READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
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Table- 4: OPAC / Web OPAC Facilities in SAU Libraries<br />
S.No. SAU OPAC WEB OPAC<br />
1 ANGRAU Y Y<br />
2 KAU Y Y<br />
3 KVAFSU Y N<br />
4 SVVU N N<br />
5 TANUVAS Y Y<br />
6 TNAU Y Y<br />
7 UAS-B Y Y<br />
8 UAS-D Y N<br />
Y = Yes. N = No<br />
6.4 Digitization<br />
Digitization means acquiring, converting, storing and providing in<strong>for</strong>mation in<br />
a computer <strong>for</strong>mat that is standardized, organized and available on demand from<br />
common system. Digitization enables us to convert the manuscripts into compressed<br />
digital signals with specialized scanners and stored systematically <strong>for</strong> future<br />
reference. SAU Libraries started digitizing the Theses / Dissertations submitted by<br />
their research scholars as part of their master’s and doctoral programmes since these<br />
are valuable documents come under primary source of in<strong>for</strong>mation and contain<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation with research value. The Indian Council of Agricultural <strong>Research</strong> (ICAR)<br />
started funding the SAU libraries <strong>for</strong> digitizing the abstracts of the theses /<br />
dissertations and the full-text of award won theses through a World Bank funded<br />
project ‘National Agricultural Technology Project’. Under this project, the SAUs<br />
under study received grants exclusively <strong>for</strong> digitization. The details of digitization<br />
facility available at these universities are furnished in Table-5.<br />
Table-5: Digitization Facilities available in SAU Libraries<br />
S.No. SAU Is there a<br />
Digitization<br />
Unit?<br />
148<br />
No. of<br />
computers<br />
available in<br />
the DU<br />
Software used <strong>for</strong><br />
Digitization<br />
1 ANGRAU Y 2 Vicidocs<br />
2 KAU Y 2 Aligator Retriever<br />
3 KVAFSU N N N<br />
4 SVVU N N<br />
5 TANUVAS Y 1 Digit<br />
6 TNAU Y 2 NA<br />
7 UAS-B Y 5 NA<br />
8 UAS-D Y 4 Docushare<br />
6.5 Electronic Library<br />
Electronic Library is another example <strong>for</strong> technology integration in Libraries.<br />
Electronic library is nothing but the Library's collection of electronic resources which<br />
includes full text journals, books, theses, newspapers and other documents that the<br />
Library has electronic access to as well as references to thousands of journal articles<br />
and links to useful web sites. Electronic libraries are becoming very popular among