Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur A MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO UNVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE, PUNE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, PUNE By Dr. Prince Ajaykumar T. Agashe Librarian Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur MATRU SEWA SANGH INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK NAGPUR 2012 1 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the research work entitled “Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur” is my original wrk and is not substantially the same undertaken for any other research work. The study was carried out at the Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work with the finanacial assistance of the University Grants Commission. I was the receipient of a study grant under the, ‘Financial Assistance to teachers in colleges for undertaking Minor Research Projects’ scheme of the University Grants Commission, Western Regional Office, Pune, Maharashtra. This Report is Genuine and original. Nagpur Date:- 2 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Dr. Prince Ajaykumar T Agashe, Librarian, has worked on the topic entitled “Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur”. Dr. Prince Ajaykumar T Agashe carried out his study at the Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work. He was the receipient of a study grant under the, ‘Financial Assistance to teachers in colleges for undertaking Minor Research Projects’ scheme of the University Grants Commission, Western Regional Office, Pune, Maharashtra. This Report is Genuine and original. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It had been a long cherished dream of mine to carry out a research work and my heart is overjoyed to see it realized. It could not have come true but because of the inspiration of my well wishers who encouraged me to work for Minor Research Project entitled “Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur”. First of all I am thouroughly indebted University Grants Commission, Western Regional Office, Pune, Maharashtra for its finanacial assistance. The innovative and research flavoured Principal of our Institute Dr. John Menachery boosted me for active participation. He too claims my gratitutde. The valuable support and suggestions of my colleagues in Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social, Nagpur too demands my thanks. I am pleased to extend my special thanks to my Librarian friends for their hearty co-operation in this work. Last but not the least my affectionate parents , caring brother and sisters, loveble consort, daughter and my friends too have their share in this project. Without the co-operation of whom this dream of mine could not have been realized. Nagpur Prince Ajaykumar T Agashe (Principal Investigator) 4 “Institutional Repository of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work Nagpur.” Introduction An institutional repository [IR] is a means to collect the intellectual output of an organization. There is a need for digitizing Research productivity of Matru Sewa Sangh Institute of Social Work for preserving it for posterity in digital form. Library of Institute, Matru Sewa Sangh Intitute of Social Work, Nagpur has a 52 year’s history and Research productivity of the institute is being carried out from 1958 till date. It needs to be digitized to make globally accessible to the Society in digital format. The main objectives for having an Institutional/Digital repository are: • To create global visibility for an institution's scholarly research; • To collect content in a single location; • To provide open access to institutional research output by self-archiving it; • To store and preserve other institutional digital assets, including unpublished or otherwise easily lost ("grey") literature (e.g., theses, Dissertations or technical reports). Origin of the research problem: Information and Communication Technology has created immense methods for creating, storing, maintaining, accessing and preserving the traditional printed documents in digital form. 5 It offers great opportunities to fast, effective and efficient electronic Communication. National institutions and organizations are developing their institutional repositories. Therefore library should take initiatives to develop the Institutional/digital repositories for providing faster scholarly communication to their users. Interdisciplinary relevance The Study of Institutional Repository is carried out based on the interdisciplinary nature of the subject like Science, Humanities and Social Science. The Social Work covers areas of Science Ex. Nutrition, Health & Mental health, Hygine, Hospital Administration, Nursing and disable peoples etc. In humanities -English language, Marathi language and Hindi language. In Social Science - Economics and Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, and law. In Information Science Reading Habits , Users Survey on different Libraries, Management, Automation, Bibliometrices, Scientometrics, Citation Analysis , Content Analysis, E-resources, Online Journals on different subject, Right to Information Act, Consolidation products on various subjects Viz, Oranges, Cancer, Heart diseases, and diabetics etc. This research project will definitely helpful and useful for all Social Work professionals as well as other professionals from different disciplines. Review of Research and Development in the Subject International status The open access movement and the institutional Repositories have been changing the information access and communication scenario altogether. 6 Profile of the Organizations having LIS Institutional Repositories At International Level S.N. Name of the Organizations Abbreviation Country URL 1. Advanced Knowledge Technologies AKT U.K. http://eprints.aktors.org/perl/oai2 2. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, RuG Netherl ands http://arts.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/oai/ 3. Australian Library and Information Associa ALIA Australia http://e-prints.alia.org.au/perl/oai2 4. (California Institute of Technology), Caltech United States http://caltechlib.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 5. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy http://biblio-eprints.bo.cnr.it/perl/oai2 6. Library & Information Service at Cranfield Cranfield QU United http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/dspace-oai/request Campus, Cranfield University, Kingdom 7. Council on Library and Information Resour CLIR United -- States 8. School of Information Resources & Library SIRLS United http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/perl/oai2 Science, University of Arizona (UA), States 9. Bromley College of Further & Higher BCFHE United http://vle.bromley.ac.uk/dspace-oai/request Education, Kingdom 10. ISTEC Executive Offices, Ibero American ScISTEC United http://dspace.istec.org/dspace-oai/request Technology Education Consortium), States 11. ICFAI Business School, ICFAIBS India http://202.131.96.59:8080/dspace-oai/request/ 12. Library, London School of Economics and PLSEPS United http://gate-test.library.lse.ac.uk:8080/dspace-oai/request Science (LSE), Kingdom 13. University of Namibia, UN Namibia -- 14. Viikki Science Library, University of HelsinkVSL Finland http://www.tiedekirjasto.helsinki.fi/dspace-oai/request 15. Advanced e-Publishing Infrastructures ,ConAePIC Italy http://eprints.rclis.org/perl/oai2 Interuniversitario Lombardo per l'ElaboraziCILEA Automatica), 16. Electronic Resource Preservation and AccesERPANET United http://eprints.erpanet.org/perl/oai2 Network), Kingdom 17. Lamar Soutter Library, University of MassaUMASS United http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/oai2.cgi Medical School ( States 18. Flinders University Library, Flinders Univer FUL Australi a -- 19. Rechenzentrum Universität Freiburg, Alber RUFALUF Germany -- Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg 20. Graduate School of Library and InformatioGSLIS United -- Science), University of Illinois at Urbana- States Champaign, 7 21. Centre pour la Communication Scientifique CPCSD France http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/oai/oai.php (CCSD), 22. Centre pour la communication scientifique CNRS - France -- France 23. Albertina icome Praha s.r.o., AIP Czech -- Republic 24. School of Informatics, University of Edinbu SI United -- Kingdom 25. ilit.org, London Metropolitan University, IL United -- Kingdom n 26. Albertina icome Praha s.r.o., AIP Czech -- Republic 27. University of Pretoria - Academic InformatioAIS South -- Service, Africa 28. Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Scienc France http://eprints.ens-lsh.fr/perl/oai2 Humaines, 29. Documentation Research and Training Cen DRTC,ISI India http://library.isibang.ac.in:8080/dspace-oai/request Indian Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalor 30. Unité Régionale de Formation à l'InformatioCNRS France http://memsic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/perl/oai2 Scientifique et Technique (Provence-Alpes-CUrfist PacaC d’Azur, Corse)), INIST- (Institut de l'Informa Scientifique et Technique du CNRS 31. Online Computer Library Center OCLC United -- States 32. OneWorld South Asia Open Archive OWSA India http://open.ekduniya.net/perl/oai2 Initiative, 33. School of Information and Library Science, SILS, UNC), United University of North Carolina States http://www.open-video.org/oai2.0/ 34. University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg- FHWS Germany http://www.opus-bayern.de/fh-wue-sw/oai/oai2.php Schweinfurt 35. Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V. BIB Germany http://www.opus-bayern.de/bib-info/oai/oai2.php 36. Computing Research, (Oslo University ColleCR, OUC Norway -- 37. Scholars Portal, (Ontario Council of UniversSP, OCUL Canada http://ozone.scholarsportal.info/oai/request Libraries), 8 38. Faculty of Education, University of FE,UBC Canada http://research2.csci.educ.ubc.ca/eprints/perl/oai2