National Digital Library Programme of Higher Education Commission in Pakistan Midrar Ullah Librarian & Literature Search Officer Army Medical College National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan • University Grants Commission (UGC) was established in 1974 • UGC was replaced with HEC in 2002 § To regulate the research activities § To upgrade the present infrastructure of universities § To make them world-class centers of education and research
National Digital Library Program (NDLP) • Centrally subscribes online resources through International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) • Accessible by more than 250 institutions in Pakistan
Impact of NDLP on Research Output 152% increase in research publications since the establishment of HEC
Articles published from Pakistan in journals indexed by ISI WOK, 2001 -2007
Online Databases Available Through the NDLP • 31 databases with over 23, 000 full-text journals are made accessible online • Initially usage was very low due to o Unawareness of ICTs o Poor participation of Pakistani institutions in the global knowledge economy
Articles downloaded from Digital Library, 2004 -2007
Online books (e-brary) Provides access to over 40, 000 e-books of 220 leading international publishers
Pakistan Research Repository (PRR) (http: //eprints. hec. gov. pk) • Digitization of M. Phil. / Ph. D. theses • Online availability • Currently holds over 1800 Ph. D. theses in digitized format
Pakistan Education Research Network (PERN) • Connects Pakistani universities and research institutes through high-speed Internet bandwidth • Facilitates data sharing and video conferencing
Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN@ system) • Single interface for searching • Search efficiently through different databases
Document Delivery Service Free of cost provision of remote document delivery through British Library Document Delivery Service (BLDDS) to researchers
Open-access Online Portal for Pakistani Journals Open access to Pakistani research journals: • Digitization • Online publication
Procurement of Library Management Software Procurement of international library software to be installed in concerned libraries for: • Uniformity • Standardization • Resource sharing
Recommendations • • Rationalization of resources Provision of sufficient number of terminals Alternate arrangement of power supply Frequency of orientation courses may be increased • Process of computerization of all the concerned libraries may be undertaken at faster pace (Contd…)
Recommendations • A web portal can also be designed to compile the union catalogue of journals • The Document Delivery System (DDS) may be provided to the libraries for the exchange of documents etc. • Assignments may be given to students in which use of digital library should be made mandatory • Rewards for research publications
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