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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Delhi university tops, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 17th in yearly downloads
With over ten lakh downloads, the University of Delhi has topped the chart in usage of Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) facility while M S University is among top 20 universities of the country.
INFLIBNET Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of the University Grants Commission that works collaboratively with university libraries to shape the future of the academic libraries in the evolving information environment.
The download statistics of universities reflect that during 2011, University of Delhi topped the chart with 10,44,443 yearly total downloads (YTD). Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Hyderabad followed Delhi university with 7,68,526 and 7,67,181 YTD.
The statistics reveals that MSU is the only university from Gujarat to be in the top 20 list with 1,82,299 YTD. "In terms of year wise full text download too, there is a healthy trend at our university," MSU librarian Dr Mayank Trivedi told TOI on Monday, adding that if the year 2009 witnessed 1,15,128 full text download, the year 2010 saw 1,38,011 full text download.
"In the year 2011, the full text download increased to 2,13,617," said Trivedi, ahead of the three days National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) which will kick off at MSU on Tuesday.
MSU in collaboration with New Delhi-based Developing Library Network (DELNET) is organizing NACLIN 2012 on the theme of 'Libraries for the Future: Collection, competencies and cooperation'.
Source: Times of India, 20th November 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
M S University mulls library's lifetime membership to alumni
VADODARA: M S University (MSU) is likely to open doors of university's library for its alumni. A proposal to offer lifetime membership of the library by collecting one-time service charge will come up for discussion during Monday's syndicate meeting. During the meeting, the syndicate members will take decision on two proposals of collaborating with US-based Stone Age Institute and an Amman-based educational agency.
The Indiana-based Stone Age Institute at Gosport, US has sent a proposal for collaboration with MSU's Department of Archaeology and Ancient History to jointly work on 'Narmada Basin Paleoanthropology Project (NBPA)' which targets to collect all the paleoanthropological evidence within the last two million years at Narmada Basin.
The International Center for University Services (ICUS), Jordan, on the other hand, has submitted a proposal which intends to increase presence of internal (foreign) students at MSU campus where the number of foreign students is on a steady decline.
This apart the syndicate members will also decide the fate of two suspended employees of the university - Chandrakant Gurjar of the construction division and Sudhir Deshpande of the All India and Central Services Training Centre.
To bring in uniformity in rules of grading, marksheets and examination across faculties in view of the introduction of choice-based credit system, a proposal to change ordinances related to examination and results has also been placed before the syndicate members.
The members will also discuss the issue of awarding chancellor's gold medal at the next convocation of the university, agenda of the building committee and revision of the travel allowance rules of Gujarat government and its application to university employees.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Maharaja Sayajirao University univ opens archive library of history
Vadodara, An archival library was today inaugurated at the department of History of Maharaja Sayajirao University here. The Department has a large number of manuscripts written in 'Modi' script that throw light on the development of mercantile and social activities in medieval Gujarat. "The Department has embarked upon the herculean task of classifying, documenting and digitizing all the archival materials that it has collected over the past decades," Head of History Department Dr Adhya Saxena said. Founded in 1949, the Department of History emphasises on the teaching of medieval and modern Indian History and researches in medieval archeology, art, architecture, epigraphy and numismatics using foreign and domestic sources. The Department has also encompassed the socio-economic history of western India with special emphasis on the process of urbanization. Mayor Dr Jyoti Pandya said learning history is important as "the past teaches us grow and develop analytical perspective". Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh also stressed the need for understanding history. "We need to re-interpret many known facts that were presented to us by the British," he said. PTI CORR NSK
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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