This paper presents Open Access Information Resources in Delhi University.

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Open Access Information Resources in Academic Libraries:
Web Survey of DULS
Ms. Charu Dev, Ms. Sunita Pareek,
Research Scholar, Librarian ,
Osmania University, Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Hyderabad. Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Abstract
The main objective of education is to pass-on knowledge from one generation to another. Libraries,
especially Academic libraries, being a knowledge reservoir, form a fundamental element of education
system and institutions and support teaching, research, and other academic programmes.
With the information explosion, information infrastructure of these learning temples also has been changed.
Collection development policies have been designed to maintain balance in between traditional and latest
information tools so that a solid information highway can be created. Indian Academic library scenario is
not a different from the counter part of the same rest of the world.
Similarly Open Access concept has considered as blessings in scholar community. Resources available on
open access arena are widely sought after and appreciated by each and every type of scholar world.
Delhi University has been considered as pioneer in not only Indian academic world but also hold powerful
position across the globe. This article is an attempt to present a bird’s eye on Open Access Information
Resources of Delhi University Library System.
1.Introduction.
A well established library is essential for any academic institution. This fact is
supported by the Radhakrishnan Commission report on University Education (1948-
1949) that: “The library is the heart of all University’s work, directly so, as regards its
research work, and indirectly as regards its educational work which derives its life from
research work. Scientific research needs a library as well as its laboratories, while for
humanistic research the library is both library and laboratory in one. To match with
same tune, The Kothari Commission emphasized in its Report on Education and
National Development (1964-66) that: “No university, college or department should be
set up without taking into account its library needs in terms of staff, journals, space, etc.
Nothing Could be more damaging to a growing department than to neglect its library,
the library should be an important centre of attraction on the college or university
campus.” Thus the university library system is established to strive for fulfillment of the
ideas and objectives of the university.
Since the invasion of information technology, methods for distributing longer
strings of text, like journal articles, have been changed. Digitised journals have been

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considered as sought after source to get current information and knowledge (Laakso et
al., 2011).
But due to financial crisis, Universities some time fail to procure all possible
available information at the right time and in due course right reader could deprive.
Open Access movement came in rescue of this issue and with the help of
Bethesda, Budapest and Berlin convention, and information provider as well as user can
exchange information in free-flow form.
Since the inception of this concept various definitions have been given for open
access information resources. But widely and simplest statement in this regard is that
Open Access Information Resources are those which are freely available and can use
without any restriction by anyone.
2.Delhi University Libraries:
Recent a leading new-channel has proved that Delhi University is ranked No.1 in
almost 45 universities of India. In the light of this news, it has been assumed that Delhi
University Library also matches the same rank. With the help of web survey it has been
tried to find out the nature of information resources which are available on open access
to facilitate the reader and research scholars of this prestigious institution.
Delhi University has a cluster of libraries. In order to serve the whole academic
community, following line of libraries are there to catering the literary need:
i.Central Library
ii.South Campus
Library
iii.Ratan Tata Library
iv.Law Library
v.East Asian Studies
Library
vi.Braille Library
3.Objective:
DULS has been considered as treasure house of knowledge in academic world across
the globe. It is necessary to each and every member of the scholar community to know
this treasure of unlimited knowledge storehouse. To keep in mind this objective, the

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web survey of DULS has been made so that one can get the a bird’s eye view of Delhi
University library system and open access information resources of this library.
4.Scope:
According to UGC report, there are 659 Universities in India as on (05.02.2014).
National Capital of Delhi hosts 22 Universities are as under:
Delhi University has been positioned on number one across India recently. From this
point of view, library system of this university has been selected for study purpose.
5.Methodology:
The research began with literature review on the Open Access and Academic Libraries.
Then, the Delhi University Library System website has been accessed to get the data
related to the study.
6.Web-Survey:
Delhi University Library System designed and developed by eminent and scholar
community of Delhi University. Since its inception it has been involved in imparting
updated information of its holdings and collection to its clientele using by each and
every possible means. Information technology has enabled them to join hands to give
each and every bit of information to the respective user as and when it happens across
the globe. In order to serve the purpose DULS has following strength of collection:
Print collection
Central
Universities
05
State
Universities
05
Deemed
Universities
10
Others 02
Document Category Number
Books 14,50,000 volumes
Current Journals 1290 journals
Bound Journals 3,66,000 bound volumes

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Electronic resource
DULS host large number of electronic databases. They all can be accessed via campus
network within university campus and also can be accessed in their respective colleges
also. Apart from normal subscription DULS hosts UGC Infonet Digital Library
Consortium also.
Subscribed E-Resources
DULS hosts large number of subscribed E-Resources which are displayed in
alphabetical manner on respective website. These resources comprise with Reference
Sources, Bibliographic Sources, Statistical Sources, and Full Text Sources. To access
these resources, direct URL has been given with respective source.
E-Resources@UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium
DULS also subscribe UGC consortium for its member academic institution. With the
help of this following e-resources are available for scholar community of Delhi
University:
Nature of Resources Number of Record
Full Text E-Resources 19
Bibliographic Databases 04
Open Access Resources 04
Open Access Information Resources
Open access concept has revolutionised every nook and corner of the knowledge world.
Academic world and so with libraries are also becoming part of this revolution.
In support of Open Access concept Delhi University Library has tried to give every bit
of information to its users. For this, there are two methods adopted by DULS. User can
get the Open Access Information Resources either of the way. Apart of this, DULS has
made a provision of online edition of print version also. The details are as under:
A. Public Domain E-Resources
B. Open Access E-Resources
C. Print Journals Online
Both sections, i.e., A & B of DULS gives more or less same information but in
different format.
PhD Thesis 14,500 volumes
M.Phil Dissertations 5,600 volumes
Manuscripts 700 manuscripts
CD ROM 2,000 cds

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A. Public Domain E-Resources(http://crl.du.ac.in/Public%20dom.%20e-
resources.htm)
This section of DULS gives information of e-resources can be accessed on public
domain.
1.Subject Gateways:
Subject Gateways can be defined in form of those portals which are limited to a specific
subject or domain area. DULS subject Gateways are reviewed, selected, evaluated and
catalogued by information professionals or subject experts only then they can become
part of this prestigious library system. Some of the Subject Gateways with their
respective URL are as under:
Name of Gateway URL
Bubl Information Services http://bubl.ac.uk
CogPrints http://cogprints.org/
DMOZ : Open Directory Project http://dmoz.org/about.html
E-Print network http://www.osti.gov/eprints/
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/
MathGuide http://www.mathguide.de/
Pinakes:A subject launchpad
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes
/pinakes.html
Renardus
http://renardus-broker.sub.uni-
goettingen.de/
SocioSite http://www.sociosite.net/index.php
Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/

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2. E-Journals
E-journals are most prominent and sought-after resource in knowledge world. These are
the journals which are available electronically and digital format and can be accessed
via internet or any other media. These can be read online and offline in both mode.
DULS have following e-journals on open access arena:
3. E
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3. E-Books
E-Books are electronic counter-part or digitised version of printed book. These can be
read and viewed online or with the help of any device meant for this purpose only.
DULS hosts following e-books on open access to serve its readers:
WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org/?/
Yenza! http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza/index.htm
Name of E-Journal URL
Bioline International http://www.bioline.org.br/
BioMed Central http://www.biomedcentral.com/home/
Directory of Open
Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/
The Electronic Journals
Library http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/fl.phtml
FreeFullText.com http://www.freefulltext.com/
Free Medical Journals http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/index.htm
HighWire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/
Indian Academy of
Science http://www.ias.ac.in/
Journal of Digital
Information http://journals.tdl.org/jodi
NewJour http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/
Openj-Gate.com http://www.openj-gate.com/
Public Library of
Science http://www.plos.org/index.php
Strategian http://www.strategian.com/
Name of E-Book URL
Alex Catalogue of Electronic
Texts http://www.infomotions.com/alex
Authorama Public Domain
Books (Fiction) http://www.authorama.com/
Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com
Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com
Complete Works of William http://the-

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4.Miscellaneous E-Resources :
In this category Pre-print, Repository of e-resources and database of Theses and
Dissertations are freely available for library users. The name and web links of these
resources are as under:
B. Open E-Resources:
In this section, DULS has provided information on those subject gateways, e-journals
and books, theses and dissertation, multi-media and other miscellaneous resources
which are widely available on open access arena. The details are as under:
1. Subject Gateways:
This section gives almost gives direct web links of 18 subject gateways of knowledge
world. Some of them are already given on Public Domain section of this system.
Following additional names are given in this section:
Shakespeare tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Free Books
Http://www.e-
book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/reading/books
The Online Book Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org
Read Print Site http://www.readprint.com/
Name of E-Resource URL
arXiv e-Prints http://www.arxiv.org
dLIST
http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/
ERIC http://eric.ed.gov/
NDLTD http://www.ndltd.org/
Name of Subject Gateway Web link
Advocate Khoj
http://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/index.ph
p
Biz/ed
http://www.bized.co.uk/
Eldis http://www.eldis.org/
Forced Migration
Online http://www.forcedmigration.org/
The Gateway to 21st
Century Skills http://thegateway.org/
iLoveLanguages http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
Psych Web http://www.psychwww.com/

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2. E-Journals:
E-Journals are very prominent resources in academic world. DULS has given 16 direct
web links of e-journals. Following journals are not mentioned in Public Domain section
of DULS:
3. E-Books:
Just like E-Journals, E-books also considered an important tool for research scholars.
Although some of important weblinks are provided in Public Domain section of DULS,
still following additional links are given in Open Access section of this portal:
4. Dissertations and Theses:
Name of E-Journal Web Link
Directory of Open Access
Scholarly Journals in Education
http://www.ergobservatory.info/ej
directory.html
Electronic Journals for
Education http://ejw.i8.com/educe-j.htm#sub
Open Science Directory
http://www.opensciencedirectory.
net/
Scientific Journals International
http://www.scientificjournals.org/
index.php
Name of E-Book Web Link
Digital Library of India www.dli.ernet.in/
Digital Library of
Commons http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dic/
E Books Online Library www.readasily.com/
The E Server http://eserver.org/
Great Books and
Classic www.grtbooks.com
The Labyrinth
www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/
jimspdf.htm
The Online Book Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/bo
oks/
Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk
Name of E-Record Web Link

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Dissertations and Theses are considered as priceless treasure for any academician and
research scholars. DULS has provided direct link for various theses and dissertation
databases in this section. These are as under:
5. Multi-Media Resources:
In this section various educational and vocational course related weblinks are given.
Like:
6. Miscellaneous Resources:
In this section user can get the path of different web link, which are related with cross
section of the knowledge world:
Australasia Digital
Theses Program http://adt.caul.edu.au/
DART http://www.dart-europe.eu/
Digital
Commons@McMaster
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.c
a/opendissertations/
Diva Academic
Archive Online
http://www.diva-
portal.org/smash/search.jsf
PQDT Open http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#
Theses and
Dissertations at UAB
http://main.uab.edu/Sites/gradsch
ool/students/current/theses/
Name of E-Record Web Link
National Programme on
Technology Enhanced
Learning
http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/index.
php
Open Course Ware
Consortium http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
Open Learn http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/
Open Michigan https://open.umich.edu/
Open Yel Course http://oyc.yale.edu/
World Lecture Project
http://www.world-lecture-
project.org/index.php?navId=1
Name of E-Record Web Link
DLIST http://sirls.arizona.edu/node/2309
ERIC http://www.ndltd.org/
India Environmental
Portal
http://www.indiaenvironmentport
al.org.in/

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C.Print Journals Online
In this section of DULS online version of 52 journals has been given. Some of them are
restricted to use and some are available on Open Access. The list of these Journals is as
under:
Journal Titles
1. Administrative science quarterly
2. Australasian journal of philosophy
3. British journal of politics
4. Business today
5. Cataloging & classification qtly
6. Current history
7. Economic & political weekly
8. English literary renaissance
9. Economist
10. English worldwide
11. Foreign affairs
12. Frontline
13. Himal south Asian
14. Historical research
15. India today (e)
16. Information development
17. Information research watch international
18. Internet research
19. Intl jl of aviation psychology
20. Intl jl of psychoanalysis
21. Jl of aesthetics & art criticism
22. Jl of economic & social history of the orient
23. Jl of history of ideas
24. Jl of personality
25. Jl of political philosophy
26. Keesing's record of world events
27. Library journal
28. Linguistic inquiry
29. London review of books

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30. New left review
31. New york review of books
32. Nineteenth century literature
33. P m l a includes profession
34. Philosophical investigations
35. Philosophical quarterly (uk)
36. Philosophy & phenomenological research
37. Philosophy & public affairs
38. Political quarterly + monograph
39. Political Studies+Ps Rev+Pol+British jl of pol & i
40. Political studies review
41. Politics
42. Psychology of women quarterly
43. Public administration
44. Ratio
45. Reader's digest
46. Review of African political economy
47. Seminar
48. Social psychology quarterly
49. Sports star
50. T d r/drama review
51. Times literary supplement
52. World English’s
Conclusion:
The emergence of information and communication technologies has largely effected the
academic world throughout the world. Irrespective of technological advancement,
DULS has regularly keep himself in updating the web-portal so that up-to-the-minute
piece of information could be transmitted to the right user at the right time.
To sum up following suggestions are there:
 Absence of updation status is significant imperfection of DULS.
 Repetition of information resources records creates bewilderment in reader’s
mind. It could be avoided
 Nonappearance some of important open access information resources is also
another noteworthy flaw of DULS, which can easily be rectified.

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 There is no provision of updation or checking of non-working links of many
resources mentioned in portal. This would hamper the search process.
 Regular updation of subject terminology is another filed which need to be take
care of.
In spite of above mentioned modification, DULS has been considered as flag
marcher in knowledge world.
Reference:
1. The report of the University Education Commission (December 1948 –
august 1949) volume I;
2. Indian Education Commission, 1964-66.
3. Laakso, M., Welling, P., Bukvova, H., Nyman, L., Björk, B.-C., & Hedlund, T.
(2011). The development of open access journal publishing from 1993 to 2009.
PloS one, 6(6), e20961. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020961.
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