than 528. The University has established 5 PG campuses, at Belgaum (178 acres), Bijapur (31 acres), Haveri (42 acres), Gadag (32 acres) and Karwar (6 acres) which are district headquarters. During the last five years a new state of the art technical courses have been introduced to compensate the loss of medical and engineering faculties and the consequent loss of revenue to the University. There are several self-financing courses, including an integrated course in Master of Tourism Administration, E-Commerce, M. Com. (Corporate Secretaryship), M. Sc. (Applied Genetics), M.Sc. (Biotechnology), M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Sc. (Microbiology), MBA (CBCS), MBA (evening programme), MBA (International Business), MCA, MIM, P.G. Diploma in Bank Management and P.G. Diploma in Risk Management. The university also has introduced the Marine Biology at Sirsi. The University identifies the regional needs and overall development of students of this backward region of North Karnataka. A large number of students suffer from lack of communication skills and opportunities to develop their personality. The University has considered the region specific and community specific needs and has introduced (a) Computer Applications, (b) Environmental Problems and Human Rights, (c) Indian Constitution and (d) Development of Communication Skills and Personality as compulsory papers at the UG level. Periodic ICT workshops are conducted for students and staff 81

24 (teaching and non-teaching) to equip them with the skill to access and utilize electronic information. The central library is equipped with educational CD-ROMs. A full-fledged computer centre has been set up in the Students Home. Those who are not able to pursue regular UG and PG courses are given an opportunity of higher education through correspondence mode in the Faculties of Arts, Commerce and Social Sciences. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE KARNATAK UNIVERSITY DHARWAD a. The Karnatak University was established at Dharwad in the Indian state of Karnataka in October The campus spans over 750 acres (3 km). Dr. D. C. Pavate was the vice-chancellor from 1954 to The rapid development of the institution is credited to him. The university was recognized with the "Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission. b. The University is the second oldest, after University of Mysore, in the state of Karnataka. The Karnatak university once used to serve most part of Karnataka like districts of Dharwad, Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar and Bellary till 1980's and also from 1953 to 1965 Manipal Institute of Technology and the Kasturba Medical College Manipal were affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad and all degrees were awarded by the Karnatak University. c. The bifurcation of districts and establishment of new universities in this region has led to jurisdiction area of the Karnatak University to the present day districts of Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Gadag. d. The Post Graduate Departments-48, the P.G faculty-264, Under Graduate faculty-4,252, P. G. students-4531 and; Under Graduate Students-1,01,

25 PROFILE OF DR. S. S. BASAVANAL LIBRARY, THE KARNATAK UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD. Fig 4. Dr. S S Basavanal Library, the Karnatak University, Dharwad The Karnataka University Library was established in 1950 along with the university on a small hall of Government Training College for men. Now it has independent building located behind "Gandhi Bhavan" surrounded by beautiful natural greenery. The building has a carpet area of 4030 sq. mtrs. It accommodates about 4 lakh books in its four stack rooms and around 300 students at a time to read in the reading halls of the library. The Library subscribes around 400 Research Journals in print and 5000 in Electronic form through UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium and also it has back volumes of periodicals, Reports, Theses and Dissertations submitted to Karnatak University. One of the special features of this library is the United Nations Depository Centre and The World Public Information KIOSK which is having more than 30,000 documents. WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday For reference: 08:00 a.m. TO 08:00 p.m. 83

26 Issue/Return of books: 08:00 a.m. TO 08:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:30 a.m. TO 06:00 p.m. Sunday Holiday SERVICES: Books lending service (Books borrowing facility) Open access facility Photocopying service Reference service Inter library loan facility Internet browsing service Cataloguing service UGC Info net E-Journals access facility Online Public access catalogue (OPAC) Services User education. UGC-INFONET E-JOURNALS CONSORTIUM: The Karnataka University Library with the help of UGC-INFLIBNET has established 1 Gbps Internet connectivity. With this, the University has paved into a new Information Technology Super Highway. Now it is possible to access high speed Internet in the campus. It is possible to access more than 5000 full text electronic journals in various subjects through UGC-INFONET. These Electronic Journals are very useful to the faculty, researchers and students. TOTAL COLLECTION OF BOOKS, (AS ON ) Purchased Books- 2,31,1961 Dissertations & Ph.D. & Theses-7,784 U. N. Documents: 31,984 Book Received as Donations: 64,984 Periodical Bound volumes- 45,851 84

27 3.4.1 C) PROFILE OF THE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU Fig 5. The Bangalore University, Bengaluru Bengaluru University is located in the Garden City of The Bengaluru aptly hailed as the "I.T. Capital of India", was established in July 1964 as an off shoot of the University of Mysuru, primarily to include institutions of higher learning located in the metropolitan city of the Bengaluru and the districts of Bengaluru, Kolar and Tumakuru, which eventually became a separate university. Initially, the two premier colleges of the city, the Central College (CC) and the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) formed the nucleus of the Bengaluru University. Soon after the establishment of the Bengaluru University, as a first step in the re-organization of courses instructions, the University introduced the Honours Courses in the year Three year Honour's courses in Botany, Chemistry, 85

28 Economics, English, Geology, Kannada, Mathematics and Zoology which were offered only at the University Post Graduate Departments have attracted many brilliant students. The Honours passed students were admitted to the Post Graduate Courses on priority and B.A./B.Sc. graduates, who marginally missed admission to the Post Graduate Courses were given an opportunity to join the final year Honours course and seek admission to the Post Graduate Courses, thereafter. Since 1973, the University is functioning from both the campuses the main campus at Jnana Bharathi and the City Campus at Central College. The University has also established Gandhi Bhavan, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study and Research Centre, and Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive policy and also has established schools of the Biological Sciences, Social Sciences and Business Studies. The Central College Campus retained as the City Campus, houses the City offices of the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Registrar (Evaluation), Finance (Examination part), UGC Academic Staff College, Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education Centre, Directorate of College Development Council, Directorate of Physical Education and a few post graduate departments and support services, with a state of the art Jnana Jyothi Auditorium. The Bengaluru University has the fruitful existence and has come to be hailed as one of the largest universities of Asia. Though originally intended to be a federal university, it has eventually emerged as an affiliating University. The University was first accredited in 2002 by NAAC with Five Star Status and was re-accredited in the year 2008 with 'A' Grade. According to India Today - Nielsen survey of May 31st 2010, the Bengaluru University ranks 13th in the list of 50 top Universities in the Country. Academically, the University is structured into six faculties- Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering. It has 43 Post Graduate 86

29 Departments, one post graduate Centre at Kolar, (Started during ), three constituent colleges, 665 affiliated colleges (of which 115 have PG Courses) and several other centres and directorates of higher learning and research under its purview. The University is also reaching out to the society by organizing endowment and extension lectures apart from bringing out publications on issues of contemporary relevance through its Prasaranga division. The Bengaluru University has achieved milestones by establishing MOU s with Universities and Institutions of national and international repute. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BANGALORE UNIVERSITY a. The Bangalore University is a public state university located in city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, b. The University is one of the oldest in India, dating back to c. The University offers Integrated Programmes, Bachelor s, Master s and Doctoral degrees apart from Diplomas and Certificates. d. The language of instruction for most of the courses are English. The Bangalore University has 497 affiliated colleges. e. The University is a part of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by University Grants Commission (UGC). The Bangalore University is accredited by NAAC under new grading system with A grade. f. The University gave birth to universities like the Visvesvaraya Technological University, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. 87

30 g. The University Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) has been designated by ISR to train astronauts for the Indian space program. The Bangalore University has been awarded the Sir M Visvesvarya chair from ISRO to perform research in space science. h. The University hosts a growing number of foreign students. PROFILE OF BANGALORE UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 6. The Bangalore University, Central Library The University library was established in the year 1966 and this was shifted to the Jnana Bharathi campus in the year. The library building at Jnana Bharathi campus has Stack room storing 1.5 lakhs of books for circulation, reference section storing references and text books and the periodical section holding more than 200 current periodicals and 50,000 book volumes of periodicals. The library is kept open on all working days from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The university library holds library committee meetings from time to time under the Chairmanship of Vice Chancellor 88

31 and Registrar, Finance Officer and all the Deans are the members of the committee and the librarian is the member secretary of the committee. CREATION OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FUND: The finance branch of Bengaluru university has opened a separate account in the State Bank of Mysore, Nagarabhavi Branch in the name of university library fund operated by the Finance Officer to deposit all the receipts from the library and also the students library fees from all the government and private colleges in order to spend the same money to provide a state-of art library facilities at Jnana Bharathi and central college campuses. PROVIDING R3 ACCESS (REMOTE RESTRICTED RESOURCE): University has started extending the Remote Access facility to its E-resources to the residences of the University Teachers, Research Scholars, and Students. A brief Statistical report is given below: LIBRARY BUDGET AT A GLANCE: Books Normal Grants : Rs. 40 Lakhs Subscription to Journals-University Grants : Rs. 30 Lakhs Periodical (Magazines and News Papers) : Rs Lakh Xerox Expenses : Rs. 10,000 PROCUREMENT OF BOOKS AND JOURNALS Total number of books as on 31st March 2010 : 3,30,802 Average number of books added per annum : 3724 Average number of books received as gift : 32 89

32 No. of journals subscribed : 170 Journals received as gift : 102 Electronic Journals : 6500 Databases : 08 CD-ROM : 300 THE LIBRARY USER STATISTICS Total No. of Students ( ) : 1868 Teachers : 22 Research Scholars : 64 University Staff : 11 Institution Membership : 11 LIBRARY SERVICES OFFERED Access to- Electronic Journals and Databases on campus and Remote Access, Browsing and Reading facility CD-ROM Search Service Document Delivery Services Services Inter Library Loan Internet Access Reference Service Referral Service and Photocopy Service 90

33 3.4.1 D) PROFILE OF THE GULBARGA UNIVERSITY, KALBURGI Fig 7. The Gulbarga University Kalburgi Established in the year 1980 by an act of The Karnataka state, The Gulbarga University has a significant history of imparting quality education to the students. Through its 305 affiliated colleges, leading faculty members and a wide range of courses offered in the field of arts, commerce, fine arts, music, social sciences, technology, education and law, The Gulbarga university has been empowering the students through knowledge, inclusive growth for socio-economic change and sustainable development. The Gulbarga university is one of the proactive universities to have implemented the 'outreach model' of education to achieve its mission of equipping the students with relevant knowledge, competence and creativity to face the global challenges and also contributing significantly in producing quality and employable talent pool and also furthering the cause of GER in India. The Gulbarga University was established in the year 1980 by an Act of Karnataka State. Its jurisdiction extends to the five districts of Gulbarga, Bidar, Raichur, Bellary and Koppal of Hyderabad Karnataka. 91

34 Earlier, it was a post-graduate centre of The Karnatak University, Dharwad since The main campus is situated on an 860 acres of land, 6 kilo meters east of the Gulbarga city. It has 38 post-graduate departments and 4 post-graduate centers located at Krishna devaraya nagar, Bellary, Raichur and Bidar. Another post-graduate centre at Basava kalyan is on the anvil. The University enrolls about 3500 students every year for various post-graduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in various disciplines. There are about 160 faculty members and about 700 technical and nontechnical supporting staff. There are 305 colleges affiliated to this University which enroll graduate/diploma courses in arts, fine arts, music, social sciences, science & technology, commerce, education and law. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE a. The Gulbarga University is a public university located in Gulbarga, Karnataka, India. Its jurisdiction extends to the five districts of Gulbarga, Bidar, Raichur, Bellary and Koppal of Hyderabad Karnataka. It has more than 37 teaching departments and 4 research centers and also acts as an affiliating university. b. Earlier it was a post-graduate centre of the Karnatak University, Dharwad since c. The Logo Statement "Vidyeye Amrutha" translates as "Education is Nectar" and conveys the spirit of the Gulbarga University which is catering to the needs of Hyderabad - Karnataka region. The starting of this University comes to our people as "Nectar". Hence this logo symbolizes the endeavour of the University in its prime focus of imparting higher education for the development of this region. d. The Gulbarga University is one of the leading centers of academic excellence caters to the educational needs of the society located in the developing region of Hyderabad Karnataka established in

35 e. The Library received Dr. Padhya Best University Library Award for 2007 instituted by Indian Library Association, New Delhi and recipient of e INDIA Award 2011 for the Best ICT Enabled University at India s Largest ICT Event during December PROFILE OF THE GULBARGA UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 8. The Gulbarga University Library The University Library makes sincere efforts to provide The user-focused services having over 2,20,000 books, subscribes 308 scientific journals, Sixteen CD- ROM databases (Current + Archival), 5500 dissertation/theses and technical reports, conference papers, and rare books. The Local Area Network (LAN) established for automating in-house activities and services of the library with 140 computer systems and four main servers, provides an access to UGC INFONET e-resources, Internet and e-learning. The newly set up Virtual Learning Resource Center and Digital Library (VLRC & DL), a giant leap into information age, is at the heart of the University Learning experience, a landmark facility supporting e-ltrc (e-learning Teaching 93

36 and Research) focusing on development of user centered learning. Besides, Document delivery, Reprographics, SC/ST Book Bank, User instruction, Technical writing and Communication skills training, career planning, and research repository are a few unique services provided by the Library. The University Library has been a recipient of Dr Padhya Best University Library Award instituted by the Indian Library Association. UNITS OF LIBRARY The Library is logically divided into three broad units i.e. Networked Information Service Unit, Resource Management Unit and Serials Management Unit. The details of main units and sub-units are presented in the organizational structure of the Library. INFORMATION SERVICES: Borrowing facilities. SC/ST Book Bank for long - term loan. Reference work assistance in other Universities. Reference service and Literature search. Basic Books (Text Book) for reference in Reserved Shelf. Information Consolidation. Referral Services. UGC INFONET Full Text e-resources. Access to abstracting databases. INFLIBNET Resources access. Reprint/Document delivery. Xerox services & Digital printing at VLRC & DL. User Education, Study Skills, Communication Skills, Research Management. Internet, Learning Resources and Academic Computing software s. 94

37 Instructional Material Development. Education, Training and Career Development. Web based alerts and e-services. Consultancy/Advisory on ICTs, Library organization & development VIRTUAL LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE & DIGITAL LIBRARY (VLRC & DL) To keep pace with time to meet the expectations of the users, The Virtual Learning Resource Centre & Digital Library has been established during 2008 to accomplish the objectives of universal access unrestricted by time and place in order to harness the ICT for enhancing quality of teaching and research. The VLRC & DL reflects the University s mission to be a leading Learning Region and importance and the institution places upon student centered learning. server for 500 IDs has been set up for communication between the Library and Departments and other stake holders. The State-of-the-Art computer facilities supported by the Infosys Foundation, Bengaluru is established with 100 workstations, Main frame servers and CD NAS server provide excellent access to Internet, CD-ROM Databases and e- learning packages using two MBPS leased line for the benefit of students, research scholars and faculty. The Gulbarga University Library is one of the first Universities to adopt this technology using CD NET Tower for multi-user access in India. At present, the following sixteen national and international databases have been subscribed in various disciplines. Now these databases are made available under CD NAS Server by creating images accessible under network. Gulbarga University Library has always been in fore front to introduce the ICTs for the benefit of Students and Faculty. Developments in Information Science have since been adopted to keep pace with the technological advancements. The following growth signifies the efforts made thereby. 95

38 a. Strengthened the CDROM Lab by adding new CDROM databases and additional access facilities ( ). b. Internet Lab established using broad band dialup facilities ( ). c. Learning Resource Lab with multimedia facilities ( ). d. VSAT connectivity through UGC INFONET, INFLIBNET AND ERNET. e. LAN in the Library with 40 computers established connecting VSAT using OFC (2004). f. 4th International Conference CALIBER organized on Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Info. Systems, Also pre-conference Tutorial on D- space was organized (06). g. UGC INFONET e-journals consortia access facilities ( ). h. Participation in UNESCO s VIDYANIDHI Program on Digitization of Thesis/Dissertations coordinated by University of Mysuru, Mysuru ( ). i. Sensitization and Awareness Programs on e-resources, e-learning, ICTs, Career Opportunities etc., ( ). j. Construction of extension of Library building for housing VLRC & DL with the assistance of the UGC ( ). k. Established Virtual Learning Resource Centre and Digital Library with 100 Computers, Servers, Videoconferencing and other state of the Art ICTs supported by Infosys Foundation, Bengaluru (Rs Crore). l. Leased line 2 mbps bandwidth through BSNL supported by INFLIBNET/ UGC and ERNET (2008). m. Hyderabad Karnataka Development IRC and Competitive Examinations and Career Development IRC. (2008). n. Sensitization and Awareness programs on ICTs, e-resources, e-learning, e- LTR etc. ( ) 96

39 EXISTING STATE-OF-THE ART ICT FACILITIES IN VLRC & DL Infrastructure Specification Quantity Personal Computers P-IV Lenovo, Compaq and PCS and Laptops 140 Main Frame Servers Dell Power edge 2900 Quad Core Intel Xeon E% 310, 2x4MB Cache Server, 3 CD NAS Server 2084 MB memory, DVD writer drive, 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 1 High End Scanner PS 7000 Minolta 1 Digital Network Printers Phaser Videoconference Units Draper Baronet Remote Mt of Videoconference/LCD units 1 Television BenQ 42 Color TV 2 Bar Code Printer (1) & Laser Guns (2) LP2844 Printer, Heron D130 4 SOFTWARES Libsys Libsys 4 standard edition software 1 Windows Advance Server Advance Server McAfee Anti-Virus Software McAfee Active Virus Scan Enterprise Media Pack user License 1 MS-OFFICE 100 user license 1 Open Source Software s DSpace and SQUID proxy 1 Firewall SONIWALL 1 SPSS 10 user License 1 97

40 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT DURING (BOOKS PURCHASED DURING APRIL 2001 TO , 30,475) S.No. Year Number of Books Purchased Titles Volumes Amount Spent Budget Head (State Plan/UGC) ,144 23,45, ,230 17,93, ,476 07,99, ,356 19,07, ,257 08,50, ,319 25,91, ,099 23,45, , projects & schemes ,594 (Approximate) 20,35,819 (Approximate) Total 30,475 1,30,15,702 98

41 3.4.1 E) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD Fig 9. The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, The University has 4 Colleges, 30 Research Stations, 6 Extension Education Units, 5 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. A greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. The important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilly, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. A considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University. The growth and development of this University has been possible due to the foresight and dedication of the Vice-chancellors, Key Officers, Staff and Students. 99

42 The hallmark of an ideal educational institution is to provide quality education. It should consist of a series of enhancements each raising the individual to a higher level of awareness, understanding and kinship leading to wholesome development of an individual and thereby contribute to the productive development of the state and the country. This university does all these. The research programmes of the University are mainly applied in nature for solving problems of the farming community of particular location coupled with an overall increase in agricultural production of the State. Emphasis is also given to basic research supportive to applied research for tackling fundamental problems. Adaptive research is also undertaken for developing and refinement of newly developed technology under farmers' field condition, validation and ensuring acceptance. Further, the research programmes of the University are oriented towards improving potentiality of various crops and related inputs and resources in agriculture. Extension service is a vehicle, which carries scientific agricultural technology interventions developed at the Research Stations to the farm, for the overall benefit of the farming community. This noble activity facilitates in bridging the identified technological gaps existing with the farmers. The libraries have always dealt with value-loaded documents, yet have been able to maintain the libraries' value-neutral positions. The libraries provide access to information created by others, but they are not creators themselves that is the common understanding, or it was until recently. With the development of information technology, various new tasks have been coming to the libraries, some requiring new ways of interacting with documents. A new wave of changes accompanies the electronic text initiatives, positioning the library across at least the three specialized fields: computer support, publishing and academic research. 100

43 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES a. The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established in the year b. The University has 5 Colleges, 30 Research Stations, 6 Extension Education Units, 5 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. c. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. d. The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UASD) is a state agriculture university established by the Government of Karnataka which imparts education, research and extension activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, food science, agri marketing and home science. e. It is on the prime location with space for growing trees and fields for conducting experiments and research. The university has constituent colleges at places of Karnataka state: f. The College of Agriculture Dharwad, College of Agriculture Vijayapur (Bijapur), College of Agriculture Hanumanmatti (Haveri dist), College of Rural Home Science Dharwad, College of Forestry Sirsi and College of Food Technology Dharwad. 101

44 PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 10. University of Agricultural Sciences Central Library The Libraries have always dealt with value-loaded documents, yet have been able to maintain the libraries' value-neutral positions. They provide access to information created by others. With development of information technology, various new tasks have been coming to the libraries, some requiring new ways of interacting with documents. A new wave of changes accompany electronic text initiatives, positioning the library across at least three specialized fields: computer support, publishing and academic research. INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY WEBSITE: Journals = 1058, E Books =46, Karnatak journal of agri sciences, Online journals India stat Online theses Krishi Prabha CERA/ New J-Gate plus CABI abstracts Indian citation index Web OPAC Guidelines for thesis submission Current periodicals 102

45 3.4.1 F) PROFILE OF THE NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU Fig 11. The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. "The concept of a national institution to act as a pace-setter and a testing ground for bold experiments in legal education came up before the Bar Council of India in the context of the Council's statutory responsibility for maintaining standards in professional legal education under the Advocates Act, 1961." The NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY came into existence through a Notification under the NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY Act (Karnataka Act 22 of 1986). It signified the culmination of efforts by the Judiciary, the Bar Council of India, the Karnataka Bar Council, the Bengaluru University and the Government of 103

46 Karnataka to reform legal education and to establish a centre of excellence for legal education and research in India. The first batch of students was selected through a National Entrance Test, and regular academic activities began on 1st July, It was a significant achievement that students from this batch won the Bar Council of India National Moot Court Competition in their very first year of legal education. Ever since, the admissions to the Law School have been on the basis of performance at a National Entrance Test which has now, since 2008, graduated to a National Level Common Admission Test known as the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) and it operates to select candidates for all the National Law Schools in the country. Other law-teaching institutions are permitted to join in this method of selection of their candidates for admission to their law courses. Eighteen batches have completed their studies here. Many students have pursued further studies in their chosen areas of Law in other prestigious Universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Michigan, York and other Universities abroad on prestigious scholarships like Rhodes and INLAKS. Many have joined practice of the law in India at various levels from trial courts to the High Courts and the Supreme Court; some have set up independent law practices alone or conjointly with other alumni of the Law School. Many have joined corporate law firms both in India and abroad; some have joined work with national and international NGOs; some with UN organizations, the World Bank and the IMF; some have joined the academic profession, teaching in this University, the NALSAR, Hyderabad, the NUJS, Kolkata, Cambridge, the LSE, East Anglia, the National University of Singapore, etc.; some have joined the Judiciary, and a few have joined the Civil Services. 104

47 In addition to reaching out with legal education informally to members of the society through these programmes, the Law School has had, from the very start, a Legal Services Clinic and a Centre for Women & the Law reaching out with legal aid & advice to women & others from the disadvantaged sections of the society, & mediation & negotiation for settlement of disputes. The Law School is moving towards setting up a Digital Library of its collections as part of the Open Access Initiative, and efforts are on to provide open and world-wide access to all law related source documents. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NLSIU, BENGALURU a. The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is an institution for undergraduate and graduate legal education in India. b. It was the first ever National Law University to be established in India. c. The NLSIU was the first institute in India to offer a pioneering 5 year intensive course in social sciences and law. The school consistently ranks as the most prestigious law school in India. d. Located in Bangalore, the NLSIU was established by a statute passed by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka. e. The statute provides that the Chief Justice of India serves as the school's Visitor. f. The school has an intake of around 80 students in its undergraduate law programme, 40 in Masters of Law and 40 in its, recently introduced, Masters of Public Policy. g. The NLSIU was ranked first on both the Outlook India Top 10 Law Colleges of

48 PROFILE OF SHRI N R MELGIRI MEMORIAL NATIONAL LAW LIBRARY. Fig 12. Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri Memorial National Law Library, NLSIU Bengaluru The Library is the heart of an academic institution and plays an important role in all academic activities and, the more so, in law institutions. Known as Sri Narayana Rao Memorial National Law Library, its establishment was generously assisted through the munificence of Mrs. Sudha Narayanamurthy of INFOSYS. This is a three storeyed building of 30,000 Sq.ft. Built-up area with ample space for storage of books and for reading purposes. The library has been planned keeping in view the aims and objectives of the Law School, and is being operated by a team of professionally qualified library staff guided by the Library Council. It has a collection of over 40,000 volumes covering a wide range of general and special subjects, comprising of text books, reference books, back volumes of journals and reports etc., apart from current legal periodicals. The Library functions from 8.30 a.m till midnight on all the days of the week, but closing hours will vary on the Holidays. Since it now has a leased line connection to the internet, it is possible to have an easy access to information directly from all the 106

49 available computerized data bases all over the world, not only in the field of law but also in the other disciplines. Keeping in mind the vision to create an E-Law School, the University subscribes to many international online databases like WESTLAW, JSTOR, KLUWERONLINE, SPRINGERLINK etc. which contain enormous resources like International Case Reporters, Statutes, and Articles from Law Reviews, constituting an invaluable resource to a law school student. MANUPATRA.COM, INDLAW.COM and similar Indian databases have also been made available for both the students and the faculty. NLSIU is among the first of the legal educational institutions in India to subscribe to these online databases. The Library has CD-ROMs search facilities and it has also acquired important CD-ROM databases such as SCC- Online and AIR etc. The Library has also subscribed to Hein Online Legal database as well as added e-books collections for the benefit of the faculty and the students. SERVICES OFFERED: Lending of Books Referral News Paper Clipping Service CD-Rom databases search Reference Articles Index Service Inter-Library Loan Internet Search Etc., LIBRARY STATISTICS: Books Back Volumes of Journals & Subscription Current Journals-140 General Magazines- 9 News Papers- 8 Computers 16 Photo copying Machine 3 Staff

50 3.4.1 G) PROFILE OF THE VISHWESHWARAIAH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI Fig 13. The Vishweshwaraiah Technological University, Belagavi The VTU is one of the biggest Technological Universities in India, having 194 colleges affiliated to it with under graduate course in 28 disciplines & PG Programme in 71 disciplines. The intake at The UG level is about students & at the PG level it is about students. The University has 13 QIP centre in the various affiliated colleges & 16 extension centres for offering the PG programmes. There are over 2305 departments recognized as research centres. At present, over 1800 students / faculty are registered for Ph.d degree & over 180 students are registered for their M.Sc.. (Engg). This year the University is awarding 120 Ph.d Degrees & 50 M.Sc (Engg) Degrees. The Faculty has published around 694 research publications in the year The University has recently started MBA and M.Tech. Programme at Belgaum with about 205 students studying in all. Sixteen from among the affiliated colleges were recognized to get assistance under the World Bank supporting the programme. TEQIP program in the I Phase. This year as a novel measure academic autonomy has been provided to 17 affiliated Colleges after due processes. The 108

51 University has MOU s with various leading organizations like The IBM, The INTEL Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bengaluru and Microsoft. These MOU s will help in various ways to train the faculty, conduct teachers training workshops, student projects and enable the colleges affiliated to the University to get software at a highly subsidized rate. Already The Intel has arranged many training programmes for Engineering College Teachers. 153 teachers were trained by Microsoft. These MOU s will further the Technological growth of the state. Many of the industries are showing keen interest in participating in the curricular activities of the University and the University is negotiating with them for such participation. The DMP shall supply the latest technical know-how for the said Joint Venture (IGIT) comprising of Training, literature, Videos and Power point Demonstrations for Dynamic and Static Molding Technologies, Cold Welding Methods, Capilliary Metal Impregnation Techniques, Metal Preservation and Conservation Methods and metal making industries of high precision. VTU proposes to have worldwide electronic presence by establishing data network interconnecting the VTU campus at Machche, four regional offices and all the affiliated colleges of VTU in a secure private network and open up access to this network to the worldwide communities for collaborative learning using the Internet technology. In this direction, a Campus wide network at Machche with a fiber optic backbone, having about 1000 data access points interconnecting all the existing and proposed buildings, is being set up. The campus network uses the state of art network tiered architecture with Edge and Core switches and scalable distributed network topology. This network will meet the computing demand of the PG students in the campus, provide elearning environment, access to digital library, support examination, administration work and more importantly have sufficient bandwidth for Videoconferencing from any network 109

52 access point. Further, the VCONET: VTU Colleges Network will enable a sharing of faculty expertise among colleges, collaboration among peer groups, even out digital disparity among rural and urban engineering the colleges, provide infrastructure for online examination system, portal to different digital libraries all over the world and support many more innovative applications on the net expected in future. The University intends to start the Nodal Training Institute for training the staff of engineering colleges similar to the staff training colleges functioning in other Universities. A project report in this regard is sent to the appropriate agencies for funding. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE VTU, BELAGAVI a. The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is a collegiate public state technical university in Karnataka State. The university is named after Sir M Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. b. The University has three regional centers in Bangalore, Gulbarga and Mysore. The VTU is one of the largest universities in India with 212 colleges affiliated to it with an intake capacity of over 467,100 undergraduate students and 12,666 post-graduate students. c. The University encompasses technical and management fields which offers a total of 30 undergraduate and 71 postgraduate courses. The university has around 1800 Ph.D candidates. It is one of the few universities of India to have 16 of its affiliated colleges recognized by the World Bank for getting assistance in setting up state-of-the-art laboratories, campus facilities and research centers under the TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, a government of India initiative) program. 110

53 d. The University has signed MoU s with multinational corporations like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft to improve the industry interactions for students and the teachers, VTU is one of the member universities of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. PROFILE OF THE VISHWESHWARAIAH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 14. The Central Library of Vishweswaraiah Technological University Belagavi. The Library plays a proactive role in enabling access to information resources of all kind and providing innovative, responsive and effective service to meet the changing needs of the academic community. The library offers a range of services including reference and consultation, membership and circulation, document delivery, resource sharing, information alert service, book bank for needy students, user awareness programs, and the ICT-enabled web-based services. To promote the use of electronic database and full text access to the e-journals, the library also subscribes to e-journals IEEE, Springer, ASME, ASCE, ASTM, 111

54 Elsevier-SD, EBSCO, McGraw Hill (Access Engineering) and also ICFAI, Hyderabad. In addition to this, there are a number of non reading materials available to meet the user requirements. These collections have been supporting the teaching, learning and research activities. E-JOURNALS: IEEE All Society Periodicals E-Package (ASPP) (145 E-Journals) ASCE E-Package (33 e-journals) ASME E-Package (25 e-journals) ASTM Digital Library Springer Link EBSCO Business Source Elite E-Journal Collection (1802 E-Journals & Magazine) E-BOOKS: Mc-Graw-Hill (Access Engineering Library) HEC - National Digital Library (DL) Directory of Open Access Books InTech - Physical Science, Engineering and Technology Open Access Bibliography The Digital Scholar American Libraries Google Books UN University Full-Text Publications UC Press E-Books, (>500 Public Access) Children's Library (>2800) 112

55 E- DATABASES: Research at VTU Vidynidhi-Digital Library Shodhganga ETD-NDLDT IISc Repository of Theses and Dissertations CalTech Electronic Theses and Dissertations MGU PhD Theses Archive Directory of Open Access Repositories Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) JURN Directory OPEN ACCESS E-JOURNALS: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Gateway for Free E-Journals Indian Academy of Science Indian Journals NISCAIR Research Journals Hindawi Publishing Corporation (>200 titles) Bentham Science Publishers (250 titles) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Indian Journal of Science & Technology Journal of Digital Information (JoDI) Advanced Design And Manufacturing (ADAM) Adv. in Theoretical and Math. Physic High Wire Press 113

56 3.4.2 PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES & THEIR LIBRARIES OF TELANGANA STATE Sl No. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY Year of Establishment 1 The Osmania University, Hyderabad The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad, (Central University) The Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

57 3.4.2 A). PROFILE OF THE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD Fig 15. The Osmania University, Hyderabad The Osmania University, established in 1918, is the seventh oldest in India, the third oldest in south India and the first to be established in the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad. Throughout its existence of over eight decades, it has shown a remarkable progress and sustained an integrated development of all faculties. The University with 12 Faculties, 53 depts, 638 Teaching staffs, 2428 Non Teaching staffs, The University offers: 25 UG prog s with 158 combinations, 75 PG Courses, 27 PG Diplomas, 2 research programmes at M.Phil & Ph.D levels; The University is spread over in 1300 Acres with 8 campus colleges, 5 constituent colleges, 4 University PG Centres, 6 research institutes, 8 Academic centres, and a knowledge hub i.e Library 5.5 lakh books and 5500 rare manuscripts. The University is the largest affiliated University of Asia with 1000 affiliated colleges, 5,50, 000 students. Faculty 359 professors, Emeritus -7, Associate prof- 106, Asst Prof- 173, Employees University Teaching Staff (Temporary): Sciences 170, 115

58 Engineering 37, Technology- 23, others- 184, University Non-teaching Staff, Permanent 2428, temporary 1202, Total number of registered Ph.D Scholars. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD a. The Osmania University is a public state university located in Hyderabad. b. It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad. c. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu as a medium of instruction. In 2012, the University was placed sixth among the Nation's Premier Universities in Humanities, Sciences and Commerce stream, which secured the University with Potential for Excellence status. d. As of 2012, the University hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations. The Osmania Medical College was once a part of the university. However, it is now under the supervision of NTR University of Health Sciences. The University was established to cater modern, secular, cultural, Islamic and regional arts education, for which the medium of instruction was selected as Urdu and English as a compulsory language, e. The University Library is the main library of the University and it was founded in 1918 along with the university. f. It has close to 500,000 books and more than 6000 manuscripts, which includes rare palm leaf manuscripts. g. It also has various journals, government documents, etc. h. The main library coordinates a library system, which connects the libraries in the entire campus and other constituent college libraries. 116

59 PROFILE OF THE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 16. The Osmania University Central Library The University library system consists of a Main Library and College / Department/ Seminar Libraries. The University Library coordinates the library system, which links the libraries in all the campus and constituent college libraries. The main library was established in the year 1918 along with the University. The Library was shifted to the present building which was inaugurated by Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, the then President of India on 3rd August The main library building departs from the traditional use of the Indo-Saracenic arch, but it seeks unity with the older buildings of the campus through the dominant pillars of the entrance portal. It stands majestically inviolable on the highest point of the campus, commanding a panoramic view of the unusually beautiful Deccan landscape. The new building has a floor area of 62,000 sq. ft. It is a fitting symbol of the present decade of progress. The Library is divided into a number of Sections basing on the collection and services offered. They are Text Book Section, Periodical Section, Reference Section, and Acquisition & Cataloguing Sections. Additionally, it has Vision of the 117

60 Osmania, Manuscript Section, Theses Section, and CERL Section & U.N. Section, which are highlighted. SERVICES: Lending, Inter Library Loan, Photocopy facilities Reference Service CD-ROM Search, Internet & facility, Digital Documents on demand DIGITIZATION OF MANUSCRIPTS The Juma- Al- Masjid centre for Culture and Heritage, Dubai had undertaken digitization of Manuscripts project at O. U. Library and it is in progress. The committee has decided to charge Rs.10/- for each printout for outsiders on producing Identity u proof from the Research Supervisor or the Head of the Department, and Rs.5/- for University users. THESES & DISSERTATIONS SECTION: The library acquires processes and makes available to research scholars all the M.Phil Dissertations and Ph.Ds, and the theses submitted to the Osmania University. These are processed and made available for reference within the Library. The Library has so far acquired the following Theses & Dissertations: SOME OF THE UN PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DEPOSITORY: Demographic Yearbook Energy Statistics Yearbook International Trade Statistics Yearbook Statistical Yearbook for Asia & the Pacific UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook UN Disarmament Yearbook Yearbook of the Human Rights Committee 118

61 Yearbook of the International Law Commission Yearbook of the United Nations Yearbook of Human Rights Basic facts about the United Nations World Bank Reports World Economic outlook Proceedings of the Conference on Trade and Development INTERNET CELL: To facilitate the Faculty/Research Scholars of the University College of Arts and Social Sciences, Osmania University, a new cell known as the INTERNET CELL has opened at the library with 10 computers to make use of the INTERNET services to further their studies and research by becoming the members of the Cell. The details of the fee structure is as follows INTERNET CHARGES Browsing Charges per hour...rs receiving or sending......rs Printing charges (A4 size page)...rs Apart from the above, other faculty and students of this University can make use of the INTERNET services by paying the prescribed amount. COLLEGE & DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES: There are seven campus college libraries and six constituent college libraries in the University Library System. Among the seven campus college Libraries, the University College of Arts & Social Sciences, University College of Science and 119

62 University College of Engineering have a College Library and Department/Seminar Libraries. OVERDUE CHARGES: Students : 50 paise per day, per book, Staff : 1 rupee per day, per book with a maximum of Rs.100/- for each book Pay the charges and obtain receipt from the Circulation Counter DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA AT O.U.LIBRARY: The library started digitization of documents in the year 2004 with the help of the Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh under Digital Library of India project. Almost 42,000 documents are digitized covering different languages like: English, Telugu, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi etc. and all the documents are uploaded into Internet for the benefit of users. They can access all the documents through Internet with under mentioned links. NETWORKED PRINTING: Information accessed from online resources can also be downloaded onto a diskette/cd. If you do not have one of your own, diskettes are available for purchase at the Internet Cell. WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The Copyright law of the country governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. This University Library reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying if, in its judgment, such copying involves violation of copyright law of the country. 120

63 3.4.2 B) PROFILE OF THE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD Fig 17. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally Hyderabad Situated in the heart of the city at Kukatpally a major landmark- the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad has an environment of academic excellence with A Grade accreditation by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). Bringing the spark of knowledge to the young minds and instilling a new confidence and vigour to face the world, it is providing quality education for nearly 4 decades. The main officers and councils of the university are Chancellor, Vicechancellor, Rector, Executive council and Academic Senate. The Governor of Andhra Pradesh shall be the Chancellor of the university. The first vice-chancellor of the university is Dr. D. N. Reddy a brilliant administrator and widely read scholar. CONSTITUENT UNITS: Picking out bright students from the rural backgrounds through its impartial selection system and honing them according to the needs and requirements of today s 121

64 cut-throat competitive world, thereby preparing them for a challenge called life is what this university excels in. Fully autonomous now, after an act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Bills 1&2 with effect from 18th August 2008, the colleges that come under this university are: JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad (CEH) JNTU College of Engineering, Karimnagar (CEK) JNTU School of Information Technology (SIT) JNTU Institute of Science and Technology (IST) JNTU School of Management Studies (SMS) JNTU Academic Staff College (ASC). A premier institution with academic and research -oriented courses, the B.Tech programs (Undergraduate Programs) are about 25. Major branches among them are Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation &Control, Metallurgy, and Mechanical, Bio-medical, Civil and many more. A few courses are also offered through the correspondence cum contact mode. The world famous companies like Wipro, Infosys, Satyam, Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), Birla Soft, Yahoo, Google and many others walk out with brilliant talent in exchange for huge pay packets and dynamic careers giving the university its due credit of a fulfilling future. Fine-tuning the skill of the faculty is a regular performance evaluated here. For this purpose, the Academic Staff College(ASC) was instituted which conducts Refresher courses for Principals, Heads, Lecturers and also to evaluate, plan and implement innovative teaching methods. As a consecutive whole, The JNTU Hyderabad helps build many a bright and ambitious career. Hence, walk in with dreams and walk out with reality. 122

65 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY a. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU Hyderabad) is a public University, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, b. It is one of the India's leading educational universities focusing on engineering. Founded in 1965 as the Nagarjuna Sagar Engineering College, c. It was established as a University in 1972 by The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Act, 1972, also combining colleges in Kakinada and Anantapur. d. In 2008 the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universities Act, 2008 split the university back into four universities, the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur. e. The University is situated at Kukatpally. It is recognized by UGC and further it has gained A grade accreditation by the (National Assessment & Accreditation Council) NAAC. f. It has an intake of about 1000 students. 123

66 PROFILE OF THE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 18. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Library Kukatpally. A new building with three floors of 45,000 Sq. ft areas was constructed at Kukatpally, Campus for the University Central Library and named it after the first Vice-chancellor of JNT University as T R Doss Bhavan. The Library of erstwhile I.P.G.S.R. was on a spacious floor in the Academic block on the Main Campus of the University at Masab Tank, Hyderabad. It was upgraded to the University Central Library from In the Year 2004 the library was shifted to the new building at Kukatpally campus and The JNTU College of Engineering Library was merged with the University Central Library along with the books & staff. The University Central Library caters to the needs of The Institute of Science and Technology, The School of Information Technology, The School of Management Studies, and The JNTU College of Engineering Hyderabad. The University Central Library was fully automated with bar coding of the books in the year 2006 through VTLS-Virtual Library Software. The main features of the VTLS Software are OPAC, Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control and, the Digitization of the content of the books. 124

67 LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE Building: 45,000 sq. ft plinth areas extended in 3 floors. Ground floor: Competitive Examinations Reference Library (CERL) First floor: Journal section, Reference section, Back volume of Journals, Thesis, Xerox room, Audio Visual room, Staff rooms, 16 user terminals, 6 Staff terminals,ups room. Second floor: Digital Library with 48 terminals, Server room with 5 terminals, 10 Staff terminals, SC & ST Book Bank, UPS room. JOURNALS: Print Journals Indian + Foreign Back Volumes of Journals 3330 E-Journals and Journal Databases 4882 and 8 Newspapers+ Magazines Printed (Indian Journals) 102 Printed (Foreign Journals) 18 e-resources Indest Consortium Science Direct Indest Consortium American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Emerald American Society of Mechanical Engineering and IEEE Online Journals databases University (Udf) Funded Journals 273 Titles AICTE Funded Journals 32 Titles+150 journals 23 journals and 149 Journals & 900 conf. titles Thesis & dissertations 5349 Digital Library Infrastructure Available 125

68 BOOKS COLLECTION: 80,884 No. of Volumes 80, 844 No. of Titles 21,988 No. of Reference Books 17,250 SC/ST Book Bank 10, 000 SC/ST Integrated Book Bank; 8500 e-books 1709 LIBRARY SERVICES: The University Central Library is catering the information needs of the following dept s. Institute of Science and Technology (IST) School of Information Technology School of Management Studies Academic Staff College, Research & Development Unit University Foreign Relations School of Continuous & Distance Education JNTU College of Engineering, 126

69 3.4.2 C) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, (CENTRAL UNIVERSITY) HYDERABAD Fig 19. The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad (UoH), one of the major institutions of higher education in India is largely devoted to postgraduate studies and is widely known for its excellence in research and for its distinguished faculty. Founded in 1974 with Prof. Gurbaksh Singh as its first Vice Chancellor, UoH - also known as The Hyderabad Central University or HCU- has emerged as a leading centre of teaching and research. The large campus located near Gachibowli, which is the IT hub of Hyderabad, has immense bio-diversity and is a home to over 75 varieties of birds, not to speak of the lakes and rock formations which give the campus a natural beauty. 46 different departments and centres organized in 12 Schools of study, the University has over 400 faculties and over 5000 students. A School of Economics is proposed to be started at the University. The University offers close to 150 different 127

70 programmes of study ranging from doctoral studies to Masters level degrees, as well as a range of post graduate diplomas and short term courses by a Distance mode. The university also has a thriving Five year Integrated Masters Programme. The University hosts an ever increasing number of foreign scholars in the highly popular Study in India Programme. The University of Hyderabad has seen a considerable growth in the past few years, with the introduction of new courses of study, new disciplines, and new initiatives. With the range of disciplines represented and the quality of the faculty and students at UoH, the University- which is among the finest in the country- is well poised to make its mark internationally as well. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD a. The University of Hyderabad also known as Hyderabad Central University, is an Indian Public Research University located in Hyderabad, Telangana, b. Founded in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students and 400 faculties, from several disciplines. c. The Governor of the state of Telangana is ex-officio the Chief Rector of the University, while the President of India is the Visitor to the University. d. The University was established along the lines of the Six-Point Formula of e. The first Vice-Chancellor of the University was Banaras Hindu University organic chemist Gurbaksh Singh, from 1974 to Shri B D Jatti was the first Chancellor of the University. f. The University of Hyderabad is regarded as a premier varsity in the country, along with other universities like Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and the Indian Institutes of Technology. 128

71 g. The University has been consistently ranked among the top Ten Indian Universities, especially for research. h. In January 2015, the University of Hyderabad received the Visitor s Award for the Best Central University in India, awarded by the President of India. i. The University is located in Gachibowli, on 2300-odd acres. The campus is rich in flora and fauna, home to over 734 flower plants, ten species of mammals, fifteen species of reptiles, and 159 species of birds. PROFILE OF THE INDIRA GANDHI MEMORIAL LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD Fig 20. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad. The INDIRA GANDHI MEMEORIAL Library is one of the important central facilities of the University catering to the information needs of the faculty, research scholars and students in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Management, Sciences and Engineering. The main objective is to make the Library the most effective Learning Resource centre to contribute to the quality of higher education. The library also has created learning environment by establishing the Online Public Access Catalog Searching Area, Internet browsing area for accessing e-resources, Laptop 129

72 zone with Wi-Fi facility, specialized workstations & software for visually-challenged students. At present, the print collection has reached 4.00 lakhs that include the monographs, text books, back volumes of journals, theses / dissertations, CDs/DVDs. The library is subscribing around 500 print journals in various disciplines of the university and providing an access to more than e-resources including the e- books. The library staff feels happy to help you with its information sources and services in achieving your academic distinctions. 130

73 3.4.2 D) PROFILE OF THE MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD Fig 21. The Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is a Central University established at the National Level in 1998 by an act of Parliament to promote and develop the Urdu language and to impart vocational and technical education in Urdu medium through the conventional and distance modes. The headquarters of the University is at an outstanding central location-gachibowli, Hyderabad and has sprawled over 200 acres. The students and staff of the University are drawn from throughout India. They are attracted by its commitment to excellence in quality Urdu education in all disciplines of knowledge. The University has established three Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and three Polytechnic Colleges in Hyderabad Bengaluru and Dharbanga respectively. For all the disciplines on offer in ITI and Polytechnic, Urdu is the medium of instruction, which fulfils one of the objectives of the University of imparting technical subjects in Urdu. Additionally, the University established three Teacher Training Colleges at Srinagar, Darbhanga and Bhopal 131

74 respectively, where personal and intellectual growth of teachers is realized through varied teacher training programmes. The University s Educational Programmes on Doordarshan s Urdu Channel have been telecast daily since 1st January The University has also established its first campus outside Hyderabad at Lucknow city from the academic year The Lucknow Campus offers the Post Graduate Programmes (M.A.) in Urdu, Arabic, Persian and English. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD a. The Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's struggle for independence, and a scholar of Islam and Urdu literature. b. The University was established by an Act of the Parliament in January 1998, with an All India jurisdiction. c. The University has been awarded "A" Grade by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC). The university has an Urdu learning and research institution, the Centre for Urdu Language, Literature & Culture at its Hyderabad campus. d. MANUU has also started polytechnic colleges in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Darbhanga. e. In addition to the above-mentioned institutions, the university has four Colleges of Teacher Education operational in Hyderabad, Bhopal, Darbhanga and Srinagar. N.T.S. (Mysore) has recently established its field unit at the MANUU campus in the Gachibowli section of Hyderabad. 132

75 PROFILE OF THE MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 22. The Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Central Library The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Library was established in the year The Library has shifted to its new constructed independent building in Dec The New Library Building has G+1 with 3300 Sq. Mts., of built up area and Seating capacity of 200. The Central Library is most modular, functional and uses modern technology for its operations and Paging system for announcements. FEATURES: Fully Computerized. Uses New Gen Lib Software for day to day operations. It is an open source Software MARC 21 format, Unicode based and Web enabled, has Linux Operating System Virus free. Has CD/DVD Mirror Server Library has: 2 Linux Servers 1 Windows Server 133

76 1 Store-edge, 20 TFT Panel systems Bar Coded Technology for Issue and Return of Books 3M Security System for controlling theft of library documents Biometric Device for Employees Attendance Fire alarm Paging System for public announcements The Library has rich Urdu collection comprising of monographs, reference works etc. The Library is subscribing to around 35 current periodicals in Urdu, 135 in English, 9 in Hindi and 17 popular magazines apart from 13 Newspapers in four languages i.e. Urdu, English, Telugu and Hindi. The Library conducts students orientation classes for students of each department every year regularly, soon after the academic admissions are over. All sections of the Library are computerized and the documents can be searched on OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) within the Library. The Library collection is totally automated with the Library Software, Bar code and theft detection system using 3M tattle tape technology. It has CD/DVD Mirror Software, by which Encyclopedias, Directories, Hand books, etc., can be stored on the Server, and can be accessed on all the nodes on Intranet on the Campus. The audio visual section of the Library has TV, MP3 system, Video cassettes, VCD's, Audio cassettes of ELTS, TOEFEL, and GMAT etc. the Library has shifted to web-enabled user friendly 'New Gen Lib' Library Software which is based on Unicode, by which documents data can be entered and accessed in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi and all regional languages. The Software is based on Linux, which does not have virus effect. 134

77 3.4.2 E) PROFILE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD Fig 23. The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad The concept of the IITs was first introduced in a report in the year 1945 by Sh. N.M. Sircar, the then member of Education on Viceroy s Executive Council. Following his recommendations, the first Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year 1950 in Kharagpur. In his report Shri. Sircar had suggested that such Institutes should also be started in different parts of the country. The Government of India negotiated with the British Government for collaboration in setting up an Institute of Technology at Delhi. The British Government agreed in principle to such collaboration, but was inclined initially to start in a modest way. It was, therefore, agreed that a College of Engineering & Technology should be established at Delhi with their assistance. A trust called the Delhi Engineering College Trust was established with the help of the UK Government and the Federation of British Industries in London. Later H.R.H. Prince Philips, the Duke of Edinburgh, during his visit to India, laid the foundation stone of the College at Hauz Khas on January 28, The College of Engineering & Technology was registered as a Society on 14th June

78 under the Societies Registration Act No. XXI of 1860 (Registration No.S1663 of ). The first admissions were made in The students were asked to report at the College on 16th August 1961 and the College was formally inaugurated on 17th of August 1961 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Minister of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs. The College was affiliated to the University of Delhi. The College of Engineering & Technology, established in 1961, was declared an Institution of National Importance under the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1963 and was renamed Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. It was then accorded the status of a University with the powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees. Responsibility for the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute is vested in the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors functions through its Standing Committees - Finance Committee, Building & Works Committee and such other ad-hoc committees which are constituted by it from time to time to consider specific issues. The control and general regulation for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination in the Institute vests with the Senate. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD. a. The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad, IITH) is a public university located in district, Telangana; It runs from a temporary campus located at Ordnance Factory Medak's estate in Yeddumailaram, while the permanent campus in Kandi being constructed. b. It is one of the eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India 136

79 under The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011 which declares these eight IITs as well as the conversion of Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University to IIT. c. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24 March 2011and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April IIT Hyderabad has 826 UGs, 395 masters and 474 Ph.D. students. IITH has 142 full-time faculties. PROFILE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD, CENTRAL LIBRARY The IITH Library s primary aim is to support research, teaching, and learning information needs. It provides access to library resources (print and online) and create learning environment. We are dedicated to deliver quality library and information services. The IITH Library web page provides full information about library resources and services, links to electronic resources that we subscribe for the benefit of faculty, students and staff, and many other links to scholarship and creative work of the IIT Hyderabad. The IITH LIBRARY MISSION: The IITH Library's mission is to provide wide-ranging Information resources and services in support of the research, teaching, and learning needs of the IIT Hyderabad community. To fulfill this mission, the IITH Library pledges to: Understand the research, teaching, and learning needs of the IITH community and provide physical and digital learning environment. Build supportive systems and tools for scholarly publishing. Ensure the preservation and long-lasting availability creative work of the IIT Hyderabad faculty, students and staff. 137

80 3.4.3 PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES & THEIR LIBRARIES OF ANDHRA PRADESH STATE SL NO. NAME OF UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The S. V. University, Tirupati The Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam

81 3.4.3 A) PROFILE OF SHRI VENKATESHWAR UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI Fig 24. Shri.Venkateshwara University, Tirupati Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati was established in the year 1954, in the world famous temple town of Tirupati on the sprawling campus of 1000 acres with a panoramic and pleasant hill view. This University stands as a testimony to the wisdom and foresight of great visionaries Late Sri Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Late Sri Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, to cater to the educational needs and aspirations of the people of Rayalaseema area. With a great wisdom, the founders of this University have rightly coined the motto Wisdom lies in proper perspective for it. The University was started with six departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Philosophy. The University has eight constituent colleges concerning various conventional and advanced subjects, in order to provide good academic and smooth administrative service to one and all. Besides these colleges, it has a PG centre at Kavali. The University has 58 departments, wherein seventy one different PG courses and several 139

82 Diploma and Certificate courses are being run with a total academic faculty strength of 400 and 1500 non-teaching staff. The University has been moving forward in achieving academic excellence with a strong commitment and dedicated approach, by clearly setting up of a vision of its own. The initiatives taken by the Vice-Chancellor have already started yielding excellent results, in terms of research funding, extension activities and thus keeping the University on the path of excellence. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE S V UNIVERSITY, TIRUPATI a. The Sri Venkateswara University (commonly referred as S.V. University or SVU) is a state university in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. b. It was founded in 1954 by chief minister Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu. The university is named after Lord Venkateswara whose shrine is located in the city. c. The University campus covers a large area on land donated by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. d. It is located on the West side of Tirupati, surrounded by the other universities in the city, namely Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. e. The University was ranked 37 research university in 2013, and received an above average rating in It holds a NAAC rating of "A" with a score of 3.13 out of 4. f. It was the 31st University to be built in India, and after the Andhra Pradesh Re-organization Act, 2014 and it is the second oldest university in Andhra Pradesh, after Andhra University. 140

83 g. There are several centers and directorates, such as the Directorate of Distance Education, the Computer Center and the Oriental Research Institute. h. The Sri Venkateshwar University of Engineering is an autonomous institute whose foundation was laid by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, The first Prime Minister of India in the year i. The SVU library is only the library which insured the entirely collection of Library. PROFILE OF SHRI VENKATESHWAR UNIVERSITY, TIRUPATI CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 25. The S V University Tirupati, Central Library The University Library was started in the year 1955 with a small collection of 6,700 books taken from the Sri Venkateswara College, Tirupati, administered by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Initially the library was housed in one portion of the college main building. Later, it was shifted to the present building which was declared open in July 1964, by Late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then President of India. He described it as the Taj Mahal of the South. 141

84 LIBRARY COLLECTION: The University Library, centrally situated and easily accessible to all the departments on the campus has steadily grown over the years and it has 3,52,330 documents as on today. (31 st March 2011). It includes Text Books, Reference Books, Reports, General Books, Back Volumes of Journals, M.Phil., & Ph.D., Dissertations and E-Documents. The Library subscribes to about 330 Indian Journals by spending Rs.4.00 lakhs per year. SERVICES: Besides Book Lending service, the library offers Reader s Advisory Service, Reference Service, Reprography Service, Inter-Library Loan facility and Facility to Search E-Journals, Databases and Internet Resources. The Library follows an Open Access System in all the wings of the Library. LIBRARY COMPUTERISATION - INFLIBNET PROGRAMME: The S. V. University Library is a participating member in the INFLIBNET Programme of UGC. The UGC has provided Rs. 6.5 lakhs (Non-Recurring grant) and Rs.1.72 Lakhs (Recurring Grant) for computerization of SVU Library under INFLIBNET Programme. The computer systems were installed in the month of July About 15 professionals at various levels were trained in DOS, CDS/ISIS and ILMS. The creation of Database for Theses (Ph.D. and M.Phil Dissertations) consisting of 2,970 records and Database for Serials (Back volumes and Current Journals) consisting of 2,169 records were completed. SVU DIGITAL LIBRARY: The SV University library is a participating member of the UGC INFONET Programme. Under this programme, we are getting Two Gbps Internet connectivity 142

85 to the S.V. University. In order to provide access to Full Text E-Journals and Databases facilities available under this programme of the SVUDL. The Library has established a Digital Library in the year 2005 by spending Rs.30 lakhs. The S V University has the facility to accommodate 42 users at a time. The Library has procured 2 HP Servers, 40 Computer Systems, 1 Laptop, 1 Network Printer, 2 Laser Printers, 1 Inkjet Printer, 6 Dotmatrix Printers, 2 Scanners and 1 LCD Projector. It also has established a Local Area Network in SVU Library and all Servers, Computer Systems and Printers are connected in SVU Library LAN. DIGITAL LIBRARY OF Ph.D., THESES: The S V UNIVERSITY has designed and developed a Digital Library for Ph.D. Theses submitted to the University by using D Space, an Open Source Software developed by HP and MIT, USA. At present, the library has digitalized 1,201 Ph.D theses and uploaded them into the database. The S V UNIVERSITY is the first and the largest ETD Repository of an Indian University. The SVU Library is the first University library to host On-Line University ETD Repository in our country. SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF SVU LIBRARY The Library building aesthetic look, functional utility and excellent design for good lighting and ventilation: Competitive examinations cell User friendly Digital Library ETD containing 1,201 Theses Insurance for library building and equipment. 143

86 3.4.3 B) PROFILE OF THE ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM Figure 26. The Andhra University, Visakhapatnam The Andhra University was constituted in the year 1926 by the Madras Act of The 86-year-old institution is fortunate to have Sir C.R. Reddy as its founder Vice-Chancellor, as the steps taken by this visionary proved to be fruitful in the long run. Ever since its inception in 1926, The Andhra University has an impeccable record of catering to the educational needs and solving the sociological problems of the region. The University is relentless in its efforts in maintaining standards in teaching and research, ensuring proper character building and development among the students, encouraging community developmental programmes, nurturing leadership in young men and women and imbibing a sense of responsibility to become good citizens, while striving for excellence in all fronts. 144

87 The Colleges of Arts and Commerce is the biggest constituent college in the University with 26 Departments offering 42 courses including four Diploma Courses. The College of Science and Technology has 21 Departments, which offers 63 Courses including one PG Diploma. The College of Engineering has 15 Departments offering Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Programmes. The College of Law has been identified as an advanced Center in Law by the UGC. The college of Pharmaceutical Sciences is first of its kind in South India, which is offering one UG Programme and six PG Programmes, besides Research Programmes leading to a Ph.D. Degree. The AU campus at Kakinada (East Godavari District) has five Departments and the AU Campus at Etcherla (Srikakulam Dist) has Eleven Departments. The AU Campus at Tadepalli Gudem has four departments and AU Campus at Vizianagaram has five Departments. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM a. The Andhra University is one of the oldest universities in India located in Visakhapatnam, and was established in 1926 by the Madras University Act to serve the entire linguistic region of Andhra as a residential teaching- cumaffiliating university. b. The University shared affiliating responsibilities with Madras University in the initial years. It is located in a campus of 171 hectares (422 acres). c. The university designed and implemented a Quality Management System and became the first general university in the country to get ISO 9001: 2000 Certification in

88 d. The institution has Sir C.R. Reddy as its founder Vice Chancellor and Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the second Vice-Chancellor. The University emblem was designed by shri kowta Rammohan sastri with the guidance of Sir C. R. Reddy. e. The leaders of the university engaged the services of educationists such as Dr. T.R. Seshadri, Dr. S. Bhagavantham, Professor Hiren Mukherjee, Professor Humayan Kabir and Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao. Nobel Laureate C V Raman was the alumnus of the University and closely associated in laying research foundations in Physics. Padmavibhushan Prof. C R Rao, the statistician, was an alumnus of the university. f. The University has a school of distance education (started 1972) with 32 study centers across the state and a study center at New Delhi. g. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited thrice the university at grade A+. and secured 3.65 CGPA out of four point scale which is the highest among the State Universities in India. It has been ranked second among state universities and fourth among all universities in the country in a study conducted by Nielsen survey. h. The Andhra University has been internationally ranked 151 by the QS World Universities Rankings in i. The University has been recognized by the Department of Science and Technology as one of the fourteen universities in India in terms of contribution to research in Science, Technology and Engineering based on H-index developed by Scopus. j. The engineering college of the University got sanction of TEQIP phases I & II based on its excellent performance. The AU College of Engineering (A) was adjudged best government engineering college by rating organizations. k. The Andhra University college of engineering is one of the oldest and highly reputed engineering college of India with a large number of foreign students 146

89 from various countries. The Andhra University is likely to be converted into an IIT. l. The college is ISO certified. STAR NEWS International TV Channel has adjudged Andhra University College of Engineering (A) as the BEST GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE in February m. The International Society for Space Research in the Asia-Pacific region has recognized the university for academic standards and sponsored four M.Tech., programs. n. This is the only university in India selected for the program. Career 360 magazine in its rating to various universities and institutions in the country awarded 5 star category to the university based on its contribution to research. o. The Andhra University is one of the ten universities in India to secure this recognition. The Current Science Journal 2013 has mentioned Andhra University is in 8th position among all Indian institutions doing research in social sciences based on e-publications. p. The college is ranked "A+" by NAAC in February Andhra University College of Engineering has also received the award of the best government engineering college in India in National B school awards by ABP news in q. The College ranked 29 in Mint C-Fore Top Engineering College Rankings for It is undoubtedly the best engineering college in Andhra Pradesh. r. It is one of the oldest and highly reputed engineering colleges in India with hundreds of foreign students from various countries. s. In a recent survey conducted by a reputed organization AUCE (A) has been rated at first position among the state owned technical institutions in the country (Star News). 147

90 PROFILE OF DR. V. S. KRISHNA LIBRARY, THE ANDHRA UNIVERSITY VISAKHAPATNAM Fig 27. Researcher (Right side) in front of Dr. V S Krishana Library, Andhra University with one of the faculty The Andhra University Library was started in the year 1927, renamed as V. S. Krishna Memorial Library in the year 1968 as a mark of respect to the former Vice- Chancellor Dr. V. S. Krishna. The Library has two branch Libraries, one in the Engineering College and other in the Law College. The Library is housed in an imposing structure overlooking the sea. It has three floors and one cellar floor. The ground & first floors have mezzanine floors too. The plan view of the building is in T shape, having East, West and Northern wings. The total plinth area of the building is about 60,000 Sq. ft. The main functionaries of the Library are the Circulation, Periodicals, Reference, Acquisition, Binding & Technical sections apart from the Administrative & Computers sections. The Acquisition section deals with the procurement and allots Accession no. The Technical section further processes, like preparation of catalogue cards etc. These two are located in the Ground mezzanine 148

91 Floor. The reprographic facility is provided in the same floor for the convenience of the users. The circulation section deals with Text books and Reading room sections and issue/ return of books. This is located in the G.F, Ground Mezzanine floor and the adjoining Reading room area. A separate Reading room facility is also provided in a spacious two storied building adjacent to the main Library. Purpose of the Reference section is mainly to provide facility to users to refer the books in that section. The Science, Engineering and Technology reference books are located in the First Floor and the Arts reference books are located in the second floor. There is also a Thesis section located in the First mezzanine floor. Office of the Librarian, Special reference section and the computer section are located in the First floor. The periodicals Section is located in the First mezzanine floor, where current periodicals are displayed. The Library also offers a number of information services to its users with a professionally qualified staff using the printed and electronic resources and equipment. It is offers 14 hours (8.00 A.M. to P.M.) of reading facility. Internet browsing facility is provided for all its users. Access to e-journals is also made available to the campus academic community through The UGC INFONET programme. The University library works as a hub of knowledge base for the students, research scholars, teachers and R&D wings of local industries such as Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Indian Navy and its several establishments, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Simhadri Power Project, Bharat Heavy plates & Vessels, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Coramandel Fertilizers, Hindustan Zink Ltd. etc. 149

92 3.4.4 PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES OF TAMILNADU STATE SL NO. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The University of Madras, Chennai The Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras The Tamil University, Thanjavur The Bharatiar University, Coimbatore The Mother Teresa Women s University, Kodaikanal The Bhartidasan university, Thrichy

93 3.4.4 A) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, CHENNAI Fig 28. Researcher at the University of Madras. The Public Petition dated initiated the establishment of the Madras University. It was in January 1840 with Mr. George Norton as its President that the University Board was constituted. In the year 1854 after a lapse of 14 years, the Government of India formulated a systematic educational policy for India and as a sequel to this on 5th September 1857 by an Act of Legislative Council of India, the University was established. The University was organized on the model of London University. Madras University is the mother of almost all the old Universities of south India. The University area of jurisdiction has been confined to three districts of Tamil Nadu in the recent years. This is consequent to the establishment of various universities in the State and demarcation of the University territories. This University has been growing from strength to strength while widening its teaching and research activities. 151

94 THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF MADRAS UNIVERSITY ENCOMPASSES : The Senate The Syndicate The Academic Council The Faculties The Finance Committee The Boards of Studies His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu is the Chancellor of the University. The Vice-Chancellor who is appointed for a term is the Principal Executive Officer. The Registrar of the University, who is the Secretary of the Syndicate, is the custodian of all the records and the Chief Administrator of the university. Yet another function, the examinations of the University, is managed by the Office of the Controller of Examinations. The University imparts both Under Graduate and Post Graduate Education through the Affiliated Institutions which are spread over the districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram. Apart from teaching, the research activities in Arts, Humanities, Science, Management and Technology shape the academic tenor of the University. A number of institutions affiliated to Madras University concentrate on research activities offering Ph.D., Programmes in their respective fields of specialization. The University also offers teaching and research programmes in its four campuses. The 68 University Departments of study and research are spread over four campuses organized into 18 Schools each of which offer Post Graduate Courses in respective specialization, part time and full time Ph.D. Programmes, Diploma and Certificate Programmes. Assessing the need for educating a large number of people in 152

95 the country, the University offers both Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes through the Institute of Distance Education. The Institute is popularly called IDE of Madras University. Some of the courses offered by IDE have no parallel in this country. To name a few: B.Music M.Music M.A. Vaishnavism M.A. Christian Studies The M.C.A. and M.B.A.are well designed professional training courses for aspiring graduates. The University has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with the five stars rating first, and later with an A rating. The UGC has recognized the University as one of the centres for "POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE" in the country. TOTAL FOUR CAMPUSES: Chpauk, Guindy, Marina Campus Taramani Campus SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHEPAUK, CHENNAI a. The University of Madras informally known as Madras University, is a public state university in Chennai, Established in b. It is one of the oldest and premier universities in India. The University was incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council of India. 153

96 c. It is a collegiate research University and has six campuses in the city viz., Chepauk, Marina, Guindy, Taramani, Maduravoyal and Chetpet. d. At present, there are 73 academic departments grouped under 18 schools, covering diverse areas such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management and medicine along with 109 affiliated colleges and 52 approved research institutions. e. The Madras University has been consistently listed among top ranked universities for its academics and research output. Internationally, the University was ranked 70th in the QS University Rankings: BRICS 2013.Ranked by the number of international students the University is placed 1st in India and 11th among BRICS nations. In rankings of Indian Universities, it was ranked 5th by the India Today top universities ranking of f. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council have conferred 'five star' accreditation to the university and it has been given the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the University Grants Commission. g. In 2011, the University Grants Commission selected this University as a University with Potential for Excellence, under which the University gets 250 million (25 crores) h. The University had been selected under phase 1 of the scheme in along with a few other Universities in the country. i. The UGC has identified the school of geology and the school of zoology of the University as centres of excellence and has allotted 32.5 million (3.25 crores) each for their development. 154

97 PROFILE OF UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 29. Central Library of University of Madras The Madras University Library was established in the year 1907 in the Connemara public Library. The existing Library building, built in Indo-British style was opened on 3 rd September This building is built with the pointed arches in granite, domes with octagonal base. The kiosk resembles the Islamic architecture in India. LIBRARY SERVICES: Book Lending Service Reference Service Serials Service User Awareness Service Inter-Library Loan Service Referral Service Reprographic Service Resource Cell for Competitive Examinations MALIBNET Service Associate Member-IIT Madras 155

98 E-INFO SERVICES: CD-ROM Search Service Theses Digital Library OPAC Service E-Resources E-RESOURCES: MUL Subscribed Open Sources UGC Infonet DLC Subject Portals Open J-Gate The Library caters to the information needs to the faculty, research scholars & PG students of the following schools of the study: School of Social Sciences School of Management Studies School of Historical Studies School of Economics School of Philosophy & Religious Thoughts School of Fine & Performance Arts School of Information & Communication Studies School of Political and International Studies School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science Studies School of English & Foreign Languages School of Earth and Atmospheric Science It also caters to the information needs of Colleges, Universities & other Institutes/ Industries. 156

99 MEMBERSHIP DETAILS: Category Deposit Eligibility(Books) Faculty Research Associate Research Scholars Rs M.Phil. Rs Post Graduate Rs Certificate Course Rs Affiliated College (Reference only) Institutional Membership (Reference only) Industrial Membership (Reference only) Rs Rs Rs.200 per ticket (per year) up to 5 tickets. Rs Rs.1000 per ticket (per year) up to 5 tickets. RENEWAL: Book(s) may be renewed for a further period of 28 days provided the book(s) is/are not under reservation. Renewal can be executed by production of the book(s) on the issue counter for the locally placed users. Distantly placed users may renew the book(s) by telephone or reply post-card by mentioning the correct information about the book(s). The renewal application should reach the Librarian not later than three days but not more than six clear days before the date on which the book(s) are due. If another reader has applied for the book(s), the library staff shall inform the member to that effect and the member shall return the book(s) on the due date. Not more than two consecutive renewals are allowed for the same book(s) without its production on the issue counter for inspection. 157

100 OVERDUE CHARGES: under If a book is not returned when due, an overdue charge will be collected as For 28 days from the due date 29th day onwards : 50 paise per day/volume : 1 Rupee per day/volume It will hold good for all other user categories except University Faculty and Staff. They are exempted from overdue charges for the total period of 56 days from the due date. After that overdue charges will be levied for them as per general overdue charge collection procedure. REMINDER The first reminder will be sent immediately after the due date, the second will be sent after 14 days of the first reminder. If the book(s) is/are not returned within 14 days of the second reminder date by production of book(s) on the counter, action will be taken to recover the book(s) as per the University rules. LOSS OF BOOK(S): If a borrower has lost a book the following should be done immediately It should be intimated in writing to the Librarian stating the reasons for the loss. A new copy or a latest edition may be replacing the lost book(s). The above two steps should be taken within 3 months time. N.B During the loss period his/her due will be arrested from the date of his/her written complaint/intimation. If he/she is not able to return the book(s) he/she has to pay the prevailing cost of the book(s) plus 25% of the cost as Library service charge with the overdue charges if any. 158

101 LOSS OF LIBRARY BORROWER TICKET: A member who has lost a ticket shall make a written report of the same to the Librarian. Three months time shall elapse after the date of such notice before a duplicate can be issued. During this period, the member shall attempt to trace and recover the ticket, if possible, and send a second report at the end of the period, stating the result of his/her Endeavour. If the ticket has not been traced, the member shall give an Indemnity Bond in the prescribed form and pay a fee of Rs.5/- for each duplicate ticket required. After the receipt of the Indemnity Bond and the Fee, the duplicate ticket will be issued. If a member, who has lost one or more of his tickets, applies for the withdrawal of deposit amount, no action will be taken on such an application till the expiry of six months after the report of loss of tickets. If the ticket is not recovered by the member before the end of the period, the member shall give an Indemnity Bond in the prescribed form in respect of the lost ticket(s). After the receipt of the Indemnity Bond, the application for withdrawal shall be dealt with in the usual way. NO DUE CERTIFICATE: The production of 'No Due Certificate' from the University Librarian to the effect that nothing is outstanding against the user shall be considered obligatory by the concerned authorities before accepting / acting on any of the occasions mentioned under. 159

102 User Category Authority Occasion Faculty/Staff of University of Madras The Registrar Resignation/ Retirement. Ph.D./M.Phil./ Research Scholars of University of Madras H.O.D. Thesis Submission /Discontinuation of Research Students of University of Madras H.O.D. Issue of Hall-ticket /Certificates GENERAL RULES: No person will be admitted in the Library unless the person is properly dressed. Readers desirous of using the Library shall enter their name and address legibly in a Gate-Register which is kept for the purpose. Such signature shall be taken as an acknowledgement that the person agrees to conform to the rules of the library. Readers may not write upon, damage or make any mark upon any book, manuscript or map belonging to the Library. No tracing or mechanical reproduction shall be made without express permission from the Librarian. Silence shall be strictly observed in the Library. Before leaving the Library, the readers shall return to the assistant at the counter any book(s), manuscript(s) or map(s) which they had taken for consultation. 160

103 Readers shall be responsible for any damage done to the book(s) or any other property belonging to the Library and shall be required to replace such book(s) or other property damaged or pay the value there of; if one book of a set is damaged, the whole set shall be replaced. Cases of incivility or other failure in the service should be reported immediately to the Librarian or in his/her absence to the senior member of the staff present. Sticks, umbrellas, boxes and other receptacles and such other articles as are prohibited by the counter staff shall be left at the depository counter. Spitting and smoking are strictly prohibited. Pet animals are not allowed in the Library. Books which are out of print or not easily procurable shall be available only for reference. Before leaving the counter, the member must satisfy himself/herself as to whether the book lent to him/her is in sound condition, and if not, the member must immediately bring the matter to the notice of the Librarian or in his absence to the senior member of the staff present; otherwise, he is liable to be held responsible for the book. If one book of a set is damaged, the whole set must be replaced, the value being immediately remitted to the Library for return after the set is actually replaced. Members are not allowed to sub-lend the book(s) of the Library to any other person. Theses, Periodicals, Dictionaries, works which might be difficult to replace and such other works as May from time to time be considered necessary shall not be lent out. 161

104 Loans may at any time be terminated by order of the Librarian. A member against whom any overdue or other charge is outstanding will not be allowed to borrow book(s) or withdraw the deposit until the member has paid the amount due. The Syndicate may refuse, under special circumstances, any application for membership without assigning any reason thereof. The Syndicate may grant special loans on such conditions as it may prescribe. Any infringement of the rules will render the privilege of admission to and of borrowing book(s) from the Library to forfeiture. LIBRARY SERVICES: Book Lending Service Reference Service Serials Service User Awareness Service Inter-Library Loan Service Referral Service Reprographic Service Resource Cell for Competitive Examinations MALIBNET Service Associate Member-IIT Madras E-INFO SERVICES: CD-ROM Search Service Theses Digital Library OPAC Service E-Resources E-RESOURCES: MUL Subscribed JCCC@UGC-Infonet Open Sources UGC Infonet DLC Subject Portals Open J-Gate 162

105 E-Info Services CD-ROM Search Service Theses Digital Library OPAC Service e-resources MADRAS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SUBSCRIBED I. Blackwell Reference Online (BRO) : Classics - 24 Vols Business & Economics - 34 Vols History - 42 Vols Linguistics - 28 Vols Literature & Cultural Studies - 94 Vols Philosophy & Religion - 97 Vols Sociology, Anthropology & Psychology - 39 Vols Vols. II. Elservier Major Ref. Works : Encyclopedia of Social Measurement Encyclopedia of International Media & Communication Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics III. SAGE E-Ref Collection : African American Studies Anthropology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Aging & Gerontology Business & Management Counselling & Psychotherapy Economics 163

106 Education Family Studies Geography History Psychology Social Issues Environment Gender & Sexuality Studies Health & Social Welfare Politics Research Methods & Evaluation Social Work & Social Policy Sociology IV. Sage Backfiles from Vol.1, Issue 11 IFLA Journals (24 Yrs) Educational Administration Quarterly (34 Yrs) Current Sociology (46 Yrs) South Asia Research (18 Yrs) International Studies (35 Yrs) Indian Economic & Social Reviews International Relations (12 Yrs) Contributions to Indian Sociology (35 Yrs) (32 Yrs) V. Current Contents Social & Behavioral Science (online Annual subscription) Single user license OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS Bioline International BioMed Central HighWire Press Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) Indian Journals Journal of Digital Information (JoDI) 164

107 Journal of Postgraduate Medicine MedIND Med know Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) Public Library of Science (PLoS) Pub Med Central Trials 165

108 3.4.4 B) PROFILE OF THE ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY, CHIDAMBARAM Fig 30. The Annamalai University, Chidambaram The Annamalai University owes its existence to the wisdom, benefaction and philanthropy of a far-sighted visionary- Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad. As early as 1920, he founded Sri Minakshi College in Chidambaram, a great pilgrimage centre and also a centre for South Indian traditional culture and learning. In the year 1928, the Annamalai University Act was passed and Sri Minakshi College paved the way for the establishment of Annamalai University. The University that started with only seven departments in the year 1929 has over the years developed into a famed institution of higher learning with 49 departments under 10 faculties thus gaining the reputation of being one of the few Institutions in India with all faculties under one roof. The University has the advantage of a well equipped Central Library and Laboratories that provide excellent facilities for undertaking research projects for Ph.D. and Post- Doctoral work. Several research projects, funded by national and 166

109 international funding agencies including the State and Central Government, has been carried out by the various Faculties, in addition to which close co-operation has been developed with neighboring industries for promotion of research and training programmes. The University thus, promotes the spirit of learning, fulfils the aspirations of enlightenment as aptly observed by Dr.S.Radhakrishnan when he headed the Indian University Grants Commission that Annamalai University is eminently fitted to be a genuine centre of learning and culture by virtue of its situation and its beautiful campus Numerous infrastructure facilities have been created to cope up with the voluminous increase in enrolment of students in various on-campus programmes. New laboratory facilities in terms of space and quality equipments have been provided to cater to the needs of the learners and researchers. Video conferencing Edusat, Campus wide network, high-tech class room are some of the added new facilities. An Internal Quality Assurance Cell has been created to monitor the quality of academic output. The departments of study conduct national and international seminars, symposia, workshops and conferences so as to expose teachers of the University to new trends in teaching and research at the global level. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY a. The Annamalai University is one of Asia's largest public residential universities located in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, it spread across 1,500 acres (6.1 km) acres in Chidambaram and offers courses of higher education in science, engineering, humanities, agriculture and arts. b. The University also provides more than 500 courses through distance education. The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai 167

110 University offers education to those people who are unable to attend the campus but who desire to study. c. It is credited with the largest enrollment in India and is well equipped with computers and other infrastructure, separate teaching faculty and administration, study centers, and computer training centers to serve its students. d. It was the first institution in India to offer postgraduate degree programmes in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Bioinformatics and Law through distance education. e. The Directorate of Distance Education also offers programmes in Fashion Design, Textile Design, Interior Design, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Retail Management, Twinning, Health Science, a Commonwealth Youth Programme, Yoga, Music, Fire and Safety, Pharmaceutical and Taxation. f. The UGC cancelled the recognition of the DDE courses in Annamalai authorities approached the Madras high court which has as of now stayed the UGC's cancellation order. As of Dec 2015 the matter is still pending in Madras High Court. The Directorate introduced a B.Ed. Programme through distance education in with the approval of National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi. g. The University has been accredited by NAAC with A grade h. This University offers one of the highest numbers of scholarships and awards for the eligible students. A total of 356 scholarships and awards are given to eligible candidates. 168

111 PROFILE OF THE ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 31. Dr. C P Ramaswami Aiyar Memorial Library, Chidambaram (TN) The seed of the main library germinated in the year 1920 with a token deposit of 200 books, when Sri Meenakshi College was founded. Then the main library was initially housed in the eastern wing of the Administrative building. It moved into its present abode in the year 1959, opening a new chapter in its history. THE BUILDING: The building was designed by the internationally reputed architects namely Messers. Prynne, Abbot, and Davis and the building was named after the former Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University, Dr.C.P.Ramaswamy Aiyar, in recognition of his valuable services to the country and to this University. The present building was opened by His Excellency Shri. Bishnuram Medhi, the then Governor of Madras, on 22nd October,

112 Within a built-in area of about 36,000 Sq.ft. the building is an H- shaped structure, with a well controlled entrance lobby, a spacious Central Reading Hall, Reference Hall, Periodicals Hall, and Bindery on the Eastern wing and Administrative Sections, closed access stack-rooms, Reprographic Section in the western wing and the open access stack rooms on both the wings. WORLD BANK COLLECTION: The Annamalai University Library has the unique privilege of being selected as a full-fledged Depository for the World Bank Publications ever since 1986, and through this offer, this library gets the entire publications of the Bank at free of cost, and it is getting renewed every two years, based on the utility of the collections. The World Bank Cell is kept opened on all working days for reference. The photocopy service available inside the library, is useful for the researchers to get the Xerox copies of the collections. The compact discs (CD) contain information collected by the International Bank for reconstruction and development and the index of publications & guide to Information Products, and services of the World Bank are available in discs. UGC STUDY CENTRE: The UGC study centre was established in the year The aim of the study centre is to cater to the text book needs of the students for reference by extending the reading hours from 8 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. A separate Reading Room to meet the demand of the users who are preparing for the civil service examinations & other entrance examinations such as TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, GATE, CAT has been created & this section is kept open from 8 a.m. to 8p.m. 170

113 COMPUTER DIVISION: The Library is one of the few University Libraries in the country to have modernized its entire operations. The automation project was started in the year 1995 with a special grant of fifty lakhs rupees received from the UGC-INFLIBNET. Through the following facilities, the user community will have unique advantage of availing of the library services round the clock. LIBRARY SERVICES: Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Circulation Service (Issue, Return & Nil arrears) INTERNET (Browsing & Mailing) service CD-ROM Service (MEDLINE Subscription) Orientation Programmes. LIBRARY WORKING HOURS: The Library is kept open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. The Central Reading Hall opens up to 10 p.m. during the days prior to the examinations. The Library works throughout the year, on all Sundays, and on all holidays (Except National Holidays). 171

114 3.4.4 C) PROFILE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS (CHENNAI) Fig 32. The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In the year 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo- German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in the year The Institute was formally inaugurated in the year 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has sixteen Institutes of Technology. The first of these to be instituted are at Kharagpur (Established in 1951), Mumbai (1958), Chennai (1959), Kanpur (1959), Delhi (1961), Guwahati (1994) and Roorkee (1847, joined IITs in 2001). 172

115 IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country. The Institute has sixteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organized in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of the IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS a. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering and research institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. & one of India's most prestigious institutes. b. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, c. It was the third Indian Institute of Technology that was established by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament, to provide education and research facilities in engineering and technology. d. The IIT Madras is a residential institute that occupies a 2.5 km² campus that was formerly part of the adjoining Guindy National Park. The institute has 173

116 nearly 550 faculty, 8,000 students and 1,250 administrative and supporting staff. e. Growing ever since it obtained its charter from the Indian Parliament in 1961, much of the campus is a protected forest, carved out of the Guindy National Park, home to large numbers of chital (spotted deer), black buck, monkeys, and other rare wildlife. A natural lake, deepened in 1988 and 2003, drains most of its rainwater. f. Internationally, IIT Madras was ranked 254 in the QS World University Rankings of 2015, 56 in the QS Asian University Rankings and 20 in the QS BRICS University Rankings of g. The Times Higher Education World Rankings ranked it at 78 and 44 in Asia and BRICS countries respectively in h. In India, NIRF has ranked it No.1 Engineering Institution in i. The Institute maintains academic friendship with educational institutes around the world through faculty exchange programmes. The institute has signed Memoranda Of Understanding (MOUs) with foreign universities, resulting in cooperative projects and assignments. j. The IIT Madras Research Park. It focuses not just on incubation efforts but also on propelling innovation in established R&D focused companies. k. To improve the quality of higher education in India, the IIT Madras has come up with an initiative called NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) in the year As per this initiative, all the IITs, along with the IISc Bangalore would come up with a series of lectures across all the streams of engineering. These videos are being used by several institutes as 174

117 part of their programmes. This initiative has gained wide popularity in India and the lectures are being used by several engineering students from across India. l. The IITM heritage centre was formally inaugurated by Dr. Arcot Ramachandran, Former director IITM in the year PROFILE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 33. The Central Library Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The Central Library is well equipped with modern facilities and resources in the form of CD-ROMs, On-line databases, audio video cassettes, books, e-journals, patents, e-standards, theses, reports, monographs etc. The library homepage will provide electronic access to various full text & bibliographical databases & e-journals. The Central Library has 9001:2008 certifications by TUV NORD of Germany along 175

118 with other units of the Institute for the establishment and maintenance of quality library system, services & procedures. Links from the home page will direct you to information on library policies, hours, collections, services, sections and the location of materials. The IIT also invites you to visit the library in order to enjoy the wealth of printed resources available on the Library shelves. USEFUL LINKS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Madras Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Information Center for Aerospace Science and Tech. National Centre for Science Information, Bengaluru Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru Indian Institute of Management, Indore Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta National Institute of Technology, Calicut LINKS Central Library Central Library Central Library P.K. Kelkar Library Central Library Central Library Central Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library 176

119 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Stanford University Library of Congress British Library University of Technology Sydney RMIT Canberra Institute of Technology European Library Virtual Technical Reports Center Hong Kong University of Science and Technology UMIST UK Virginia Tech. University Libraries Alvesta Public Library Alvesta, Sweden Arden Community Library Arden, Denmark University of Dundee Dundee, Scotland Technical University of Berlin Berlin, Germany Gutenberg Library Mainz Mainz, Germany German National Library Frankfurt am Main, Germany Amsterdam Public Library Amsterdam, The Netherlands National Library of Austria Vienna, Austria University of Greenwich London, England LINKS Libraries e-library Library CISTI SUL Library Library Library Library Library TEL VTRC Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library Library 177

120 Helsinki City Library Helsinki, Finland CERN Geneva, Switzerland Brock University St. Catharine s, Ontario Hawkesbury City Council Library Windsor, Australia Auckland University of Technology Auckland, New Zealand Library Library Library Library Library VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK The Central Library has good reference collection and provides reference service to the members using these reference resources which have been organized at Level II in the fully air-conditioned hall. The library will answer brief reference questions for patrons via . This service is intended for brief questions and requests for more complex reference questions cannot be replied. The library members are also encouraged to use the phone ( ) for reference service. LIBRARY NETWORKS: INSTITUTE NAME Ahmadabad Library Network Bombay Library Network Calcutta Library Network Developing Library Network Information & Library Network Centre Pune Library Network Mysuru Library Network Library Servers via WWW Bavarian Library Network Munich, Germany LINKS ADINET BONET CALIBNET DELNET INFLIBNET PUNENET Mylibnet LibWeb BIB-BVB 178

121 3.4.4 D) PROFILE OF THE TAMIL UNIVERSITY, THANJAVUR Fig 34. The Tamil University, Thanjavur (TN) Ancient India with its hoary tradition and glorious past has a claim to have had a Sanskrit college during the reign of Pallavas in the sixth century A.D. and much earlier a University at Nalanda in the north of India. Much later in the 19th century, there arose the reputed Madras, Bombay and Calcutta Universities during the British paramount in India. The concept of organized academic learning through the Universities is neither strange nor new to India. Even before the second millennium A.D., there had been Senatus Academicus known as First, Second and Third Cankams for the growth and development of Tamil, the oldest of the Dravidian languages in India. The Tamil Nadu State Assembly unanimously passed the Tamil University Act in the second week of September 1981 and the first Vice-Chancellor took office a week later, The University Grants Commission accorded a statutory recognition to the university in the

122 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE TAMIL UNIVERSITY THANJAVUR a. The neglect of Tamil in the British period motivated a meeting of Tamil scholars at Thanjavur to consider starting a university for the development and growth Tamil in August, b. The Tamil University was established to provide higher research in the Tamil language and advanced study in allied branches such as linguistics, translation, lexicography, music, drama and manuscriptology. M.Phil and Ph.D programmes were introduced in 1992 for disciplines such as Language, Literature, Translation, and Sculpture. c. The University has six science departments namely Industries and Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Environmental and Herbal Science, Siddha Medicine, Ancient Sciences and Architecture. d. The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and Technology Cell, an autonomous body supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi is under the Department of Industries and Earth Sciences. e. The library building is reminiscent of the Indian Parliament at New Delhi. f. Distance Education Directorate serves as the board for providing distance education for those who reside outside Thanjavur. g. The Tamil language, in the south of India is known for its antiquity, its richness of vocabulary and its classical literature. h. For a long time these qualities were not known to the world outside. 180

123 PROFILE OF THE TAMIL UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 35. The Tamil University, Central Library Thanjavur (TN) The University Library, a replica of the Indian Parliament House in its structure is located prominently in the campus of the University. As an ever-growing unit for knowledge and information, the library concentrates not only in purchasing new books but also to collect and preserve old and rare books for its shelves. As on date, the total number of books is 1, 36, 324 and the total number of periodicals is 393. A few rare personal collections of great scholars however have been procured. Mention may be made of an old collection procured from the first mobile library started in the year 1931 at Mannargudi. India Office Library Records ( ) are available in Microfilm. Scholars of repute, researchers and students frequently visit the library for reference. Moreover, a current awareness service, selective dissemination of Information and reprographic service are offered to them. Apart from the availability of Photostat machine, materials such as linguaphone records, audio cassettes, video cassettes and CD's are available for reference in the Library. 181

124 3.4.4 E) PROFILE OF THE BHARATIAR UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE Fig 36. The Bharatiar University, Coimbatore The Bharathiar University was established at Coimbatore by the Government of Tamilnadu in February, 1982 under the provision of the Bharathiar University Act, 1981 (Act 1 of 1982). The Postgraduate Centre of the University of Madras, which was functioning in Coimbatore before 1982 formed the core of the Bharathiar University. In May, 1985 the University received the recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi for the purpose of grants. The University named after the great national poet Subramanian Bharathi is enshrined with the motto Educate to Elevate. In the University, every effort is harnessed to realize his dream of making educational institutions as temple of learning. It is the aim of the University to participate in the task of inculcating necessary Knowledge, Skills and Creative Attitudes and values among the youth of the country to contribute more effectively towards establishing an equitable social and economic and secular ideal of our nation. 182

125 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BHARATIAR UNIVERSITY a. The Bharathiar University is a state university in Coimbatore, Named after Tamil poet Subramania Bharathiar with the motto Educate to Elevate b. It was established in the year 1982 under the provision of Bharathiar University Act, 1981 (Act 1 of 1982) and was recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in c. It has been ranked No in the State and No in the nation according to a Nielsen survey of d. It has 104 affiliated institutions (80 arts and science colleges, 29 colleges of education, eight management institutions, one Air Force administration college & one college of physical education. e. The Postgraduate Centre of the University of Madras, which was functioning in Coimbatore before 1982 formed the core of the Bharathiar University. f. The Bharathiar University celebrated its silver jubilee celebrations on 24 February The then president of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, were chief guests. g. The Bharathiar University provides graduate, masters and PhD programs in various subjects (including distance PhD Programs). The university is known for its stringent Ph.D evaluation guidelines. 183

126 PROFILE OF THE BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 37. The Bharathiar University, Central Library The Library of Bharathiar University was established in the year 1981 at the Madras University Autonomous Postgraduate Centre of the University in an area of 11,750 sq. feet. The seating capacity currently is about 300, and has over 1,47, 350 volumes covering all disciplines. The library subscribes to 153 National and International journals and seven leading news papers. 150 journals, magazines and periodicals are received on gratis. Back issues of the journals are available some dating back to 1880`s. Photocopying facility is also available inside the library. 184

127 3.4.4 F) PROFILE OF THE MOTHER TERESA WOMEN S UNIVERSITY, KODAIKANAL Fig 38. The Mother Teresa Women s University, Kodaikanal The Mother Teresa Women s University is situated in Kodaikanal, a hill station set at the edge of a mountain lake, tucked away in the Palani Hills of South India. Kodaikanal means gift of forest. Thick patches of tropical mountain forests known as Sholas drape its valleys. This undulating mountain range with eucalyptus, wattle and pines grown extensively breathe an inner harmony unobtainable in other hill stations. The Mother Teresa Women s University earns a distinctive place in the higher educational system as the only University exclusively devoted to women s issues. Recently there is one more university at Bijapur or Vijayapura in Karnataka has been set up exclusively devoted to women s education and upliftment. The University was established in the year 1984, by the enactment of Tamil Nadu Act, 15. As enunciated in the Act, it is given the responsibility of monitoring, offering consultancy services, and research in the area of Women s Studies. The renowned Late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru. M. G. Ramchandran envisaged the University to grow in the long run as an Institute of International standing, 185

128 facilitating staff exchanges, guest lecturing & collaborative researches with other Universities of India & abroad in the area of Women s Studies. Rightly it is named after Mother Teresa, a saint of our times and a woman of infinite humanity. Mother Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was hailed by Jawaharlal Nehru as the refuge of the disabled. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MOTHER TERESA WOMEN S UNIVERSITY, KODAIKANAL a. The Mother Teresa Women's University is a public university in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, and it was established in 1984 by the enactment of Tamil Nadu Act 15. It monitors and offers consultancy services and research in Women's Studies. b. The University offers distance education courses. The School of Distance Education was started in the year c. The PG courses like M.Phil (two years) in Computer Science, Economics, Education, English, Historical Studies, Tamil, Sociology, Family Life Management, Women's Studies. d. M.A (Two years) in Women's Studies, Guidance and Counseling; Master of Computer Applications (three years), MA in Home Economics. e. The Postgraduate diploma (one year) in Computer Applications, Mass Communication, Translation, Gerontological Studies, Herbal Medicine, Human been introduced are only for women candidates. 186

129 PROFILE OF THE MOTHER TERESA WOMEN S UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 39. Researcher at Mother Theresa Women's University, Kodaikanal Mother Teresa Women s University Library was started in the year The university library is virtually a Mecca for researchers in Women s Studies. Its unique and rare collection of books, reports and journals on women make the library for excellence and competence in Women s Studies. The university Library maintains a comprehensive collection of volumes numbering 52,000 and 3500 volumes of complementary books from various sources. The Thrust area of library is Women s Studies pertaining to various disciplines. Membership is open to students, scholars, university faculties and registered full time scholars. The library is being equipped with INFLIBNET and INTERNET for wide reference and information. The thrust area of the library is Women s Studies pertaining to various disciplines. The documentation work has been carried out on women related issues. The library has started the automation work under the INFLIBNET programme. The 187

130 Theses and dissertations of the university have been computerized. The library has the UGC INFONET connectivity in the library. The E-journals are used by the staff and students of this university. The library has been modernized with the help of INFLIBNET, Ahmadabad. LIBRARY WORKING HOURS: 9.45 am to 6.00 p. m Week days the reference section will be kept opened from 9.45 a.m to 6 p.m. On Saturdays- Library will be kept opened from 10 a.m to 4.00 p. m The Library remains closed on important National Holidays as declared by the University) STAFF DETAILS: Sl No. Staff Details Designation 1 Dr. K. P. Padmavathi University Librarian 2 Dr.(Mrs).P.Sembianmadevi Deputy Librarian 3 Mrs.M. Sharmila Technical Assistant 4 Mrs.C.Lakshmi Library Assistant 5 Mrs.N.Selvi Library Assistant 6 Mrs.V.Navamani Daisy Rani Office Assistant It is significant to note that even all members of the staff are women only OVERDUE CHARGE: If a book is not returned when due, an overdue charge will be collected at Rs.0.50 paise per day / volume 188

131 LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS: Membership Details: The number of books lent to the registered members against the borrower's card differs according to the status and designation of the categories and the details are given below: Professor 10 Associate Professor 08 Assistant Professor 05 PhD scholars 05 Students (PG & M.Phil) 03 Adm. Staff members 03 RENEWAL Book(s) may be renewed for a further period of 30 days provided the book(s) is/are not under reservation. Renewal can be executed by production of the book(s) on the issue counter for the locally placed users. Distantly placed users may renew the book(s) by telephone or reply post-card by mentioning the correct information about the book(s). Not more than two consecutive renewals are allowed for the same book(s) without its production on the issue counter for inspection. COLLECTIONS: Books , Periodicals Compact Discs UGC-INFLIBNET - E-Journals. UGC-INFONET - E-Journal Consortium. 189

132 SERVICES: The library caters mainly to the needs of P.G. Students, M.Phil., Ph.D., Scholars, Faculties and Staff of the University. The library provides long range and short-range references to the users such as Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of Information Service. Subject bibliography etc. the library also extends its facilities to the students and faculties of affiliated colleges and as well as to the students of other universities. Separate internet connectivity is available to access. Library operations are mostly computerized especially books circulation and OPAC. The library has bar-coded its document collections. Provisions are being made to provide internet access to our library users so as to enable them to access the various learning resources available in the academic website. Circulation of Books (Issues, Returns and Renewals) Reference Services Online Catalogue Services Reprographic Services Selective Dissemination of Information Net Information Downloading CD Writing Orientation and Awareness programmes for effective utilization of Library materials & services to the fresher s. The university Library is a member of UGC - INFLIBNET- INFONET E- Journal Consortium GENERAL RULES: Visitor/Members are instructed strictly not to keep valuable things such as Laptops/Mobile phones/important documents including cash/purse at the 190

133 property counter. In no case, the Library will be held responsible for any loss of articles kept inside the bags. Underlining, scribing and tearing of pages or any other type of damaging of Books/ Periodicals are strictly prohibited. Photocopying services are available within the library premises on payment of Rs.0.50 paise, per page and the terms of payment is cash. Readers are requested not to place the Books/Periodicals on the shelf after reference. They can leave them on the table. Using of mobile phone inside the Library is strictly prohibited. Personal books are not allowed inside the Library, whatever may be the purpose, and The University Librarian has all rights to recall the issued books back at any time if required. Eatables are not allowed inside the library and it is highly recommended that cleanliness should be maintained inside the Library. Strict silence, decorum should be maintained inside the library. The University Librarian and/or the Library Committee will solve a problem depending upon the extent and nature of a problem. 191

134 3.4.4 G) PROFILE OF BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY, THRICHY Fig 40. The Bharatidasan University Thrichy The Bharathidasan University was established in the year 1982, and was named after the great revolutionary Tamil Poet, Bharathidasan ( ). The motto of the university "We will create a brave new world" has been framed from Bharathidasan's poetic words. The university endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new world of academic innovation for social change. The university's main campus was initially located in a sprawling area of over 1000 acres in Palkalaiperur. However, as years passed on, the South campus at Palkalaiperur with the available infrastructure was donated to the newly started Anna University of Technology. Very recently, another portion of the land has been allotted to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli. The University has a downtown campus at Khajamalai, which housed originally the Autonomous Post-Graduate centre of the University of Madras at 192

135 Tiruchirappalli. In addition to the administrative complex, which includes the Vice- Chancellor's Secretariat, Registrar's office, Finance and examination offices. Most of the academic departments and research laboratories are located in the main Palkalaiperur Campus. Among the academic units in the Palkalaiperur campus are schools of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Geosciences, Social Sciences, Marine Sciences and the schools of languages. In addition, the campus also has the Central Library, University Informatics Centre, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Health Centre, Canteen and others. The downtown campus has the Departments of Economics, Social Work, Computer Science and the Centre for Remote Sensing, the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (Formerly UGC-Academic Staff College and others. Besides these, the Bharathidasan Institute of Management popularly known as BIM (adjudged as one of the top business schools in the country) is located within the BHEL premises, a public sector undertaking at Tiruverumbur. The University has totally 4 faculties, 17 schools, 35 departments and 10 specialized research centres. There are 230 faculty members catering to 2372 students and scholars in the university. The university departments/ schools are offering 177 programmes including 40 PG programmes in M.A., M.Sc. and M.Tech. The above programmes are conducted under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in semesters: 31 M. Phil., 33 Ph.D., 19 P.G. diploma, 11 diploma and 10 certificates. The university's supporting staff strength is 521. In addition to the regular teaching programmes in the departments and schools, the university under its distance education mode is conducting 15 UG and 26 PG programmes. All the UG and PG programmes are conducted under non-semester system and MCA and MBA programmes are conducted under semester system along with the 193

136 regular programmes. The MCA and MBA programmes conducted under this mode are very popular. The research work going on in some of the departments and research centres physics, chemistry, life sciences, centre for nonlinear dynamics) are internationally recognized because of their high quality. Some of the research centres of the university are strongly supported by scientific agencies in India. The centre for nonlinear dynamics is supported by DST and DAE and the National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria is supported by DBT. The number of ongoing research projects at the moment in various departments and research centres are 119 with a total outlay of Rs.3, lakhs. The faculty members have made substantial contribution in their fields of research in terms of quality publication in reputed international journals with high impact factor. During the last 5 years, the faculty members have published 1014 papers in international journals, 476 papers in national journals and have published 46 books. Also, during the above period, the departments have organized 10 international conferences and 76 conferences at the national level. The faculty members also regularly participate in national and international conferences. Six of the university departments are generously supported by DST under its FIST programme and seven departments are supported by UGC under its Special Assistance Programme (SAP). The Bharathidasan University is also selected by DST for a generous support of Rs.9.0 crores under its PURSE programme in recognition of the high quality publications by some of the science departments. The University is an affiliating one with the jurisdiction over the eight districts of Tiruchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. 194

137 The University area lies in the strategic central part of Tamil Nadu, covering the Cauvery delta, traditionally known as intellectual capital of the state. There are 138 colleges affiliated to the university including 123 arts and science colleges and 3 colleges of fine arts. Among them 8 government and 11 government aided colleges have autonomous status. There are ten constituent colleges in Perambalur, Orathanadu, Lalgudi, Aranthangi, and Inam-kulathur-Srirangam taluk, Vedaranayam, Thiruthuraipoondi, Nannilam, Nagapattinam and Veppur. There are totally 55 UG programmes and 62 PG programmes conducted in the affiliated colleges and the total strength of the students studying in the affiliated colleges is 1,14,276. The extension services rendered by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Career Development (IECD) and the department of women studies to community, especially to the under-privileged are commendable. The affiliating jurisdiction is over 8 districts with 104 arts & science and fine arts colleges and 13 approved institutions. Eighteen of the affiliated colleges are autonomous. Among the affiliated colleges, more than 50% are offering PG programmes and 25% are offering M.Phil./Ph.D. programmes. A good number of them are nationally recognized for quality education. The programmes offered through affiliated colleges are so diversified that they number more than 250. The student strength in the affiliated colleges is over 1.50 lakhs. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BHARATIDASAN UNIVERSITY, TRICHY a. Status of the University - State University, Type of the University - Affiliating b. Date, Month & Year of Recognition : (Under 2f and 12B) 195

138 c. Campus Area (Main Campus, Semi-Urban : Acres, d. South Campus -Semi-Urban: Acres; Khajamalai Campus (Urban): e. Campus also has the Central Library, University Informatics Centre, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Health Centre, Canteen and others. f. Very recently, another portion of the land has been allotted to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli. g. There are ten constituent colleges in Perambalur, Orathanadu, Lalgudi, Aranthangi, Inamkulathur-Srirangam Taluk, Vedaranayam, Thiruthuraipoondi, Nannilam, Nagapattinam and Veppur. h. The University Departments- 35, Govt. Funded Affiliated Colleges: 20, Autonomous Colleges: 21, Recognized Research Institutes / Centres: 14 and Self-financing Colleges: 74 i. There are totally 55 UG programmes and 62 PG programmes conducted in the affiliated colleges and the total strength of the students studying in the affiliated colleges is 1,14,276. j. The extension services rendered by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Career Development (IECD) and the department of women studies to community, especially to the under-privileged are commendable. Institutions affiliated to the university 196

139 PROFILE OF BHARATIDASAN UNIVERSITY, THRICHY CENTRAL LIBRARY, Fig 41. Researcher (left) interviewing the faculty for data collection at the Bharatidasan University Library The University Library is the heart of any university. The Bharathidasan university library was established in the year The present magnificent library building started functioning since 29th May 1997 with a carpet area of Sq meters. The building is used to accommodate sections such as stack, reference, circulation, periodicals, technical section, digital library, audio visual centre, smart classroom, Shodhganga lab, ICT lab for rural women and reprography. At present, the library has in its stock about 95,000 volumes of books and back volumes and subscribes 204 current journals at national and international level as print copies to cover a wide range of subjects to facilitate users to access current academic and research literature. 197

140 It also has also on-line access to more than 8000 journals in full text and a few databases of abstracting and Indexing journals and also 8500 Springer E-books on various subjects with perpetual access has been procured to enhance the quality of teaching and research activities. The library provides the following convenient and modern services using ICT to its users both on demand and in anticipation and onsite and remote. The library has nine professional staff and six ministerial and support staff to execute the entire library operations. The university library takes care complete information requirements of all the departments, schools, centers and other units of the university campuses. WORKING HOURS Library working hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (on all days throughout the year) Circulation a.m. To 4.30 pm. (on all days) Photocopy / Print am To 5.00 pm (on all days) LIBRARY RULES MEMBERSHIP: Faculty, research scholars, students, ministerial and support staff of the Bharathidasan University are eligible to become member of the library. REFERENCE ACCESS: The section is open to general public and the students, staff and faculty of the affiliated colleges and other institutions for in-house reference with due permission. BORROWING FACILITY: Each member is issued with an Identity cum- library membership barcode card and books are issued for 15 days for students and 30 days for faculty. 198

141 category. The number of borrowing books by members may vary from category to NO DUES CERTIFICATE: Users are required to surrender the barcode membership ID card and are issued books at circulation counter to avail the NO DUES certificate. RULES AND REGULATIONS Readers are required to deposit their personal belongings in the property counter at the entrance of the library. Membership identity cards are not transferable and ID holders would be responsible for the books issued against the ID. Issue of books to the students, research scholars and staff members is for 15 days and faculty members for 30 days. Renewal of books will be allowed once, if that book is not on demand. The fine will be charged for overdue books is Re.1 per day and after 10 days, Rs.10 will be charged per day. Underlining, scribing and tearing of pages or any other type of damaging of books/ journals is strictly prohibited. For loss of book, the book should be replaced, if copy is not available the latest cost of the book with 10% of cost as processing fee is to be paid. Inter library loan facilities are available and the charges if any of the lending library is to be borne by the user. Photocopying and printing, the charges will be collected as 0.75 paise and Re.1 per page respectively. Readers are requested not to replace the book / journals after use on the racks. 199

142 Strict silence, decorum and cleanliness should be maintained in the library Using of mobile phone is strictly prohibited. Prior permission to be availed for using laptop to access e-resources do not keep valuable things/ important documents in property counter, the library is not responsible for such articles kept inside the bags. No outside / personal books are allowed in the library for reading purpose. The librarian has all rights to recall the issued books if required. STATISTICS Library Usage Statistics Year Total No. of Users ,03, ,14,166 DIGITAL RESOURCES SPRINGER E-BOOKS Knowledge, information and quality these are the three things that shape springer science + business, social science resource collection. Springer aim to offer excellence more than 150 Nobel prize-winners have published with Springer to the present date. Many of springer publications are considered authoritative works in their field, read by academics and students, used by libraries and universities, academic professionals and practitioners in various branches of industry. The Bharathidasan 200

143 University has given full-texts e books with perpetual access to all faculty, researchers and students by 24 X 7 under the following subjects. Springer collection can be searchable through author, subject, Title, Keywords, by content type, by date with links to the references. BY SUBJECT COLLECTION Biomedical & Life Science Chemistry & Material Science Computer Science Earth & Environmental Science Humanities, Social Science & Law Mathematics & Statistics Physics & Astronomy DATABASES: EBSCO BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Complete is the overwhelmingly superior database for full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos), and more. 201

144 EBSCO BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER Business Source Premier is the industry s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to Business Source Premier: Government Edition is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCO host. REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Click here for a complete title list. Click here for more information. GREENFILE Green FILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and generalinterest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. LIBRARY, INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS The Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes 202

145 librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. SAGE JOURNALS ONLINE SAGE PUBLICATIONS: Is an independent international publisher of books, journals, and electronic media. It is known for its commitment to quality and innovation, a world leader in chosen scholarly, educational, and professional markets. The database provides subject wise list of journal with searchable options of author, title, keywords and most cited articles. There are separate services for faculty, researchers and librarians. The following E-Journals are subscribed by the Bharathidasan university library (both hard and soft copy) China Report Current Sociology Environment and Urbanization Gender, Technology and Development Global Business Review Indian Economic & Social History Review Indian Journal of Gender Studies International Social Work Journal of Entrepreneurship Journal of Health Management Journal of Social Work Science Technology & Society 203

146 Sociology, South Asian Survey, South Asia Economic Journal and Studies in History INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Knowledge, information, The Academy's journals are listed below with full text is available as PDF files on each journal's website. See the Publications page for links to the journals and other Academy publications (including the newsletter Patrika, annual reports, and documents). The number of journals currently published by the Academy is eleven covering all major disciplines in science and technology. The Academy is now considered as the single largest scientific publisher in the country. Current Science Journal of Chemical Sciences Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences Journal of Earth System Science Sadhana (proceedings in engineering sciences) Pramana - Journal of Physics Journal of Biosciences Bulletin of Materials Science Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy Journal of Genetics Resonance - Journal of Science Education Archive of back issues from volume 1 (including the earlier published Proceedings) 204

147 NISCAIR Access to full text articles from research journals are published by NISCAIR. Presently, full-text facility is provided for all of the seventeen research journals viz. IJBB, IJC-A, IJC-B, IJPAP, JSIR, IJRSP, IJCT, IJEMS, IJMS, IJEB, IJBT, IJFTR, IJNPR (NPR), JIPR, BVAAP, ALIS and IJTK. UNIVERSTY & DEPARTMENT LIBRARY BOOK COLLECTIONS LIBRARY VOLUMES University Library Book Collections Department.Library Book Collections NEWS LETTER The BDU newsletter is focusing honours and awards, visits abroad, distinguished guests, conferences/seminars, new research projects awarded and other activities of faculty, scholar and students. BDU ELECTRONIC THESES AND DISSERTATIONS The Bharathidasan University is promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). We support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide. The website includes resources for librarians, faculty, students, and the general public. Topics include how to find, create, and preserve ETDs. BDU QUESTION BANK Bharathidasan University Library has Question Paper Bank having old question papers of under graduate and post graduate level courses for the reference. These can be accessed through the web page online. 205

148 CDS / DVDS COLLECTIONS The Library CD-ROM Collection includes Subject tutorials, Content of E- books, Software tutorial and various fields like Art, Music, Science and Technology etc. BDU NEWS CLIPPINGS The library clipping services face the opportunities and challenges of the Internet age, set out to actively carry out online clipping service, and to achieve the advantages of electronic news clippings products. AUDIO COLLECTION The collection also includes audio recordings of the BDU academicians speaking engagements during the academic programmes, DOAJ The DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS: This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 5324 journals in the directory. Currently 2243 journals are searchable at article level. As of today articles are included in the DOAJ service. IAS The Academy's journals listed below with full text is available as PDF files on each journal's website. See the Publications page for links to the journals and other Academy publications (including the newsletter Patrika, annual reports, and documents). The number of journals currently published by the Academy is eleven covering all the major disciplines in science and technology. The Academy is now considered as the single largest scientific publisher in the country. 206

149 NISCAIR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (NISCAIR) came into existence on 30 September 2002 with the merger of the National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM) and the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC). Both NISCOM and INSDOC, the two premier institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are devoted to dissemination and documentation of S&T information. NDLTD The NETWORKED DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS (NDLTD), an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). It supports electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide. Its website includes resources for university administrators, librarians, faculty, students, and the general public. The topics include how to find, create, and preserve ETDs; how to set up an ETD program; legal and technical questions; and the latest news and research in the ETD community. OAISTER It is a union catalogue of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster includes more than 25 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,100 contributors. 207

150 DLS / IRS: PROMINENT DIGITAL LIBRARIES & INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES: Major Digital Library Initiatives and Institutional Repositories that enable full-text access to their respective collections were identified and listed for the online reference of the academic community. These resources provide not only the access of the digital content but to felicitate web based information services. UNION CATALOGUE OF THESES: INFLIBNET's National Online Union Catalogue of Doctoral Theses: This union catalogue contains the list of the Doctoral Theses submitted to more than 130 Universities/ Institutes in India. VIDYANIDHI DIGITAL LIBRARY & E-SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL: This site enhances access to Indian theses and enlarges the reach and audience for Indian doctoral research works. It facilitates the creation, archiving and accessing of doctoral theses. DELNET: Database of Theses and Dissertations (Requires Membership) A database of Theses and Dissertations submitted to Indian Universities has been started, which covers various subjects. The database has 44,304 records. AUSTRALIAN DIGITAL THESES PROGRAM This is a database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at Australian universities. The ideal behind the program is to provide access to, and promote Australian research to the international community. DiVA-Portal: Academic Archive On-line In DiVA one can find theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from a number of Nordic universities. The DiVA system has been developed within the framework of the DiVA project which started in September The system is in full operation since January

151 E-THESIS This site contains doctoral dissertations and other publications from the University of Helsinki. All of these full-text publications are freely accessible via the Internet. NETWORKED DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization. INDEX TO THESES A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts are accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since PROQUEST DIGITAL DISSERTATIONS dissertations Extensive database providing access to details of mainly American DIGITAL TALKING LIBRARY The digital talking library for differently abled persons was established in the Bharathidasan university library exclusively for the welfare of differently abled persons in the academic year The digital Talking Library online site providing access to a variety of web-based resources available on internet and intranet. It provides a way of organizing information from a variety of sources. AUDIO COLLECTION INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY: This provides the access to the Bharathidasan University publications and other resources. An Institutional Repository is an online locus for collecting, 209

152 preserving, and disseminating in digital form the intellectual output of Bharathidasan University VIDEO COLLECTION The YouTube allows billions of people to discover watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. OTHER RESOURCES SOFTWARE SPEECH SYNTHESIZER: This text-to-speech program can help serve as a language-learning aid, though we wouldn't call its speech prowess impressive. Speech Synthesizer can read TXT, DOC, or RTF files, and it also can recite any text you enter into the box. The application has a pleasing graphical interface that offers several nice features, including a tool for recording the speech and an animated clown that mouths the words. SCREEN MAGNIFYING: Persons with considerable vision may not need a screen magnification program. One alternative is a larger monitor, which provides larger text or graphics while keeping all material on the screen. In addition, by lowering the screen resolution, bigger pixels are used, which results in larger text and graphics Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, cross-platform screen magnification tool. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use. JAWS: It is an acronym for Job Access with Speech) is a screen reader, a software program for visually impaired users, produced by the Blind and Low Vision Group at Freedom Scientific of St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 210

153 3.4.5 PROFILE OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR LIBRARIES OF KERALA STATE SL. NO. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITIES Year of Establishment 1 The University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram The University of Calicut, Kozhikode The Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Kochi The Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur The Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam The Kannur University, Kannur

154 3.4.5 A) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Fig 42. The University of Kerala The University of Kerala is one of the first 16 Universities in India. It was founded as the University of Travancore in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore (Now southern part of Kerala and some neighbouring parts of state of Tamilnadu) in the year During the 7 decades since the University of Kerala has grown and shrunk physically and transformed it in many ways. It is difficult to summarise what the Kerala University is in a brief space. The earliest origins of the University may be traced back to two institutions of modern learning in Kerala, the University College, Thiruvananthapuram and the Trivandrum Observatory. The University College was initially founded as the Maharaja s Free School by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal in the year 1834, with Mr. John Roberts. A Christian Missionary as Headmaster, and soon grew into a college in the year 1866, affiliated to the Madras University. 212

155 When the University of Travancore was founded, the Departments of the college became the University Departments, only to switch back again when the transformation to University of Kerala happened in the year The University College still retains its connection with the University as an affiliated college. The Trivandrum Observatory was founded in the year 1838 and had an internationally reputed scientist, John Caldecott FRS as its first Director. It became a part of the Travancore University, but for some time was administered as a independent government institution. It is now the oldest institution under the Kerala University. The University of Travancore was established in the year 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the University. Sir C. P Ramaswamy Ayyar, the then Diwan (Prime minister) of the State was the first Vice-Chancellor. He was an eminent scholar and an able administrator. It is said the Government made an unsuccessful attempt to invite Albert Einstein to be the first Vice-Chancellor. The University was modelled after the best Universities of the United Kingdom, and even today retains some of these features. The affiliating system of the University however evolved to be different from the college system in the British Universities. CAMPUSES: Only ten colleges within the State of Travancore, which were at that time affiliated to the Madras University, became the affiliated colleges of the University of Travancore. In the year 1954, the unified state of Kerala came into being with most of Travancore and the whole of state of Cochin and Malabar area of Madras presidency becoming a part of it. The Kerala University Act (Act 14 of 1957) was brought into force and the University of Travancore was renamed University of Kerala. The University had three 213

156 campuses located in three different parts of the State viz. Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode. The number of affiliated colleges grew phenomenally. However, in the year 1968, the University Centre at Kozhikode became a full-fledged University, the University of Calicut, affiliating the colleges located in Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Kannur districts of Kerala and transforming the Kozhikode Centre into University Departments. The Cochin University of Science and Technology CUSAT -- (1971), Kerala Agricultural University (1971) and Mahatma Gandhi University (1983) were subsequently established, with CUSAT taking over the University s centre at Cochin. These developments have shrunk the jurisdiction of the University of Kerala to Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha Districts and some parts of Pathanamthitta District. At present, the University has sixteen faculties and forty one departments of teaching and research in addition to the study centres and other departments. Teaching, Research and Knowledge extension are the mandate of the Departments. They primarily focus on the post-graduate (masters) programmes, M.Phil programmes (1-year research degree) and doctoral research. In the year 2007, the University awarded over 100 PhDs. (University s research activities are also going on in select affiliated colleges and other recognized research centres in and outside the state). The University has had in its faculty s eminent scholars who were trained under the legendary figures (Sir C V Raman s student in the Dept of Physics, Prof S R Ranganathan s student in the Library Science and Prof Benjamin Bloom s student in the Dept of Education). Some of the faculty members themselves were legends, such as famous a poet K Ayyappa Panciker, Oriental scholar T Ganapathi Sasthri etc. 214

157 The total number of full-time students in the University Departments is above 2000 including research students and a modest number of foreign students. The Institute of Distance Education offers a number of under-graduate and post graduate programmes which cater to more than 7000 students, all over the country and abroad. The University has also a number of study centres in specialized areas such as Nano-technology, Kerala Studies, Bioinformatics, Women s Studies, Learning Difficulties, Sree Narayana Studies, and Gandhian Studies etc. Some of these centres have taught programmes (Certificate/Diploma/Masters/M.Phil) and many offers PhD programmes. The University has also established 10 University College of Teacher Education (UTEC) and 8 University Institute of Technologies (UIT) both of which offer under-graduate programmes (B.Ed in UTECs and B.Sc Computer Science/IT, Electronics/BBA in UITs), although master s programmes are available in select UITs. The University College of Engineering at Karyavattom offers Engineering Education at an Undergraduate level. These institutions together have student strength of more than The University has over 150 affiliated colleges. The role of the University is in prescribing courses of study and conducting examinations and issuing certificates. The day-to-day administration of these institutions is not under the purview of the University. However, these institutions form a major part of the University. Of these 60 are Arts and Science colleges. There are 2 Law colleges, 17 Engineering Colleges, 9 MBA/MCA Colleges, 37 Teacher Training Colleges, 4 Medical Colleges, 4 Ayurveda colleges, 2 Homoeopathy Colleges, one Siddha Medical College, 3 Dental colleges, 10 Nursing Colleges, 4 Pharmacy Colleges, 2 Fine Arts Colleges, and a Music College. The University also has a National College of Physical Education affiliated to it. The total number of students in these colleges crosses 84,

158 The University follows the Choice based credit and semester system for all the post-graduate (masters) programmes and is in the process of introducing this at undergraduate (bachelors) level. The semesters typically fall during the months of Aug- January and February-July. The University has a very democratic system of functioning. Its supreme bodies Senate and Academic Council have a large number of elected members and students are represented in both. The executive body of the University, the Syndicate also has a student representative in it (for the first time in Indian Universities, in 1977). The University policies are aimed at student empowerment in every field. The University Union is an active presence in the University life since To serve the students who are away from the head-quarters at Trivandrum. The University Study Centres have been set up with The UGC assistance, at Kollam, Alappuzha and Pandalam. Besides these, there are 13 Taluk Information Centres. The University also supplies information to students through the Help-desks in affiliated colleges. The Co-ordinator of the National Service Scheme Programme and the Director of the Student Services organize youth welfare activities with the active co-operation of the University Students Union. The university bagged the Indira Gandhi National Award for the best NSS activities in The Department of Physical Education of the university nurtures sports among the students. It has gifted to the country outstanding sportsmen and women. The University stadium in the heart of the city has a world-class synthetic track. The University has a main library built in style near its city campus and caters to all students, staff and public. In addition to this the Karyavattom campus has a campus library. The department libraries and College libraries complete the information service to students. In addition to departments, centres and affiliated colleges, the University has a number of other institutions under it. 216

159 The academic staff college set up with aid of the University Grants Commission, offers in-service courses to teachers in higher education and has trained over 15,000 teachers all over the country. It has been repeatedly rated as the best in the country. The centre for adult and continuing education (CACEE) aims at further education of the educated for which it received UNESCO- NLM award for literacy in The department of publications, one of the oldest departments of the University, has brought out several noteworthy publications including Saraswathi Kantabharanam, a treatise on Sanskrit Grammar, the five volume Kerala Sahitya Charithram by Mahakavi Ulloor S. Parameswara Ayyar and Sahithya Nayakanmar (Men of Letters) Series, Chitra Ramayana, based on palm-leaf manuscripts and the recent English and Malayalam translations of Hortus Malabaricus, the classical treatise on the plant wealth of Asia and the tropics. A massive Malayalam Lexicon is attempted by the Lexicon Dept. Seven volumes of the proposed eleven-volume Malayalam Lexicon have been released so far and the editing work of the remaining four volumes is progressing. The University Computer Centre, which has a long history (back to the use of a Czech made Electro-Mechanical Computer Arithma in 1950s and Core-Memory based IBMs and Indian made TDC in 1970s), today, spearheads the University s e-governance initiatives. The computing support for research is no longer centralized, with the advent of affordable desk-top computing power. The University s main campus in Karyavattom is firmly connected to the cyber highway with broad-band connection flowing into hundreds of computers. The university web site has also evolved since the year 2000 to become an indispensable cyber forum that connects the university community and serves information to all stake holders. 217

160 SOME OF THE UNIQUE FACTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA: The University has been publishing since the year 1946 the Journal of Indian History, a prominent publication in the area. The International Journal of Kerala Studies is also similarly an established Journal. The Manuscript Library of the University is a treasure trove of Indian culture. The library has over 65,000 works in 30,000 copies mainly of palm leaf manuscripts. In addition, some paper manuscripts, a few copper plates, writings on Bhurjapatra (birch bark), Agarutvak (the bark of Amyris agallocha) and textiles are also found in the collection. The manuscript collection also includes those belonging to other different Indian states and nations such as Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal etc. About eighty per cent of the collections are in Sanskrit. The initial moulds of scripts of modern Indian languages like Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Assamese and Burmese are also found. The Centre for Adult & Continuing Education (CACEE) received the UNESCO- N L M award for literacy in the year The first world Malayalam Conference was organized by the University of Kerala in The University has honoured many scholars, scientists and technologists, artists and thought leaders with honorary degrees. Amartya Sen, K. J. Yesudas, Laurie Baker, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Bharatha Rathna M S Subbalakshmi, Semmangudi Sreenivasa Iyer, Harikesanallur Muthaiha Bhagavathar, O N V Kurup, G Madhavan Nair, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Ilya Prigogine are among the recipients.the University Grants Commission has identified the University as one of the 26 institutions selected for promotion of India Studies by foreign students. The University Degree Certificates with Hologram and over 112 security features to prevent counter-feiting. The National Assessment and Accreditation Committee have placed the University at the B++ grade. University s supreme bodies Senate and Academic Council and the executive body of the University, the Syndicate, also have student representation in it (for the first time in Indian Universities, in the year 1977). The University Union has an active presence in the University life since

161 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA a. The University of Kerala means studying in the best University in the state (Chancellors Award for Best University in the state), in a spacious campus adjoining the techno park in the capital city of the state. The University offers Masters Programs and M.Phil programs in all traditional disciplines and some chosen unique disciplines. b. The state of Kerala is known as God's own country, and the university offers the education at an affordable fees and in a student empowered campus in the capital city of Kerala; it is well connected by rail and an International Air-port. c. For international students, this is the best University. a green and progressive state of India with four International Air-ports. d. A cauldron of culture, religion and political activism, the University of Kerala has a Centre for Global Academics to serve international students and receives students for whole programmes and also for study abroad schemes lasting a semester only, with credit transfer facility. e. There are two campuses of this university, one is Palayam and another is Kariavattam. f. A Good number of the best resources available in the University Library. g. The University has school of distance education. h. This is the pioneer University in Kerala state. 219

162 PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 43. The Central Library, University of Kerala The Kerala University Library (KUL), established in the year 1942, is the oldest and the biggest university library in Kerala and is situated adjacent to the University Senate Hall campus in the Thiruvananthapuram city. It stocks over 3,50, 000 books (growing at 5000 titles annually) and subscribes to nearly 500 journals/ periodicals/ magazines. The KUL also offers digital information services such as UGC Infonet. Among its special collections, the Kerala Studies is a unique one. The special collections also include Women s Studies, Government Publications, General Biographies, UN and World Bank Publications, bound volumes of newspapers and journals and rare books. 220

163 ELECTRONIC JOURNAL PLATFORMS American Chemical Society Blackwell Institute of Physics American Physical Society Emerald (LIS Collection) MEDICAL JOURNALS (1380 free journals) Oxford University Press Science Direct (Cell Press) American Institute of Physics Cambridge University Press J-STOR Portland Press Project Muse Springer Online Annual Reviews Euclid Nature Royal Society of Chemistry Society for Indl. & Appl.Maths. (SIAM) Taylor & Francis Online Journals GATEWAY PORTALS: Knimbus Open J-Gate Ingenta JCCC UGC INFONET E JOURNALS: BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE American Mathematical Society Web of Science Analytical Abstracts Chemical Hazards in Industry BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts) Royal Society of Chemistry Catalysts & Catalyzed Reactions Laboratory Hazards Bulletin Methods in Organic Synthesis Natural Products Update 221

164 3.4.5 B) PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Fig 44. University of Calicut (Kozhikode). The University of Calicut is the largest University in Kerala. Established in the year 1968, it is the second university to be set up in Kerala. The University aims to nurture excellence in education and research in its catchment areas of Northern Kerala, historically consigned to the periphery of Kerala s academic map. The University lays its emphasis on fostering quality human resource and promoting productive research that benefit both local communities and wider humanity. The University was created through a Government plan bifurcating Kerala University. As per the plan, the four post-graduate departments of the University of Kerala operating in Calicut were annexed to the new University along with fifty four constituent colleges spread across seven northern districts. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT a. The University of Calicut is an affiliating university located Thenjipalam in Malappuram district of Kerala. 222

165 b. The University has a number of off-campus centres in neighbouring districts especially Kozhikode, Wayanadu, Thrissur, Palakkad and Lakshadweep islands. c. The main campus in Thenjipalam has departments in most of the science and humanities areas, and offers post graduate courses and research programmes. However, the main business in the campus is administration and conduct of examinations for all the affiliated colleges which number above 250. d. In the year 2013 the University is ranked as the 26th best university of India. e. With Nirmaya Karmana Sree as it motto, the University has been able to surmount all challenges and emerge as the largest residential cum affiliating University in Kerala. f. With 30 post graduate departments and 373 affiliated colleges the university has become a beacon of hope and enlightenment for hundreds of thousands of young men and women in North Kerala. g. The Calicut University Library, established in 1971 and later renamed after C. H. Mohammed Koya, (The former Minister for Education, Government of Kerala ), h. The Calicut University was established in 1968 and was administered by Dr. M.M Ghani in the 1970s. i. The University had especially strong faculty in Physics, Zoology, Chemistry, Botany, History, Malayalam, English and Physical Education. The Campus locales spread over around 500 acres (2.0 km 2 ) in rural outskirt of Malappuram had the feel of a hill station. In the 1980s, a Cockcroft- Walton particle accelerator was put in place on campus. 223

166 PROFILE OF C. H. MOHAMMED KOYA MEMORIAL, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Fig 45. The University of Calicut, Central Library. The Calicut University Library, established in the year 1971 and later renamed after (the former Minister for Education, Government of Kerala), is primarily concerned with the conservation and dissemination of knowledge to its users. It plays an important role in the provision of information to the academic community in the Malabar region. It has a collection of about ninety five thousand books and subscribes to 218 Journals and 10 Newspapers. The Library follows the Anglo American cataloging Rules II (with slight modifications) for Cataloging and Dewey Decimal Scheme of Classification for the classification of books. It has the distinction of being the first fully automated University Library in the state of Kerala. The library is situated in the main campus at Thenhippalam on the side of the NH17 and is Twenty three Kilometers away from the historic Calicut City. Apart from the University Library a Study Center Library is functioning in the Calicut city to serve the academic community in the Calicut city and around. 224

167 LIBRARY SERVICES: The library is constantly being used by the students and teachers of various colleges and the students of correspondence and evening courses. The lending facility is also provided to those who remit a caution deposit of Rs. 500/-. The library also provides the photocopying services. Other services provided are; Book Lending Services, Reference Services Internet Services, Information Services Reprography Services, Book Lending Services The Internet services are provided as a part of this section. This Section also provides many information services like New Additions Alert Service, Compilation of Bibliographies etc. The Section also takes initiatives to reach the services rendered by the INFLIBNET Programme of UGC to the academic community of the University. SEMINARS HELD DURING THE PREVIOUS YEARS: THEMES OF THE SEMINARS HELD Management of Libraries in the 21st Century May 1999 Organization of Libraries and Information Centres in the 21st Century May Library co-operation in a networked world May Information Access Management and Exchange in the Technological Age May 2002 All these seminar proceedings are published by Ess Ess Publishers, New Delhi 225

168 3.4.5 C) PROFILE OF THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CUSAT), COCHIN Fig 46. The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin. Established in the year 1971 and named as the University of Cochin, it was the symbol of commitment from the Government of Kerala towards the new scientific policy resolution adopted by the Central Government on 4th March The birth of the new University was with the specific purpose of development of higher education with particular emphasis on post-graduate studies and research in applied science, technology, industry and commerce. The University of Cochin was later reorganized as the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in the year Specializations are available in all the Faculties/Departments for higher studies and research. By giving recognition to several well-established premier research institutions in the country and the Southern Naval Command of Indian Navy, the University has brought within its reach the resources available in these institutions and also to the use of our academic community. 226

169 The establishment of the erstwhile University of Cochin in the year 1971 was a commitment from the Government of Kerala towards the new scientific policy resolution adopted by the Central Government on 4th March The birth of the new University was with the specific purpose of development of higher education with particular emphasis on post-graduate studies & research in applied science, technology, industry & commerce. The University of Cochin was later reorganized as Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) in February SALIENT FEATURES OF THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY a. Originally known as the University of Cochin, the university came into being in 1971 through an Act of the Kerala Legislature that was the result of a campaign for postgraduate education in the state. b. The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a governmentowned autonomous science and technology university in Cochin, Kerala, c. Founded in 1971, it has three campuses: two in Cochin and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. d. The University awards degrees in engineering and science subjects at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. Nearly 2,000 students engage yearly in undergraduate and postgraduate study at CUSAT. e. The University is placed at fifth rank in India in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities with a world ranking of f. The motto of the University is "Tejasvinavadhithamastu", which conveys, "May the wisdom accrued deify us both the teacher and the taught and percolates to the universe in its totality" which is taken from the Vedas. 227

170 g. The computerized Central Library is a source of information for CUSAT students and academics. The School of Marine Sciences has a library that is regarded as one of the largest marine science libraries in Asia and a research vessel for coastal water studies. The school has academic interactions with other universities and research institutes in India and outside. h. Allappuzha is called the "Venice of the East" and is famous for the annual Nehru Trophy boat race. PROFILE OF THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY Fig 47. The University Library, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin. Established in the year 1977, the University Library is fully automated and is one of the best scientific and technical libraries in the country. It has built up a balanced and rich collection on all branches of Science and Technology, as well as books of general interest in various subject fields. The KOHA FOSS package, user-friendly library management software that supports all in-house activities of the library is installed here. The bibliographic records of books, journals and theses in the Library can be accessed globally through Web OPAC. The Library provides campus-wide IP-enabled access to online journals 228

171 under the UGC- INFONET DIGITAL Library Consortia. INDEST Consortia, under which electronic full text access is provided to scholarly literature of all major areas of learning like IEEE digital library, Science Direct, ACS, RSC, Nature, IOP, Springer etc. It also subscribes to the online databases like Manupatra, Emerald, Proquest, CMIE Prowess and Sci Finder. The members can avail the inter-library loan service and document delivery service from DELNET for books and journal articles not available in the library. An Institutional Repository Dyuthi where research publications and Ph.D. theses of the University are available online to the public is also housed in the library. The University Library is fully automated and is one of the best scientific and technical libraries in the country. Being the information centre of the Technological University in the state, the library has built up a balanced and rich collection on all the branches of sciences and technology. The Library offers Loan service, Inter-Library Loan, Literature Search, Reference Search, Compilation of Bibliographies, Reprographic Service, Reprint Service, Conference Alert Service, New Addition Alert Service, Patent Information and Consultancy Service. The CUSAT Library has a campus wide IP enabled access to online journals under the UGC-INFONET DIGITAL Library Consortia and INDEST Consortia. The UGC initiated UGC- INFONET project provides access to electronic journals and database over the internet executed by INFLIBNET. Under this project electronic full text access is provided to scholarly literature of all the major areas of learning like Science Direct, ACS, IOP, Taylor & Francis, RSC, Wiley publications, Nature, Project Muse, Project Euclid, Web of Science...etc. Members can avail the service of UGC-INFONET, JCCC portal (an e-journals gateway to Indian Universities & Colleges) which also provides ILL between various Universities in India. Access to Online journal archives to Science Direct (4 subject), RSC, AIP are also included. 229

172 3.4.5 D) PROFILE OF KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR Fig 48. The Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur The Kerala Agricultural University is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala State in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water, including crop production (agriculture), animal husbandry, forestry and fishery through conducting, interfacing and integrating education, research and extension in these spheres of economic Endeavour. Deemed to have come into existence on February 24th 1971 by the Act 33 of 1971 of the Kerala State Legislature, entitled 'The Agricultural University Act, 1971', the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) became operational since February 1st 1972 when the then existing two educational and 21 research institutions administered by the Departments of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of the Government of Kerala, were brought under one umbrella for facilitating the sustainable and accelerated development of agriculture in the State. 230

173 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR a. The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala state in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water, including crop production (agriculture), forestry and fisheries through conducting, interfacing and integrating education, research and extension in these spheres of economic endeavour. It is situated in Vellanikkara, Thrissur. b. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur (Conducted and hosted first Farmers' Science Congress). The Kendra has a subsurface dyke in its farm as part of the rainwater harvesting demonstration unit. c. The Kendra has pioneered a new branch of agricultural extension called Creative Extension. The university has eleven Training & Extension Centres. d. The Governor of Kerala and Chancellor of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has accorded assent to the proposal to establish a full-fledged Faculty of Forestry at Vellanikkara. e. The Forestry will be the third faculty under KAU after Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering. Two other faculties, viz. Veterinary and Fisheries were delinked from KAU in 2010 to form separate Universities. f. The KAU won the Performance Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The award is given for winning the most number of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) by KAU students in the national level competitive examination conducted during The KAU has won this award by leaving behind 52 other agricultural and agri-related universities in the country. 231

174 PROFILE OF THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 49. The Kerala Agricultural University Central library Thrissur The unit for Library and Information Services was established in the year 1995 at KAU as per provisions of the KAU Act The Kerala Agricultural University Library and Information System (KAULIS) was formally inaugurated by the Hon`ble Minister for Agriculture Sri. Krishnan Kaniyamparambil on INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: The unit has the most modern IT environment with the Information Technology Lab, electronic library, a building LAN for Central Library and computer based training facilities. A temporary using ERNET connectivity has been established for use till getting an independent VSAT or leased line for the library which will ensure 24 hours accessibility to the information resources held by the library from any location. 232

175 All divisions of the unit have been provided with computers and specialized packages for automation of the works related to that division and for providing services to users. Various Abstract and Index databases are available on computers for Selective Dissemination of Information. Textual, graphical and video access terminals have been provided at various points at the Central Library for users. In order to successfully maintain various library and information technology projects. Close collaboration and appropriate linkages have been established with many national and international agencies specializing in this specific field like NISSAT under DSIR, Govt. of India, Information and Library Network Programme (INFLIBNET) of University Grants Commission, National Informatics Centre (NIC) under Planning Commission, Informatics Division of UNESCO, Paris and institutes under Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). 233

176 3.4.5 E) PROFILE OF MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM Fig 50. The Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The Mahatma Gandhi University envisions to champion the cause of higher education in the country by catering to the scholastic, expertise and developmental needs of the individual, the society and the industry through the creation of a critical knowledge base with well-defined means for its dissemination and extension for the society s sustained and inclusive growth. Mahatma Gandhi University, one of the four affiliating Universities in Kerala, is the premier educational institution that strives to fulfill the higher educational needs of the people of Central Kerala. Set over 100-acre Priyadarsini Hills Campus at Athirampuzha, 13 kms off Kottayam, the University also has ten satellite campuses. The University was established on 2nd October 1983 and has a jurisdiction over the revenue districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki and parts of Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha. 234

177 The University that conducts a range of programmes at the undergraduate, postgraduate, M Phil and doctoral levels through its 18 University Departments, 1 International Inter University Centre, 6 Inter University Centres, 8 Inter School Centres, 36 Self-Financing Departments, 75 Aided Affiliated Colleges (of which five colleges have become autonomous), 220 Unaided Affiliated Colleges and 273 Recognized Research Centers. It imparts education in the interdisciplinary as well as conventional disciplines of science, social science and humanities besides in the professional disciplines of Engineering, Technology, Legal Studies, Management, Tourism, Disability Studies, Journalism, Pedagogy, Pharmacy and Nursing. The University has also made its educational presence felt through a chain of 122 Offcampus Centres under the School of Distance Education. From its inception, The Mahatma Gandhi University has made immense strides in the fields of inter disciplinary teaching and research. All teaching programmes conducted by the varsity are under the Credit and Semester System (CSS), and are marked by their innovative curricula and their learner-oriented approaches. The CSS is a student-friendly system that fosters interactive acquisition of knowledge in a multi-disciplinary context. The students are made familiar with the latest developments in their subjects of study. The University has always promoted the healthy practice of designing and revising its curricula and syllabi through discussions and deliberations in a democratic way among the members of the academic community. The faculty of the University comprises outstanding scholars, many of whom have made original contributions in their respective fields of specialization. The faculty and research scholars of several departments have gained widespread recognition for the commendable quality of their research publications. The research journals published by some of the Schools have garnered an international recognition. 235

178 The University's adoption of interdisciplinary as the basic conceptual plan for the organization of individual statutory departments is prompted by the understanding that interdisciplinary knowledge is path-breaking, far reaching and non-linear in its effect, compared to what The conventional forms of knowledge are capable of doing within the confines of discrete disciplines. Appreciating the trend of several nonconventional areas of knowledge emerging across physical, natural and social sciences, the University has chosen to organize its academic departments as interdisciplinary schools where multiple disciplines co-exist and interact with one another. The organizational practice of creating institutions of interdisciplinary knowledge itself has been a great learning experience for the academics in the Mahatma Gandhi University. The University has initiated the constitution of Centres of Convergence around integrated knowledge areas by way of inter school, Inter University and International Inter University Centres. The Knowledge generated here beyond disciplines and across interfaces is strikingly fresh, regenerative and convergent. At present the Mahatma Gandhi University offers research programmes in forty disciplines through its own Schools as well as through its approved research centres. The University has close collaboration for academic, research and extension programmes with a number of national agencies and institutions including the UGC, FIST, DRS, ISRO, COSIT, DIT, DST, Nano Mission, CSIR, DAAD, STEC, ICMR, BARC, MOEF, ICCR, ICHR, IED, IIFT, Institute of Chinese Studies and the Sahitya Akademi. The University is also involved in active collaboration with research institutions of international reputation such as the Max Planck Institute of Technology, Germany, Brown University, USA, University of Nantes, France, California Institute of Technology, USA, University of Toronto, Canada, Catholic 236

179 University, Belgium, Heidelberg University, Germany, and the Institute of Political Studies, Rennes, France, Trent University, Canada, IPF Dresden, Germany, University of Paris and University of Strasbourg. Some of the members of the faculty have proved to be the front runners in the development of indigenous technologies and are holders of as many as twenty two patents, including four from the US. A considerable percentage of the alumni of the University are comfortably placed in the country and abroad as academics, scientists and professionals. A host of innovative scholarships have been introduced for the benefit of the learners titled ASPIRE, INSPIRE, THANMA, ACQUIRE, besides promoting the artistic, literary, cultural, sports, service, differently abled students through appropriate schemes. The scholarships provide opportunities for potential students to pursue short term studies at postgraduate or research level in Institutions of Higher Learning, in areas of their interest. INSPIRE is the flagship programme of the Government of India to attract bright minds to basic sciences right from school level to doctoral level. In order to provide opportunities for the students to get deeper insight into their subjects of study the Erudite Scholar in-residence programme was also initiated in which several Nobel Laureates and other academics of comparable eminence are invited for direct interaction with them. The Mahatma Gandhi University's academic growth during the past has been phenomenal in terms of the number of new academic initiatives launched, curricular revisions undertaken, research grants received, research collaborations entered into, extension activities organized, research papers published, national and international seminars hosted, student support programmes conducted, quality enhancement measures initiated, infra structural support generated, resource mobilization, and distinctions and achievements acquired. The University is quite prominently placed on the academic map through academic and research partnering with the leading universities and research 237

180 institutions of repute. In the overall ranking process of the Indian Universities, The Mahatma Gandhi University was ranked thirteenth in India in terms of intellectual productivity by CSIR and nineteenth in terms of h-index of the science faculty by NISTDAS. DST has ranked the University 8th among the 29 Universities under the PURSE programme for funding Science Departments. To keep abreast with the international trends in higher education, The Mahatma Gandhi University has embarked on an ambitious plan to transform the conventional state university into a New Gen varsity within three years. In order to translate the quality policy to excel in all realms of its activities, e-learning, e-goveranance, Massive Open Online Courses, On-line examinations, cutting edge learning practices and continuous quality improvement initiatives for the academics, learners, and administrators are on the anvil. The web-enabled University Library with its large collection of books, journals and e-journals, the online Theses Digital Library that provides open access to its enviable collection of digitized Ph D dissertations, the publishing unit which has brought out hundreds of titles in Malayalam, English and Hindi, the facilities available at the School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for developing physical culture, the ecologically sensitive extension programmes initiated by the University the coaching and placement services provided by the Department of Student Services and the University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau, proactive communication system developed by the Information and Public Relations Department and the general administrative support that the academic community receive from the University administration all these work in tandem with the academic business transacted by the University, making the learning experience a holistic one. 238

181 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY a. The Mahatma Gandhi University was established in the year 1983, in Kottayam district of Kerala, it is formerly Gandhiji University and has been approved by UGC and accredited (B+) by the NAAC of India. b. The University has around 100 affiliated colleges spread over five districts in central Kerala. c. The University is also known as M G University, and has grown to become one among the Top 50 Universities in India, ranked by India Today magazine. d. The MGU is the only University from south India selected for Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative set up by U.S.-India Governments for Institutional Partnership Grants. e. The MGU has created to form partnership with Brown University, Duke University and Plymouth State University from USA. f. The University Grants Commission of India does not believe that names of Indian universities should be unique, so another State Government- run Mahatma Gandhi University was established in 2007 in Andhra Pradesh (now in the newly formed state of Telangana) and got recognition from UGC. g. The decision was not challenged by the older Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala. Similarly another private university named Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU-Meghalaya) was also established through Meghalaya State legislative Act, 2010 in Meghalaya and followed by same named private universities by Uttarakhand State in 2007 and states of Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh too coming latest in this list. 239

182 h. The Centre for Advanced Research in Library & Information Sciences (CARLIS) was established in 2010 for research on technologies which transfer existing the knowledge from traditional media to future proof digital media for the networked society. i. CARLIS covers two main areas; Library Science and Information Science along with their applications using technologies developed in allied areas. j. CARLIS started Offering PhD programmes in 2010 Areas of research are content management, digital archiving, multimedia resources, information administration, information economics, information infrastructures, IPR issues, knowledge warehousing, language technologies, Open Access protocols, resource sharing networks etc. k. It is envisaged as a national centre and will have initially an Advisory Council with experts from India and abroad, an Honorary Director, experts from different areas in knowledge management as faculty. l. The research by the team associated to CARLIS has developed the Digital Library package with search mechanisms for Indian scripts used in Gandhi University On line Theses Library the first official Open Access Archive of PhD theses from Indian universities. 240

183 PROFILE OF THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 51. Researcher with University Librarian and staff of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam The University Library in the campus occupies purpose - built accommodation, and provides a variety learning environment. These include individual work spaces, room for group study and teaching, audio - visual access and online information retrieval system. The Mahatma Gandhi University Library is situated in the main campus of the University at Athirampuzha, 14 kms, away from Kottayam town, on the top of the Priyadarshini hills. The University library was started in the year 1989 under the supervision of Special Officer Prof. K A Isaac, former University Librarian and Prof. and Head, Dept of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala. Sri K Ravindran Asari took over charge of the University Library in the year Under his leadership, the library system built up the required Information and Communication Technology infrastructure to facilitate access to relevant internal and external sources of information to academic community of the University. 241

184 The University library is a member of the INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmadabad (Information and Library Network), and an Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission. The INFLIBNET Centre support has enabled to improve the quality and relevance of the University Information services. The University Library is a fully automated system using the library software package SOUL developed by the INFLIBNET Centre. The Library is also a member of the DELNET (Developing Library Network). Being a member of these networks, the library is able to share the resources of a number of other libraries and has been able to make inter library loan of books. The Mahatma Gandhi University is one of the first fifty Universities to come under the UGC-Infonet Programme. Through UGC-Infonet E-journals Consortium, the University library provides access to more than 4000 journals and databases. The Mahatma Gandhi University Online Theses Digital Library website provides an Open Access to the doctoral dissertations accepted by the MGU has been selected as one of the very best web resources for education and research by INTUTE and included in INTUTE. The selection information occurs at the INTUTE website. In addition to the usual services of the library such as reference services, lending of books, inter-library loan service, etc the following documentation services are provided: ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICE: The University Library is automated using SOUL software of INFLIBNET. The Library catalogue can be searched through the Library website mgu.ernet.in. UGC- INFONET service is provided using1 Mbps Leased Line Internet Connectivity enabling access to full text of electronic journals and 20 various online databases. The Library maintains membership to institutions like The DELNET (New Delhi), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, I Its, NISCAIR and NCL, Pune. 242

185 The MGU has become one of the 20 universities and the first in Kerala during the year to provide access to SciFinder Scholar (SFS) the world s largest pool of scientific information, which includes numerous mechanisms for retrieving information and also for thousands of knowledge processing applications including laboratory functions. The photocopies of articles are collected from the DELNET, Document Delivery Centers of the INFLIBNET, National Information centers, authors directly and other leading libraries. The resources of the library are thus effectively supplemented through this service. CD-ROM SEARCHING: The library has a CD ROM networking facility to search databases in CD- ROM. The services of the INFLIBNET Center and National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) are also utilized to access the databases not available in the library. The library has also an access to the First Search Services of Ohio College Library Centre (OCLC, USA. About 70 databases are accessible through this. The UNESCO Libraries Portal, an international gateway to information for librarians and library users has included the website of the M G University Library along with the Academic and Research Libraries of Asia-Pacific. The Mahatma Gandhi University was one of the first fifty Universities to come under the UGC-Infonet Programme. Through the UGC-Infonet E-journals Consortium, the Library has an access to more than 7500 e-journals and databases including SciFinder Scholar and Web of Science. The Library also has access to major online databases, such as EBSCO, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Oxford Scholarship Online, IEEE All Society Periodicals Package etc. Mahatma Gandhi University has won the State IT Award during the year 2009 in the e-learning category for its University Online Theses Digital Library. 243

186 3.4.5 F) PROFILE OF THE KANNUR UNIVERSITY, KANNUR Fig 52. The Kannur University, Kannur The Kannur University was established by the Act 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly. The University by the name "Malabar University" had come into existence earlier by the promulgation of an Ordinance by the Governor of Kerala, on 9th November The University was inaugurated on 2nd March 1996 by the former Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala. The Kannur University is unique in the sense that it is a multi-campus university with the campuses spread over at various locations under its jurisdiction. The Act envisages that the University shall establish, maintain, manage and develop campuses at Kannur, Kasaragod, Mananthavady, Payyannur, Thalassery, Kanhangad and such other places as are necessary for providing study and research facilities to promote advanced knowledge in Science and Technology and the other relevant disciplines. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE KANNUR UNIVERSITY a. The Kannur University was established by the Act 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly. The University by the name "Malabar University" had 244

187 come into existence earlier by the promulgation of an Ordinance by the Governor of Kerala, on 9th November b. It was inaugurated on 2 March 1996 by E. K. Nayanar, the then Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala. c. The objective of the Kannur University Act, 1996 was to establish in the state of Kerala a teaching, residential and affiliating university to provide for the development of higher education in Kasargod and Kannur revenue Districts and the Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad District. d. The Kannur University is a multi-campus university, at Kannur, Kasargod, Mananthavady, Payyannur, Thalassery, and Kanhangad. e. The University has a distance education facility and an inter university centre to cater the educational needs and requirements of the people. f. The University has a very wonderful campus with all the amenities. PROFILE OF THE KANNUR UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL LIBRARY Fig 53. Proposed Library building Kannur University, Kannur 245