Latest Activity

Debprasad Dutta is attending RAMESH's event
Sunday
Sumedha Singh updated their profile
Friday
Azmit Begum Chowdhary replied to Pushpanjali Shriram Patil's discussion Call for Book Chapters – Volume 6 (2026) Emerging Perspectives in Library and Information Science: Digital Libraries and Knowledge Management
Friday
Yogesh Modi updated their profile
Dec 18
Dr.Anil Duboliya posted a status
"Adoption and Utilization of Digital Repositories in Medical College Libraries: An Empirical Study"
Dec 16
Mr REYAZ AHMAD KHAN is attending Dr.K.S.SHIVRAJ's event

A One-day National Workshop on Smart Citations Using Scite.ai at Online

December 17, 2025 from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Dec 16
Dr.K.S.SHIVRAJ posted an event

A One-day National Workshop on Smart Citations Using Scite.ai at Online

December 17, 2025 from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Dec 15
melvin jebaraj posted an event
Dec 15
Somaraya B Tallolli posted an event
Thumbnail

VTU National Conference on Engineering Librarianship (VTUNCEL 2025) at Visvesvaraya Technlogical University

January 22, 2026 to January 24, 2026
Dec 15
BANDI YUGANDHAR posted an event
Dec 15
Dr. Shamim Aktar Munshi posted an event
Dec 15
RAMESH posted an event

ICSSR Sponsored Two Days National Seminar on Role of University Libraries towards Realizing Viksit Bharat @ 2047 (RULVB@2047)’ at Dept. of Library and Information Science & Central Library Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh

January 23, 2026 at 9am to January 24, 2026 at 5pm
Dec 15
Anil Kumar Gupta is now a member of LIS Links
Dec 15
Samidha Sandeep Yadav updated their profile
Dec 14
Sajad Ahmad Kumar updated their profile
Dec 13
SANJEET SEHRAWAT might attend Dr. Ashis Biswas's event
Dec 12
Sunny Sharma updated their profile
Dec 12
Sunny Sharma left a comment for lata sharma
Dec 12
Parthasarathivamanan.K commented on Parthasarathivamanan.K's event 'International Conference on Transforming Libraries: Innovation, Management, Smart Technologies and Creative Knowledge of Society for the Future'
Dec 11
Parthasarathivamanan.K commented on Parthasarathivamanan.K's event 'International Conference on Transforming Libraries: Innovation, Management, Smart Technologies and Creative Knowledge of Society for the Future'
Dec 11

Why AICTE made the specific online e-resources mandatory?

AICTE has made some e-resources mandatory for all AICTE approved institution. It would cost around Rs.  9 Lakhs to 13 Lakhs. Is this decision beneficial to users (students + staff) of institution or the foreign companies those are the publishers / distributors / sellers of these specific products? Does it not seem the play behind the carton?

 

It would be justified  If AICTE makes mandatory availing the e-journals in a given qty., but the motive of this decision seems doubtful.       

Views: 1133

Reply to This

Replies to This Forum

Ya, I am totally agree with you. Recently I heard that they make some useless database mandatory in a separate circular. What people will be benefited from these. I think our library association should approach the AICTE. They cannot make some databases mandatory. They can make subscription of e-resources mandatory but not some specific kind of resources. I am fully oppose this approach.

No doubt, it is to be admitted that the questions you posted were of acceptable and sure we were also for the same.what is the need for so many journals in UG level

 

Dear Sir,

 

Thanks for your kind reply

Dear Sir,

 

Thanks for your kind reply

Do we really need them ?

Yes, i think that on- line data bases  for U.G. leval is not mandatory. it should be only for PG/ Research institute.

 

I am really puzzled to see the circulars and its corrigundum about the addition of e-journals packages. The beauty and difficulty of these resources is if the Institution does not use them sufficiently then money is wasted. These packages will not be available after one year. On average institutions will be spending at least 6500 rupees ever day for subscribing them. The counter begins the moment subscription is activated.

Similar to INFILIBNET the access should be provided for all institutions for a fixed cost.

 

Rao

Dear Sir,

 

Thanks for your kind reply. I am agree with you.

Dear Madam,

Thanks for your kind reply. It may be needed but, to make mandatory some specific products is not justified.

AICTE simply can not make mandatory to subscribe this high expansive e-journals.with out making  a better way of usage. Most of the faculty dealing  undergraduate courses are not interesting  search or browse for subject contents. AICTE should make a system in curriculum design for a  usage of e-resources. Other wise 90% of money spent on this resources are waste.

Thanks for your kind reply. Very well said. AICTE should design the curriculum in such way that students and staff would be required referring these e-resources.  

RSS

© 2025   Created by Dr. Badan Barman.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

LIS Links whatsApp