3 Days Advanced Training Programme on Shodhganga at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Guajrat

Shodhganga is a repository of Indian theses and dissertations, which is growing progressively and has crossed the mark of 11,000 theses in Nov, 2013. Centre is receiving requests from university community to impart specialized training for Shodhganga. In this context, “3 Days Advanced Training Programme on Shodhganga” is scheduled on payment basis at INFLIBNET Centre during 29-31 January, 2014. The program will include detailed introduction, its work flow, technical process, creation of metadata and standards, submission of theses, authentication, backup, role and responsibilities of University Coordinator etc. The program will also have hands on training on DSpace which is the backend IR software used for building Shodhganga and the effective use of ingestion interface for managing the submission process. The course fee for the program is Rs. 3000/- (Rupees three thousands only) + Accommodation Charges is Rs. 750/- per day on twin sharing basis and tax @ 12.5% extra. The INFLIBNET Centre is offering a combo package of Rs. 5,000/- for 3 days (3 days and 3 nights). TA/DA is to be borne by respective university or participants. The course fee includes course material, breakfast and working lunch. Dinner will be provided on payment basis. Registration will be done on first come first serve basis. Limited seats are available for accommodation. Please register your name on or before10th January, 2014. For further details please contact: Sh. Manoj Kumar K, Scientist-D (CS) & Course Coordinator Shodhganga INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar (An Inter University Centre of UGC) Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat Phone: (079)-23268226 / 09376134222 Email: shodhganga@inflibnet.ac.in Visit: www.inflibnet.ac.in

Shodhganga, e-way to archive theses

Sushma C N, Mysore,

University of Mysore to take up digitisation of research work

Access to the repository of theses could be a mouse click away in the near future. The University of Mysore has inked a memorandum of understanding with Inflibnet to digitise its repository of theses as part of the ‘Shodhganga’ project.

Theses submitted to various universities are not available most of the time for reference due to various reasons. Comparing notes on research already done is a difficult proposition. And this has led to repetition of research on the same topics causing wastage of human resources, money and time.

To provide an open and easy access to Indian theses and dissertations to the academic community worldwide and to avoid repetitions, the University Grants Commission in collaboration with Inflibnet (informationlibrary network) has come up with an innovative concept called ‘Shodhganga,’ a repository of Indian theses.

The system

The theses submitted by research scholars of Indian universities will be uploaded on the repository. One can go through the entire gamut of theses of choice and refer other theses too, with the help of Shodhganga. Digitisation is also part of the project wherein universities are given funds to digitise old theses.

Plagiarism in research can be avoided to a great deal with Shodhganga. The universities will be provided softwares to detect plagiarism.

“Shodhganga will help avoid the repetition of research on the same topic and help research scholars to come up with findings of their own,'' said C P Ramesh, Librarian, University of Mysore.

Shodhgangothri, another initiative, allows researchers to get to know of ongoing research in Indian universities. Under the project, the synopsis approved by the universities will be made available to researchers.

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User Awarness Programme regarding " Shodhganga" at Kerala University

The Kerala University Library in association with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is conducting one day orientation programme on “UGC-INFONET E-Journal Consortium” on Friday, 20th July 2012 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM. Venue will be the Senate Chamber of University of Kerala. There is no registration fee. Working lunch and tea will be provided for the participants. Research scholars, P.G. students and faculty members of the University can participate in the programme. Since the seating facility is limited, please register your name with the I.T. section of the Library on or before 17-07-2012, 5:00 PM by mail or in person.

SHODHGANGA

Theses and dissertations are known to be the rich and unique source of information, often the only source for research work that does not find its way into various publication channels. Doctoral dissertations are manifestation of result of four to five years of intense work involving huge investment of resources, both mental and physical and infrastructure and other support from the universities. A thesis reflects quality of research work conducted by a student and the ability of an institution to lead and support original work of research in a given discipline. The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the researchers.

University of Kerala is going to participate with this project and Memorandum of Understanding will be signed at 3:30 PM on 20th July 2012.

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