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Information and Library Network Centre
(An Autonomous Inter-University Centre of UGC)
Annual Report
( April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 )
Information and Library Network Centre
(An Autonomous Inter-University Centre of UGC)
Gujarat University Campus, Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009
Tele.:+ 91 79 26308528, 26305971, 26301972 Fax:+ 91 79 26300990, 26307816
Email :[email protected]
www.inflibnet.ac.in

From the Director’s Desk
Dr Jagdish Arora
Director
IampleasedtopresenttheAnnualReportoftheINFLIBNETCentrefortheFinancialYear2010-2011.Itisan
opportunity for us to reflect upon our accomplishments and shortcomings during the year. It was a highly
successful year for the Centre as our existing programmes were rejuvenated and new projects that were
launchedduringthepastyearsbegantoshowresultsandestablishtheircredibilityandacceptabilityamongst
educationalinstitutionsinIndia.
A number of important developments took place in our flagship programme on union databases of books,
serialsandtheses.Themaintainingandupdatingunioncataloguesisatedioustaskthatrequiresagreatdealof
standardization of bibliographic records contributed by a large number of institutions in diverse formats. As
such, a robust and intuitive platform is essential to support the task of error detection, correction, duplicate
detection,standardizationandmergingofrecordsintheuniondatabases.BetaversionoftheUnionCatalogue
Management System ver. 2 (UCMS 2.0) was released during the year under report to handle bibliographic
recordsinMARC21formataswellastoprovideadditionalsearchcapabilitiesforupdatingthebibliographical
records.TheUCMS2.0,aweb-basedunioncataloguemanagementplatform,caterstoallfunctionaljobsthat
are carried out by the Database Development Team on the bibliographic records contributed to the union
database of books. Likewise, independent record management platforms were also developed for effective
and efficient management of serials and theses databases. Besides, a new interface called “Online Copy
CatalogueSystem(OCS)”wasdevelopedthatfacilitatesparticipatinglibrariestointeractwithunioncatalogue
ofbooksandeithercataloguetheirnewacquisitionsonlineordownloadselectedrecordsfromuniondatabase
directlyintoSOUL2.0.Theinterfacewasmadeavailableto13universitylibrariesthatareusingSOUL2.0for
extensivetestingandexperimentation.Theinitialresultsoftestingarequiteencouraging.TheOCS,oncefully
implementedforalltheLMSsoftware,wouldpotentiallyeliminatetherequirementofcollectingbibliographic
recordsfrommemberuniversitiesandmergingtheminuniondatabase.
The SOUL 2.0, launched in January 2009, grew in terms of its market share as well as features and
functionalitiesthatwereaddedtoit.Severalnewpatches,incorporatingnewfeaturesandfunctionalities,were
developed and were made available to users free-of-cost. A number of software customisation tasks were
undertakentotailor-madethesoftwaretomeetspecificrequirementsofuser’sinstitutions.Withlargerinterest
of promoting wider use of SOUL software, SOUL Query Management System (SQMS) was developed to
providebetterafter-salessupporttotheSOULusersandtohandletheirqueriesmoreeffectivelyandefficiently.
Thesoftwarehasbeentestedsuccessfullyandisbeingimplemented.ThetotalnumberofinstallationsofSOUL
softwaregrewto2,321bytheendofMarch31,2011.
One of the major achievements during the period under report is development of Subject Gateway
ManagementSystem(SGMS). TheSGMSisdesignedtofacilitatebuildingupofasubjectportalconsistingof
Internetresourcesthatareavailableinopenaccess.TheSGMSfacilitatessubjectwiseclassificationofInternet
resources, free-text and alphabetical search, resource type search and “search cloud”. The software was
populatedwithmorethan1,000resourcesfortestingpurposes.ThesubjectgatewaycoveringselectedIndian
resourcesusingSGMSisnowreadyforrelease.
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With multitude to programmes and projects that the Centre now handles, it is imperative to implement
technologiesthatfacilitatehostingofmultipleapplicationsandinterfacesonalimitednumberofservers.Cloud
computing and other virtualization technologies offer a new route to access and optimally utilize available
computational infrastructure. The virtualisation technology was applied in the Centre to create multiple
executionenvironmentandtohostmultipleinterfacesandapplicationsonasingleserver.Assuch,Parichay:
Federated Access Management System, Shodhganga, Shodhgangotri and Institutional Repository @
INFLIBNET are hosted on a single virtual server. The virtual server has been implemented successfully at the
INFLBNETwitheffectiveportioningofCPU,RAM,secondarystorageandNetworkInterfaceCard.
TheCentrehadlaunchedtwoimportantopenaccessinitiatives,namelyShodhgangaandOpenJournalAccess
System(OJAS).Boththeinitiativeshavetakenadefiniteshapeandaredoingwell.Whiletwentyuniversities
havesignedMoUwiththeINFLIBNETCentre,studentsfrommorethan16universitieshavestartedsubmitting
electronicversionoftheirthesesintoShodhgangaason31stMarch2011.Totalnumberofthesessubmitted
into the repository has grown to 1,600. The OJAS has grown both in terms of number of journals as well as
numberofusersinopenaccessenvironment.TheOJASnowhostssixjournalsandseveralnewrequestsare
pouringinforuploadingnewjournalsonOJAS.
TheCentretakesprideinthefactthatthetaskofenhancingtheInternetconnectivityto10Mbps(1:1)formore
than 165 universities was accomplished within a short span of 1 to 4 months with switching over of Internet
ServiceProviderfromERNETtoBSNL.Moreover,theUGC-INFONETConnectivityProgrammepavedtheway
for early commissioning of NKN/NME-ICT connectivity given the fact that the fibre optic cables laid for the
UGC-Infonet Connectivity Programme was used for providing greater bandwidth (one Gbps) to universities
under the NME-ICT/NKN programme. As such, more that 90 universities migrate to NME-ICT/NKN scheme
from the UGC-Infonet by end of March 31, 2011. I am happy that the INFLIBNET Centre has also been
acceptedasabeneficiaryinstitutionforNKNconnectivity.
TheUGC-InfonetDigitalLibraryConsortiumcontinuedtothriveduringtheyearunderreport.Thenumberof
journalsofferedunderConsortiumgrewto7,500withinclusionofScienceDirect(10subjectcollections,1036
journals)andWileyInterScience(907journals).Thesewerethetworesourcesthatweremostsoughtafterand
mostuniversitieswerepressinghardtogettheseresourcesthroughtheConsortium.Moreover,theCentretook
theinitiativeofincludealluniversitiescoveredunder12(B)and2(f)SectionsoftheUGCActundertheambitof
UGC-InfonetDigitalLibraryConsortium.Alleligibleuniversities,notyetcoveredundertheConsortium,were
requested to apply for the membership of the Consortium and avail access to e-resources. The usage of e-
resourcesprovidedthroughtheConsortiumalsogrewbothintermsofnumberofdownloadsaswellasnumber
of searches conducted. There is an overall 22.76% increase in number of downloads from 2009 to 2010.
Moreover,averagecostofarticledownloadedfromthejournalsaccessiblethroughtheConsortiumcamedown
toRs.55.94.Morethan25,000articlesweresuppliedbytheINFLIBNETCentreandits22ILLCentrestoother
universitiesusingJCCCthatprovidescontentlevelaccesstoallarticlescoveredinjournalssubscribedbythe
Consortiumaswellasby22ILLCentres.AssociateMembershipProgrammeoftheUGC-InfonetDigitalLibrary
Consortiumenrolled76membersincludingprivateuniversitiesandotherorganizations.Theseinstitutionspay
theirownsubscriptionforgettingaccesstoe-resourcesthroughtheConsortium.
ImportantdevelopmentsweremadeinconfiguringShibboleth,anopensourcesoftwaretoolsthatfacilitates
off-campus access to e-resources to the authorised users. The Shibboleth system was customised and
interfaced with MySQL database (instead of LDAP/Kerberos) database to suit local environment created for
[e-mail]olethintoEZproxybyoverridingnative
authentication mechanism of EZproxy. As such, EZproxy hands-off authentication task to Shibboleth, if the
resource is Shibboleth-compliant, and non-Shibboleth compliant resources are proxied through EZ Proxy in
theusualcourse.Thesystemisnowreadyforimplementation.
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The8thInternationalCALIBER2011wasorganisedatGoaUniversity,Goafrom2ndto4thMarch,2011onthe
theme “Towards Building a Knowledge Society: Library as Catalyst for Knowledge Discovery and
Management”, in collaboration with the Goa University, Goa. More than 400 delegates participated in the
ConventionincludingdelegatesfromSriLanka,Canada,UK,USandSingapore.62paperswereselectedfor
presentation in the convention and 120 papers were selected for poster sessions from amongst 220
submissions. Prof. Arun Nigavekar, former Chairman, UGC inaugurated the convention and Prof. Ajith
Kembhavi, Chairman, NSC, UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium, delivered the keynote address. The
convention was highly successful both in terms of participation of large number of stakeholders as well as
detaileddiscussionsthattheparticipantshadonthethemeoftheconvention.
The“NationalLibraryandInformationServicesInfrastructureforScholarlyContent”(N-LIST),jointlyexecuted
bytheINFLIBNETCentreandIITDelhiwithfinancialsupportfromtheMHRDunderitsNationalMissionon
Education through ICT, was formally launched by the Honourable Union Minister of Human Resource
Development,ShriKapilSibalon4thMay,2010.TheN-LISTProgrammeprovidesonlineaccesstomorethan
2,100electronicjournalsand51,000e-bookstocollegescoveredunder12(B)and2(f)SectionsoftheUGC
Act.Thenumberofcollegescoveredundertheprogrammegrewto1,236andnumberofregisteredusersfrom
thesecollegesgrewtomorethan1,30,000bytheendofMarch31,2011.IamproudtoinformthattheN-LIST
ProgrammewasawardedtheJuryChoicee-INDIA2010AwardintheCategoryDigitalLearningthroughICTin
HigherEducationInstitutefortheyear2010andManthanSouthAsiaAward2010inDigitalLearningCategory
fortheyear2010.
TheconstructionworkofAcademicandAdministrativeBlocksoftheInstitutionalBuildingisprogressingwellin
Infocity, Gandhinagar on the land allotted to the Centre by Government of Gujarat, free-of-cost. As on 31st
March,2011,theexcavationandfoundationPCCworkforthebasementundertheentireportionofAcademic
and Administrative block of the building was completed including erection of RCC walls on all sides of the
basement.WhiletheAdministrativeBlockofthebuildinghasbeenraiseduptothe4thfloor,AcademicBlock,
includingauditorium,hasbeenraisedupto2ndfloor,remainingthreefloorsofAdministrativeBlockandfive
floorsofAcademicBlockareunderconstruction.Itisexpectedthatthecivilconstructionworkofthebuilding
willbecompletedbytheendof2011.IampleasedtoinformthattheUGChassanctionedfundsrequiredfor
constructionofresidentialBlockoftheInstituteBuildingalso.
Iamsure,theusercommunityininstitutionsofhigherlearningwouldenjoygoingthroughthereportandtake
noteofouraccomplishmentsandvalue-addedservicesduringtheyearunderreview.
(JagdishArora)
INFLIBNETCentre,Ahmedabad
24thOctober,2011
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CONTENTS
Sr. Contents Page No.
From the Director’s Desk i
1. Introduction 1
2. Mission and Vision 1
3. Aims and Objectives 1
4. Physical Infrastructure 3
5. Governance 4
6. Human Resources 5
7. Research and Development Activities 5
8. International Convention 62
9. Central Facilities 68
10. Publications 71
11. Awards, Honours and Distinctions 73
12. Academic Interaction with Universities and other Research Institutions 74
13. Project @ INFLIBNET Centre 74
14. Other Notable Activities and Events 83
15. Right to Information (RTI) Act 84
16. Financial Status 84
APPENDICES
Appendix I Building Committee 85
Appendix II Governing Council 86
Appendix III Governing Board 87
Appendix IV Finance Committee 88
Appendix V Technical, Administrative and Supporting Staff 89
Appendix VI No. of Records Contributed by the Participating Universities to the Books 91
and Theses Databases of the Centre
Appendix VII List of Universities who signed MoU for Shodhganga 99
Appendix VIII Universities with No. of Full-text Theses submitted to Shodhganga 100
Appendix IX Members of Central Connectivity Monitoring Committee (CCMC) 101
Appendix X Universities where UGC-Infonet Connevtivity was withdrawn 102
after getting NKN/NME-ICT Connection
Appendix XI UGC-Infonet 2.0 Connected Universities 104
Appendix XII Members of the National Steering Committee (NSC) 105
Appendix XIII Members of the Negotiation Committee of the NSC 106
Appendix XIV Universities and IUCs that are Provided Access to E-resources under 107
UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium
Appendix XV E-Resources Subscribed under the UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium 112
Appendix XVI State-Wise list of the SOUL Installation 113
Appendix XVII Financial Status 114
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1. From the Director’s Desk
1. Introduction
TheInformationandLibraryNetwork(INFLIBNET)CentreisanautonomousInter-UniversityCentre(IUC)of
the University Grants Commission (UGC) located at the Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad. Major
activitiesandservicesoftheCentrearegearedtowardsmodernizationofacademiclibrariesandinformation
centres,topromoteinformationtransferandaccess,tosupportscholarship,learningandacademicpursuits.
TheCentreactsasanodalagencyfornetworkingoflibrariesandinformationcentresinuniversities,institutions
ofhigherlearningandR&DinstitutionsinIndia.TheCentrewasestablishedasanindependentautonomous
Inter-University Centre of the UGC in May 1996 and set out to be a major player for promoting scholarly
communicationamongacademiciansandresearchersacrossthecountry.
Thetechnologybeingadrivingforceinthecontemporaryeducationsystem,theCentre,onbehalfoftheUGC,
has taken-up a number of initiatives for the benefit of the academic community. These initiatives include i)
UGC-Infonet Connectivity Programme that provides for networking of university campuses and Internet
connectivity; ii) UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium that extends access to selected scholarly electronic
journals and databases to the universities in different disciplines; iii) Shodhganga: A Reservoir of Indian
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, that enables online submission of theses and dissertations by research
scholars in digital repository set-up at the INFLIBNET Centre; iv) Open Journals Access System (OJAS) @
INFLIBNETthatfacilitatesfacultyandresearchersinIndianuniversitiestolaunchtheiropenaccessjournalson
OJAS platform offered by INFLIBNET Centre; and v) Access management technologies that would facilitate
userstoaccesse-resourcesirrespectiveoftheirphysicallocation.Besides,theCentrehasrecentlylauncheda
projectentitled“NationalLibraryandInformationServicesInfrastructureforScholarlyContent”(N-LIST)that
providesaccesstoelectronicjournalsandelectronicbookstoeligiblecolleges.
2. MissionandVision
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Leveraging on the latest technology, create a virtual network of people and resources in academic
institutions with an aim to provide effective and efficient access to knowledge through perseverance,
innovationandcollaboration;
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Provideseamless,reliableandubiquitousaccesstoscholarly,peer-reviewedelectronicresourcestothe
academic community in all educational institutions with a focus on services and tools, processes and
practicesthatsupportitseffectiveuseandincreasevalueofthisinformation;
(cid:2)(cid:3)
BuildandstrengthenICTinfrastructureineducationalinstitutionswithvalue-addedservices;
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Developtools,techniquesandproceduresforsecureandconvenientaccessmanagementenablingusers
toaccessinformationinelectronicformatfromanywhere,anytime;
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Developresourceselectionguidesandonlinetutorialsforeffectivedeliveryandusageofe-resources;and
(cid:2)(cid:3)
Facilitate creation of open access digital repositories in every educational institution for hosting
educationalandresearchcontentcreatedbytheseinstitutions.
3. AimsandObjectives
TheobjectivesoftheCentre,aspertheMemorandumofAssociation(MoA),areasfollows:
a. topromoteandestablishcommunicationfacilitiestoimprovecapabilityininformationtransferandaccess
that provide support to scholarship, learning, research and academic pursuits through cooperation and
involvementofconcernedagencies;
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b. to establish information and library network - a computer communication network for linking libraries
and information centres in universities, deemed to be universities, colleges, UGC information centres,
institutionsofnationalimportanceandR&D institutions,etc.avoiding duplicationofefforts;
(cid:4)
to promote and implement computerization of operations and services in the libraries and
informationcentresofthecountry,followinguniformstandards;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
toevolvestandardsanduniformguidelinesintechniques,methods,procedures,computerhardware
and software, services and promote their adoption in actual practice by all libraries, in order to
facilitate pooling, sharing and exchange of information towards optimal use of resources and
facilities;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
toevolveanationalnetworkinterconnectingvariouslibrariesandinformationcentresinthecountry
andtoimprovecapabilityininformationhandlingandservices;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
toprovidereliableaccesstodocumentcollectionoflibrariesbycreatingon-lineunioncatalogueof
serials, theses / dissertations, books, monographs and non-book materials (manuscripts, audio-
visuals,computerdata,multimedia,etc.)invariouslibrariesinIndia;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
to provide access to bibliographic information sources with citations, abstracts, etc. through
indigenously created databases of the Sectoral Information Centres of NISSAT, UGC Information
Centres,CityNetworksandsuchothersandbyestablishinggatewaysforonlineaccessingofnational
andinternationaldatabasesheldbythenationalandinternationalinformationnetworksandcentres,
respectively;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
to develop new methods and techniques for archiving of valuable information available as
manuscriptsandinformationdocumentsindifferenceIndianlanguages,intheformofdigitalimages
usinghighdensitystoragemedia;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
to optimize information resource utilization through shared cataloguing, inter-library loan service,
catalogue production, collection development and thus avoiding duplication in acquisition to the
extentpossible;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
toenabletheusersdispersedalloverthecountry,irrespectiveoflocationanddistance,tohaveaccess
toinformationregardingserials,theses/dissertation,books,monographicandnon-bookmaterialsby
locatingthesourceswhereveravailableandtoobtainitthroughthefacilitiesoftheINFLIBNETand
unioncataloguesofdocuments;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
tocreatedatabasesofprojects,institutions,specialists,etc.forprovidingonlineinformationservices;
(cid:3) (cid:4)
toencourageco-operationamonglibraries,documentationcentresandinformationcentresinthe
country,sothattheresourcescanbepooledforthebenefitofhelpingtheweakerresourcecentresby
strongerones;and
(cid:3) (cid:4)
totrainanddevelophumanresourcesinthefieldofcomputerizedlibraryoperationsandnetworking
toestablish,manageandsustainINFLIBNET;
c. to facilitate academic communication amongst scientists, engineers, social scientists,
academicians, faculty, researchers and students through electronic mail, file transfer, computer/
audio/videoconferencing,etc;
d. to undertake system design and studies in the field of communications, computer networking,
informationhandlinganddatamanagement;
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e. toestablishappropriatecontrolandmonitoringsystemforthecommunicationnetworkand o r g a n i z e
maintenance;
f. tocollaboratewithinstitutions,libraries,informationcentresandotherorganizationsinIndia and abroad
inthefieldrelevanttotheobjectivesoftheCentre;
g. topromoteR&Danddevelopnecessaryfacilitiesandtocreatetechnicalpositionsforrealizing t h e
objectivesoftheCentre;
h. togeneraterevenuebyprovidingconsultanciesandinformationservices;and
I. todoallothersuchthingsasmaybenecessary,incidentalorconducivetotheattainmentofall or any of
theabovementionedobjectives.
4. PhysicalInfrastructure
The Centre is constructing its Institutional Building on land measuring 10,000 sq. mtrs (approx. 2.5 acres)
allotted to the Centre by the Govt. of Gujarat free-of-cost. The land is located in the Infocity, Gandhinagar
amidstreputededucationalinstitutionssuchasNID,DAIITandNIFT.TheCentrehashiredservicesofM/sVastu
Shilpa Consultants as its Architect for designing and constructing the building; M/s. Katira Construction, civil
contractorforconstructingthebuildingandM/s.AnanjiwalaConsultants,ProjectManagementConsultantsfor
qualitycontrolandforsupervisingtheconstructionactivity.TheconstructionoftheInstitutionalbuildingwas
startedsoonaftertheBhoomiPoojaon27thOctober2009.TheFoundationStonefortheBuildingwaslaidby
thethenHon’bleChairman,UGCandPresident,INFLIBNETCouncil,Prof.SukhadeoThoraton27thJanuary,
2010.
Fig. 1: INFLIBNETCentre’s Building under Construction
ThebuildingoftheCentreisdesignedbyinternationallyacclaimedarchitectandrenownedacademicianDr
BalkrishnaVDoshiof Vastu Shilpainconsultationwithotherexpertsinthefieldofsustainable,eco-friendly
andenergy-efficientbuilding.Theprojectisbeingexecutedonaturn-keybasisfromconcepttocompletion
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