The
Periyar University has been ranked second in the State for digitisng 752 doctoral
theses which are made available for online readers across the world, said its
Vice-Chancellor Swaminathan. Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET)
Centre, an autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants
Commission (UGC), has accorded the status.
Speaking
at a workshop organised by Periyar University Library on ‘e-book access’ here
on Friday, Dr. Swaminathan said a library is a window to the world and it is
the heart of any University.
Periyar
University library accounted for 80,200 books of various arts and science
disciplines and it subscribes 180 national and international journals and
magazines that provide support to research and academic pursuit.
The
University has made enormous efforts to get e-access of international journals
for students and scholars and persuade them to work on their thesis with
international standard, he said.
Apart
from getting permission to access 4,000 e-journals in UGC INFONET, Periyar
University gets e-resources from American Society for Microbiology, New York
(14 journals on life sciences), Emerald Publications, UK (72 journals), World
Scientific Publication of Singapore (4 journals), Sage Publications, New Delhi
(7 journals) and the EBSCO database of the United States for case studies and
research.
Dr.
Swaminathan exhorted the participants to be familiar with modern technologies
and ICT tools. He also urged them to make use of the online resources in
research that gives global perspectives on any discipline they wished.
Ramesh
Sankaran, Senior Manager, Pearson Education India Limited, Bengaluru and
Appusamy from McGraw Hill Publication, Chennai, were the resource persons. N.
Subramanian, Professor and the University Librarian, offered felicitations.
Achievements of Periyar University
Library
·
Rank second in the State in digitizing
752 theses available online for e-bibliphiles
·
Rank 64th in the Country
for availing of e-resources
·
Accounts for 80,200 books of arts
and Science disciplines
Source | The Hindu | 6 September
2015
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