Dear All, It's our pleasure to inform you that, Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi organising "INDEST-AICTE Consortium Seminar on E-Resource Management and North Zone User Convention" from 18-19 November, 2010 at IIT Roorkee. The sub themes of the Seminar are: 1- E-Resources-Features and Characteristics. 2- E-Resources users-Information Seeking Behaviour. 3- Managing Shift from Print to Electronic. 4- E-Resources-Collection Development 5- Licensing and Access Management 6- User Support and Services 7- Usage Analysis 8- Consortia- National and International 9- Open Access 10- E-repositories 11- Digital Libraries THE HOST Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest engineering educational institution in the country. It was established in 1847 as College of Civil Engineering Roorkee which was renamed as Thomason College of Civil Engineering in the memory of James Thomason (then Lt. Governor of North West Provinces) in 1854. Thomason College was converted into University of Roorkee after independence in 1947 which now have been converted into Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2001 by the Central Government recognizing its national importance. The Mahatma Gandhi Central Library Mahatma Gandhi Central Library of the Institute finds a unique place in the academic library scenario in this part of world. It is an amalgamation of the old and the new. While it is one of the oldest academic libraries in country, it is housed in a state of art new building using latest ICT. The Library contains more than 3.40 lacs documents in every form of media. It has access to more than 12000+ e-journals and 25000+ e-books. About 6000 books are added to its collection annually. The building of the MGCL has been designed keeping in view of latest ICT facilities. It has a provision of more then 200 I/Os for connecting desktop computers. Wi Fi connectivity is provided for laptops. A well equipped imaging centre with two Minolta Planetary Scanners and several flatbed scanners has been established for digitization purpose. The Library maintains six servers for various activities. The library has also established an Institute repository “Bhagirathi” which is to contain Institute achieves and other publications and available at http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace . Further information about the library is available at http://mgcl.iitr.ac.in. ABOUT ROORKEE Roorkee is situated at the foot of Himalayas, has picturesque landscape blessed with holy Ganga canal and is the gateway to world famous pilgrimage and tourist places of Hardwar, Rishikesh, Valley of flowers, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Dehradun and Mussoorie. It has a population of over 1,50,000 and is at a distance of about 180 Km from Delhi. It is directly connected through railways to Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, and Amritsar. Regular bus and taxi service is available from Inter State Bus Terminal at Delhi and takes about 5 hours from Delhi to Roorkee. The weather in November is very comfortable however sometimes light woolens may be required. Participants are advised to come prepared accordingly. INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST) Consortium” was set-up in 2003 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on the recommendation of an Expert Group appointed by the Ministry. It provides access to electronic resources to its member institutions comprising of more than 1207 members including 48 core member institutions with MHRD funding, including IITs, IISc, NITs, NERIST, ISM, IIIT, IIITM , NITIE, IISER & NITTTR, 60 AICTE supported institutions and 1099 institutions that have joined the consortium under its self-supported category. The Consortium was converted into INDEST-AICTE Consortium in December 2005 with the AICTE playing pivotal role in enrolling its affiliated engineering colleges and institution as members of the consortium. Registration Fee There is no registration fee for the members of INDEST-AICTE Consortium. The participants need to submit their registration form through proper channel. However for non members the registration fee is Rs.1500. Accompanied persons shall be charged Rs. 1000 each extra. Lodging, Boarding and Travel The arrangement for lodging and boarding of participants will be made in Institute‘s guest houses from 17th November 2010 evening to 20th November 2010 morning on twin sharing and first come first basis. Rs 750/- shall be charged for accommodation. As the accommodation at IITR is limited, participants are requested to book their accommodation as early as possible by sending the requisite amount in the form of cheque/DD payable at Roorkee. The participants desirous of staying in hotels will have to make their own arrangement. Travel expenses will be born by participating institutions. For further details please contact: Mr. Yogendra Singh Organising Secretary & Librarian, M.G.Central Library IIT Roorkee-247667 Tel No.(01332)-285239 Fax: 01332-273560, 277587 Mob: 09412158901 yogi@iitr.ernet.in Mrs. Sushma Gupta Joint Organising Secretary & Deputy Librarian M.G.Central Library IIT Roorkee-247667 (UK) Tel No.(01332)285352 Mob: 09719325499 guptaaul@iitr.ernet.in Contact Person in the INDEST - AICTE Consortium Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 E-mail: bibhuti@library.iitd.ac.in Tel.: 011-2659 1444 National Advisory Committee Patron: Prof. S.C. Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee Chairman: Prof. Surendra Kumar, Dean, Academic Research., IIT Roorkee Co Chair: Prof. Gopal P. Agarwal National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Members: 1. Dr. H.K. Kaul, Delnet, Delhi 2. Prof. R. L. Raina, IIM Lucknow 3. Dr. Harish Chandra , IIT Madras 4. Dr. S. Venkadesan, IISc Bangalore 5. Dr. A.L. Moorthy. DESIDOC Delhi 6. Dr. Daulat Jotwani, IIT Bombay 7. Dr. B. Sutradhar, IIT Kharagpur 8. Dr. V. D. Srivastava, IIT Kanpur 9. Prof. Prem Singh M.D. University Rohtak 10. Prof. Ashoo Shokeen K.U. Kurukshetra 11. Dr. S. Majumdar University of Delhi 12. Dr. R.K. Bhatt, University of Delhi 13. Dr. D. Saibaba, IIT Guwahati 14. Dr. J.P. Srivastava, IIT Delhi 15. Dr. Sanjay Kataria, JIIT Noida 16. Dr. Krishan Gopal, NIT Kurukshetra 17. Dr. S. Kaur, NIT, Jalandhar 18. Mr. D.S. Jaswal, NIT Hamirpur 19. Mr. A R Dar, NIT Srinagar 20. Dr. Dinesh K.S., IIT Ropar 21. Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, IIT Delhi Organising Secretary: Yogendra Singh Jt. Organising Secretary: Sushma Gupta For more detail visit: http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/ Download brochures and participation form: http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/archives/workshop/Draft.pdf -- Thanks and Regards Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo Central Library, INDEST - AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 bibhuti.sahoo@gmail.com bibhuti@library.iitd.ac.in 011-2659 1444 (O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.