INFLIBNET Centre (Information and Library Network Centre) is an Inter-University Centre of the

University Grants Commission (India) University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory body set up by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance ...

under the

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. The organisation promotes and facilitates libraries and information resources for Indian further education. Its premises are in

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, Gujarat.

Shodhganga Shodhganga: a reservoir of Indian theses (Sanskrit:, ; ''Ganga'', the river) is a digital repository of theses and dissertations submitted to universities in India. About It is maintained by INFLIBNET Centre which is an autonomous Inter-Univer ...

, the digital repository of theses and dissertations submitted to universities in India is maintained by INFLIBNET Centre. INFLIBNET also performed an important role as an online learning resources by HRD Ministry during

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History

INFLIBNET is a major National Programme initiated by the

in March 1991 as a project under the

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission of India to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian univer ...

(IUCAA). It became an independent Inter-University Centre in June 1996. INFLIBNET runs a nationwide high speed data network connecting university libraries and other information centres. INFLIBNET is involved in modernizing university libraries in India using the state-of-art technologies for the optimum utilisation of information. In 2022,

launched an initiative with the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre to assist research scholars and their supervisors in conducting their research.

Activities

The

portal of Inflibnet Centre displays the achievement of the competing universities with a detailed index of number of theses contributed by several departments of study.

Calcutta University The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

Savitribai Phule Pune University Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Poona, is a collegiate public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshk ...

and

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

(AMU) have become largest contributors of theses to the Shodhganga portal of Inflibnet Centre. The Centre leads projects for the development of library services in Indian universities. These have included: * Financial support for automation of university libraries * Development of a database of resources in libraries in India * Development of a library management application named SOUL (Software for University Libraries) * UGC-Infonet, an Internet connectivity programme Open access initiatives include: * OJAS, a platform for faculty and researchers in universities to host journals *

, a digital repository of theses and dissertations by research scholars in universities in India * Shodhgangotri, a digital repository of synopses of research topics submitted to universities in IndiaHome page of ShodhGangotri
/ref> * IR@INFLBNET, an repository of papers * Creation of R&D facilities and working groups to study and contribute to the open source movement * Maintenance of a database of scientists, researchers and faculty members at academic institutions and organisations involved in teaching and research in India * Bibliometric and scientometric studies * e-PG Pathshala, a gateway to Postgraduate courses * Training courses in Library Management and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Publications

INFLIBNET publishes a quarterly newsletter and annual report which are distributed to the academic community across the country.

References

External links

INFLIBNET Centre Official Website

History

Activities

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