Thursday, February 5, 2009

LIBRARY VIRTUAL TOUR

DIGITAL LIBRARY

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
http://172.16.1.10:8084/dspace/

Dspace@bdulib Repository will collects, preserves and disseminates in digital format the research output of faculty, scholars and students of Bharathidasan University.

This Web Portal will allow our Library Users to review of their work request on-line from any computer that is connected to the Network. Online chat is a generic term now mostly known as instant messaging applications-computer programs that enable two-way typing to connect users to each other.

Web-OPAC is to provide continuous access to the Knowledge and Information in the Bharathidasan University Library to the students and faculty of the Institute for achieving excellence in their chosen disciplines. *OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)* Allows users to search allmaterials (such as Books, Theses and Dissertations, Journals, Magazines, Digital material, etc.) available in the library collection.

Document Delivery Service/Inter Library Loan Books/Journal articles (not available with us) may be obtained from other libraries on request. For any queries regarding this service please drop a mail to dds.bdulib@gmail.com For Document Delivery Service http://www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in/Search/quicksearch.asp
This service is a part of the ongoing project "Development of OAI-Based Institutional Research Repository Services in India", sponsored by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. This project is being carried out at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The service will harvest metadata as per the OAI-PMH protocol from the registered OA respositores in India. It also provides a web-based search/browse functionality over the harvested metadata.

UGC-INFONET E-RESOURCES

PUBLISHER, DURATION OF ACCESS, ACCESS MODE
American Chemical Society January 2009 to December 2009

American Institute of Physics January 2009 to December 2009

American Physical Society January 2009 to December 2009

Annual Reviews April 2007 to March 2008
Biological Abstract July 2007 to June 2008

Blackwell Publishing April 2008 to March 2009

Cambridge University Press January 2009 to December 2009

Institute of Physics January 2009 to December 2009

ISID April 2008 to march 2009

JCCC January 2009 to December 2009

Oxford University Press April 2008 to march 2009

Project Muse January 2009 to December 2009

Royal Society of Chemistry January 2009 to December 2009

SIAM January 2008 to December 2008

Springer Link January 2009 to December 2009

Taylor & Francis January 2009 to December 2009

OPEN ACCESS

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/

The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals
Online Electronic Theses and Dissertations at NDLTD
http://www.ndltd.org/serviceproviders/scirus-etd-search

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs, and current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs.
OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. We provide access to these digital resources by "harvesting" their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources

http://www.openjgate.org/
Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate is the contribution of Informatics (India) Ltd to promote OAI. Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from 4404 open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites.




http://www.doaj.org/
Doaj is a directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 3340 journals in the directory. Currently 1133 journals are searchable at article level. About 181426 articles are included in the DOAJ.




http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/journals.html
PhysNet - the worldwide Network of Physics Departments and Documents - provides a set of information services for physicists. This site gives you a detailed description of PhysNet and its different services. Journals lists Physics-related Journals, which are available with free fulltext on the web. A list of 'EPS Recognized Journals' is given as well.




http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/current/fulltext.htm
Accessibility of a great number of online chemistry journals is subjected to a mixed paying policy: the publisher may grant free access to a selected set of volumes (issues) while the admission to the rest of the database may be open just to subscribers or paying visitors. Quite often the information on the availability status is hidden deeply in the publisher's website pages and this complicates finding the free part of content.
The Directory makes this task easier by listing the fully and partly free journals that comply with the following criteria:
publisher's grading of a journal as peer-reviewed;
one-year, at least, free full-text content, or extensive free supplements to printed versions of papers;
chemistry or chemistry-related subject coverage;
English language of articles (journals in Russian are also listed on a separate page).


http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_journals/Free_medical.php
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) is a non-profit organisation established in 2002. It is supported by the Department of Health of the Canton of Geneva, the Department of Social Affairs of the City of Geneva, the Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, and the Geneva Medical Association, and works in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). GFMER is a WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction.


http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
The Free Medical Journals Site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet.Free Medical Journals - Over the next few years, many important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge will have a major impact on medical practice. Open access medical textbooks will soon become the standard in medical publishing.If you wish to be informed about new free journals, you may subscribe to our Journal Alert.
-->The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotio.n of free access to medical journals over the Internet.


http://www.bioline.org.br/journals
Bioline International operates on a not-for-profit basis, focused on improving the distribution of scientific information despite borders and barriers.
Every effort is made to ensure that all articles are posted on the website in streamlined, easy-to-access HTML format. PDF versions of articles are now being made available for new issues in addition to HTML format. In some cases, where HTML format cannot be created, PDF documents may be available to improve accessibility to that journal.
Bioline does not hold or require exclusive agreements with participating journals. All participants provide their material on an open-access basis and are encouraged to make their material available through other websites, indexing services and other web-resources. Bioline will continue to work with new and existing journal participants to improve visibility and readership through the various web resources that are available. Bioline will also help journal participants to promote their journals through other relevant projects and initiatives as they arise.


http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/feb2008/
HHMI, a non-profit medical research organization that ranks as one of the US's largest philanthropies, plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the U.S. In the past two decades HHMI has made investments of more than $8.3 billion for the support, training, and education of the nation's most creative and promising scientists. The Institute commits almost $700 million a year for research and distributes $80 million in grant support for science education.Founded in 1953 by Howard R. Hughes, the aviator and industrialist, HHMI is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and employs more than 2,600 individuals across the U.S. It has an endowment of $16.3 billion.


http://adsabs.harvard.edu/article_service.html
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 6.7 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through highly customizable query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed or searched via our full-text search interface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 7.3 million records maintained by our collaborators.
Please note that all abstracts and articles in the ADS are copyrighted by the publisher, and their use is free for personal use only. For more information, please read our page detailing the Terms and Conditions regulating the use of our resources.


http://www.icast.org.in/ejournal/ejournal.php
CAST. Information Centre for Aerospace Science & Technology.
Access to 700 Free E-journals covering Subjects like Business & Managment, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, General Works., etc..


http://www.scielo.org/php/index.php?lang=en
SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on the Internet. Especially conceived to meet the scientific communication needs of developing countries, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean countries, it provides an efficient way to assure universal visibility and accessibility to their scientific literature, contributing to overcome the phenomena known as 'lost science'. In addition, the SciELO model comprises integrated procedures for the measurement of usage and impact of scientific journals.Provides free access to scientific journal articles from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Spain
SciELO Model is product of a partnership among FAPESP (http://www.fapesp.br/)– the State of S㯠Paulo Science Foundation, BIREME (http://www.bireme.br/) - the Latin America and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, as well as national and international institutions related to scientific communication and editors. A pilot project, involving 10 Brazilian journals from different subject areas, was successfully carried out from March 1997 to May 1998, aimed at the development and evaluation of an adequate methodology for electronic publishing on the Internet. From June 1998, the project begins to operate regularly, incorporating progressively new journal titles and expanding its operation to other countries. Since 2002, the Project is also supported by CNPq (http://www.cnpq.br/) - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientco e Tecnol㧩?o.

http://cellimages.ascb.org/
The library is a collection of peer-reviewed still images and dynamic videos of the highest quality that will cover the field of cell biology in a comprehensive manner.
Access to the library is free and open for non-commercial educational and research uses. Users can download any and all images and videos for non-commercial purposes.
The Image & Video Library is published by The American Society for Cell Biology, a professional association composed of more than 11,000 cell biologists world-wide.


http://www.biologybrowser.org/
BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Reuters, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community. BiologyBrowser brings together a unique set of opportunities for scientists:
Use information resources exclusively produced for Zoological Record & BIOSIS from the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters -Thomson Reuters provides resources - such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and more - for free on BiologyBrowser.
Find useful information collected from outside sourcesFind links to current science news stories, relevant web sites, and more






http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 4/28/08, we are assisting in the online publication of 1,875,301 free full-text articles and 4,750,921 total articles. There are 17 sites with free trial periods, and 43 completely free sites. 248 sites have free back issues, and 1042 sites have pay per view!






http://www.connectjournals.com/free_online.php

Connect Journals (CJ) is a conceptual necessity which has been transformed to its online avatar by professionals in web business development to enable seamless integration of the world of Indian Periodicals on the internet.
In this millennium of ‘India Shining’, we feel that like other economic sectors, India Journal Industry has nothing to be apologetic about but in fact belong in the global frontline with its wide range of knowledge based publications, encompassing an extensive spectrum of subjects and categories. CJ provides just the right web platform for such a globalization of Indian Journals in connectjournals.com with all the features of a ONE-STOP-SOLUTION presenting unique and exclusive benefits and advantages like FREE Directory listing, Web hosting, data conversion, online linkages, e-journal management and order booking services to list a few. In short, connectjournals.com offers an optimized range of facilities to all Indian publishers of Journals, whether they are already online, or intend to go online one day.
CJ synergies the dedication, professionalism and competencies of a core group of committed experts, with extensive experience in Web development, Web hosting and Marketing. We, at Connect Journals firmly believe in the concept behind connectjournals.com and promise further enhancements to enable Indian Journals Industry position itself rightfully where it belongs, at the very top-of-the-world. connectjournals.com is poised to be an inherent and integral part of the publishing world with its rich feature laden benefits. It promises to be a singularly important comfort and utility zone, the much-needed springboard for the Indian Journal Publishing Industry to interface closely and effectively with the global clientele.
CJ invites you to be a part of this exciting project and experience the efficiencies and advantages first hand. We are confident that you will be convinced that connectjournals.com is the future mega-site of Indian Journalism.






http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/
The research articles in all journals published by BioMed Central are 'Open Access'. They are immediately and permanently available online without charge. A number of journals require an institutional or a personal subscription to view other content, such as reviews or paper reports. Free trial subscriptions to these journals are available.






http://www.plos.org/
PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.






http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/
DLA, a department in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, evolved from the Scholarly Communications Project (SCP) begun in 1989. Our focus is to work with the university community to host born-digital works, beginning in 1991 with faculty-edited electronic journals. In 1995 we began envisioning ETDs completed by VT graduate students. In 1996 SCP and the Special Collections Department merged to enhance access to rare books, manuscript collections, and the University Archives. We formally renamed the combined departments in 2000 the Digital Library and Archives.
In 2007 DLA and Special Collections returned to being separate departments while continuing to collaborate to enhance online access to the library's unique and rare archival resources. The VT ImageBase hosts historical photographs as well as more contemporary images from the International Archive of Women in Architecture. DLA also created and maintains online resources such as the IAWA Biographical Database and the Survey Database where data is both collected and displayed. In April 2007 we began gathering documentation from the out-pouring of sympathy, some of which is available from the VT Memorial Archive, a collaboration with Rutgers University. DLA is in the process of developing the Prevail Archives for the university's historical materials related to those tragic events.
DLA hosts a growing number of faculty projects and VT publications, including Employee of the Week.
DLA also collaborates regionally, beginning in 1992 when we hosted the first online news report from the Roanoke Times. Since 1995 the public has had access to the news as reported by local-CBS affiliate WDBJ7. DLA also provides a home to the South Atlantic Humanities Center and works with other universities through an award from the Library of Congress to develop digital preservation strategies tested in the MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture.






http://www.bbsonline.org/view-ROOT.html
Behavioral and Brain Sciences publishes important and controversial interdisciplinary articles in psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy. Articles are rigorously refereed and, if accepted, are circulated to a large number of potential commentators around the world in the various specialties on which the article impinges. Their 1000-word commentaries are then co-published with the target article as well as the author's response to each. The commentaries consist of analyses, elaborations, complementary and supplementary data and theory, criticisms and cross-specialty syntheses.
BBS has rapidly become a widely read and highly influential forum in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. A recent recalculation of BBS's "impact factor" (ratio of citations to number of articles) in the American Psychologist [41(3) 1986] reports that already in its fifth year of publication (1982) BBS's impact factor had risen to become the highest of all psychology journals indexed as well as 3rd highest of all 1300 journals indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index and 50th of all 3900 journals indexed in the Science Citation index, which indexes all the scientific disciplines.


http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/
First Monday is one of the first free, openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.


http://www.sciencepub.org/
Marsland Press provides science community and public society a new avenue to publish the latest scientific research findings, search science reports, news, jobs, social life and other information. We strive to provide the best service to the public, scientists, industries, and academic institutions.
Marsland Press is registered in the United States and publishes journals / books in all fields internationally.


http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/


http://www.magportal.com/
Headline feeds with full-text article search allow your site users to find magazine articles on topics tailored for your website. Whether you operate a public website or an intranet site to keep your employees informed, news feeds can: --Keep users coming back to your site for fresh content. --Make your site more dynamic without the hassle of constantly updating your pages. --Provide a central location for finding relevant information. --Aid users in research with access to several years' worth of articles.

DEPARTMENT

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALI -24

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

1. HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
University has started the teaching Department of Library and Information Science in the year 2007 to offer LIS eduction at PG and Research level. These Programmes with updated curriculum in meeting present needs of government, academic, corporate libraries and information industries to ensure the employability.

o M.L.I.Sc. Established in the year 2007

o M. Phil. (full time and part time) Established in the current academic
Year 2008-2009

o Ph. D. (full time and part time) Established in the current academic
Year 2008-2009

Students Strength

During the academic year 2007-2008

o M.L.I.Sc. I year : Students enrolled : 08


During the academic year 2008-2009

o M.L.I.Sc. I Year : Students enrolled : 13
o M.L.I.Sc. II Year : Students enrolled : 14

M. Phil. in Library & Information Science
Full time : 10
Part time : 07
Ph. D. in Library & Information Science
Regular : 01
Part time : 06
PROFILE OF THE FACULTY AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr. S.Srinivasa Ragavan,
Librarian i/c & Head,
Department of Library & Information Science
Bharathidasan University
Trichirappallai - 620 024

He is presently working as Librarian in charge and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. He was heading the libraries of NAAC, NERIST, engineering and medical institutes and posses 18 years of professional experience. He has organized 8 workshops and seminars at national level, sponsored by NAAC, ISTE of AICTE, INFLIBNET and other agencies. He has also been teaching library and information Science at P.G. level since l990 and M. Phil. level since 2003. He also has been awarded a project by MHRD in developing Digital Technical Library and instrumental in implementing automation and digital libraries in the institutions where he served. He has guided 40 M.Phil Students and guiding 8 Ph.D Scholars. He has presented more than 40 papers in National/ International conferences and also he published 7 articles both national and international journals.

Mr. M. Surulinathi
Assistant Librarian
Department of Library & Information Science
Bharathidasan University

He has completed MLIS, M. Phil. from Annamalai University and also cleared UGC-NET exam in the year December 2005 and also worked as trainee in J. R. D. Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore. He has worked as Department Lirbarian at Indian Institute of Science and also completed Information and Knowledge Management Course at National Centre for Science Information in Indian Institute of Science at bangalore. He has presented more than 70 papers in National/ International conferences and also he published 4 articles both National and International journals.

Mr. C. Ranganathan,
Assistant Librarian
Department of Library & Information Science
Bharathidasan University

He has completed MLIS., M.Phil from Annamalai University and also cleared SLET exam in the year November 1999. He got 11 years of professional experience and also he has guided 63 M.Phil Students. He has presented more than 34 papers in National/ International conferences and published 7 articles both national and international journals.

Mr. B. Jeyaprakash,
Assistant Librarian
Department of Library & Information Science
Bharathidasan University

He has completed B.Sc. Library and Information Science and MLIS from Bishop Heber College, Trichy. Later he has completed M. Phil from Annamalai University and also cleared UGC-NET exam in the year December 1996. He got 12 years of professional experience. He has presented more than 16 papers in National/ International conferences and also has guided 03 M.Phil Students.

Dr. R. Balasubramani,
Assistant Librarian
Department of Library & Information Science
Bharathidasan University

He has completed M.L.I.S., M.Phil., Ph.D. from Annamalai University. He got one year professional experience and also has guided 12 M.Phil Students . He has presented more than 35 papers in National/ International conferences and published 4 articles in national and international journals.

3. IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Faculty members of the department have participated in National and International conferences, seminars, delivered invited talks, attented the board meetings, Govt exam boards.
Submitted Major Research project to UGC
Students Achievements

Participated and presented papers in National level Seminars / Conferences
o SRM University, Chennai (18-19, April 2008).
o SALIS National Conference at KCT, Coimbatore (7-9 August 2008),
o Sri Poondy Pushpam College, Thanjavur(6-8 February 2008),
o Bishop Heber College, Trichy(7-8, March 2008),
o Alagappa University, Karaikudi(09, April 2008).
o Participated in Sate level workshop at Holy Cross College, Trichy
o Attended Awareness programme on “access to e-resources and UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium” at Bharathidasan University( 1-2, August 2008).
o Best paper award with Cash prize ( 1st and 2nd prize)
– in SALIS 2008 National Conference at KCT, Coimbatore

o INTERNSHIP TRAINING FOR STUDENTS

National Institute of Technology, Trichy
St. Joseph College, Trichy
Bishop Heber College, Trichy
National College,Trichy.

4. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING 2008-2009

o M.Phil Full Time and Part Time programme has been started
o Ph.D Full Time has been started
o INFLIBNET sponsored Awareness Programme on “Access to e-Resources and Digital Library Consortium” on 1-2, August 2008.
o Conducted UGC Refresher course in Library and Information Science for LIS Professionals from 23.12.2008 to 12.01.2009.
o Educational visit to the libraries of IIT madras, British Library, SRM University,Anna University for students.

5. ACTIVITIES /SCHEMES PROPOSED (2009-2010)

o Minor and Major projects will be proposed in thrust areas of LIS.
o Proposed to convene a International conference sponsored by INFLIBNET
o Placement activities for the students at corporate sectors and Academic Institutions.


CATALOGS & SEARCH TOOLS

LIBRARY WEB OPAC
UGC-INFONET E-RESOURCES
WORLDCAT

SEARCH ENGINES

SCIRUS
EEVL
KARTOO
SCIRUS ETD

SEARCH E-BOOKS

SEE SEARCH
META SEARCH
DEEP WEB
DEEP WEB SITES

SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES

WIKI
WEBLOGS
MYSPACE
RSS