Electronic Journal Access
at PEC University of
Technology Library:
A Case Study of Managing Technology and
Change
Seema
Senior Librarian, Central Library,
PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh
Email: seema313@gmail.com
and
H.P.S. Kalra
Reader, DLIS, Punjabi University, Patiala
Email: hpskalra@gmail.com
Brief Timeline - PEC University of Technology
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1921 - Mugalpura Engineering College at Lahore (now in
Pakistan) on 9 November 1921.
1931 - College got affiliated to Punjab University, Lahore.
1947 - East Punjab College of Engineering, Roorkee (India)
1950 - Punjab Engineering College
1953 (Dec.) - PEC at Chandigarh (present campus)
2003 (Oct.) - notified as a Deemed University by GoI
2009 (June) - Name of the college has been changed to PEC
University of Technology.
2009 (Sep.) - Name to be decided by Board of Governors in the
light of UGC directive to deemed universities.
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PEC University of Technology Courses
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PEC offers graduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs in following
nine branches of science and technology:
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Aeronautical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics & Electrical Engineering
Information Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Production Engineering
PEC is Ranked 17th amongst the top engineering institutions (both
government and private) in India for the year 2009-10 (Outlook India
survey).
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Central Library
PEC University of Technology
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Three storied building having an area of about 27,000 sq. feet.
Printed volume collection: 1,10,000.
Number of users: 2000+
Centrally air-conditioning facility with 250 seats in two reading halls
Open access system to its print collection maximize their use
Multimedia section having a collection of
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450 CD-ROMs,
581 video cassettes, and
76 floppies
Services: Reference service; reprographic facility; access to CD-ROM
databases, electronic resources and to the Internet
Automated operations: Circulation Section, Serial Control, Reference
Section, Acquisition Section, Book bank (General as well as SC/ST),
Bar-coded Membership Cards, Office.
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Current Journals (2009) at CLPEC
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Printed Journals
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28 foreign
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11 are published by learned societies
17 by commercial publishers.
50 Indian
Electronically accessible Journals
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1052 journals accessible electronically
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Electronic Journal Service at PEC
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Started in 2004
200+ e-journals from 3 publishers
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In 2009, 3 more publishers are added
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ASME
ASCE
IEEE
ACM Digital Library
Springer Link
Science Direct
Presently, access to 1000+ e-journals
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Access to electronic journals
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Individual Title Access:
Free electronic journal access against print subscription
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Access to electronic journal in Public Domain:
Provides links to electronic resources that are available in
public domain free of cost
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Consortium Access:
As AICTE Supported Member of INDEST Consortium
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INDEST Consortium
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),
Government of India set-up the “Indian National Digital Library
in Science and Technology (INDEST) Consortium” in 2003.
Offers high quality collection of full text electronic resources to
the academic community.
Foresees to bring about a qualitative change in the electronic
information environment of technical education institutes of
India
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by subscribing to several full-text electronic resources as well as
bibliographic databases.
sharing maximum benefits it offers in terms of lower subscription
rates and better terms of agreement with the publishers.
The Consortium subscribes to over 12,000 electronic journals
from a number of publishers and aggregators.
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Electronic resources available through INDEST
Full-text Resources
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ABI/ Inform Complete http://www.il.proquest.com/pqdauto
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ACM Digital Library http://portal.acm.org/portal.cfm
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ASCE Journals http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/jrns.html
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ASME Journals http://www.asme.org/pubs/journals/
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ASTM Standards & Journals http://www.astmpubs.com/
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Capitaline http://www.capitaline.com/intranet/INDEST_consortium.htm
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CRIS INFAC Ind. Information http://www.crisil.com
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Digital Engineering Library (DEL) http://www.mcgrawhill.com.au/professional/digital/del.html
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EBSCO Databases http://search.epnet.com/
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Elsevier Science Direct http://www.sciencedirect.com/
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Emerald Full-text http://iris.emeraldinsight.com/
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Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) http://www.esdu.com
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Euromonitor (GMID) http://www.euromonitor.com/gmid
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Electronic resources available through INDEST
(contd.)
Full-text Resources (contd.)
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IEEE/IEE Electronic Library Online (IEL) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/
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INSIGHT http://www.insight.asiancerc.com/
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Nature http://www.nature.com
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ProQuest Science (ASTP) http://www.il.proquest.com/pqdauto
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Springer Link http://www.springerlink.com/
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Indian Standards Available in CD-ROM
Bibliographic Databases
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COMPENDEX (EI Village)http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/
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INSPEC on EI Village http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/
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MathSciNethttp://www.ams.org/mathscinet
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SciFinder Scholar http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/index.html
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Web of Science http://isiknowledge.com
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JCCChttp://jccc-indest.informindia.co.in/
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Number of Journals accessible through various
databases (2009)
Database
ACM Digital Library
No. of Journals
available
32
ASCE Journals
ASME Journals
IEL Online
30
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219
Science Direct
Springer Link
225
525
Total
1052
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Users’ access to electronic journals
All buildings in the campus i.e. departments and
centres, hostels, and library are connected through
intranet and the campus is also Wi-Fi enabled. Access
to electronic journals is being provided both through
OPAC as well as Website.
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OPAC: The URL of individual titles is integrated with
the OPAC so that users can be able to access the
electronic journals through it
Website: The publishers’ URLs are linked through
the library web page.
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PEC Library Webpage: A Snapshot
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Staff Training and User Education
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Staff members are sent to various training
programmes that enabled them to provide
qualitative services to their users.
The idea is to ‘Train-the-Trainer’ as per the need of
the user.
A member of Library staff is deputed to provide
support to the library users with new electronic
journals facilities
Library staff members also provide personal help to
users on electronic journal service and conduct
user education programmes.
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Troubleshooting and Support from INDEST
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Providing required consultation and expert
advice in implementing new technologies.
Providing PEC Library with web-based
Complaint Monitoring Interface
(E-RAMS@INDEST).
Providing web-based instructions to handle
troubleshooting for different resources.
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Benefits of Electronic journal service
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Augmentation of the resource base
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Saving in staff time dealing with
publishers/vendors
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Access across time
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Concurrent access
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Single interface and access point
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Reduced Workload of the library
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Roadmap for Future
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Subject access to electronic journal collection: A
comprehensive database of all electronic journal title for all
publishers including all the appropriate metadata tags like
keywords, subject headings, title, homepage URL. Also each
journal title will be linked directly to its home web page.
Online help module: Aim of this service would be to
provide instructions to users on how to use the electronic
journal service. The instructions will be included on how to
perform search or browse the journal titles; how to print or
save a particular article.
Alerting service: CLPEC is planning to start alerting service
(Contents list) for new issue of various journals for its users.
users will be also be informed about new or changed journals
through email.
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