Single portal for university libraries Bangalore: Students and faculty members of all state universities canaccesses text books, e-journals and reference manuals of the Bangalore University library by visiting the university portal sitting in their own libraries. The Bangalore University is planning to set up a "single portal" for its library and the proposal had already been approved in the recent Inter-University Board (IUB) meeting which was held at Belgaum. AS Srikanth, secretary of the department of higher education, said, "The proposal was approved by the IUB. I think they will start the project soon." The university had come up with the idea because it is difficult for all the colleges to subscribe to or buy international journals and reference books, added Srikanth. To plan the project the university is organising a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of all state universities."We will have a Vice-Chancellors' conference within the next 15 days to discuss the issue," said Dr N Prabhu Dev Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University. The university will also set up a task force to implement the project without any delay. "In the first phase we are planning to digitalise the library,"he added. SOURCE: DNA - 10 July 2009 Best Regards, Raghavendra R Jubilnat Biosys Ltd Bangalore - 92 raghupawar@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.