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Thursday, October 15, 2020

India’s first Preprints Repository to improve research quality in the country

India’s first Preprints Repository to improve research quality in the country

Researchers in any field, accessing research publications face two main problems. One, it takes around one year in the whole process of submitting, reviewing, accepting, and publishing research work in an online journal to be accessible. Another one is most of the papers remain behind the paywall as they are published in journals that are accessible only after having a subscription. So, many researchers in different countries, and of different universities and colleges who don't have subscriptions to these journals are unaware of the research findings in their fields. The need to make the current research results, immediately and freely accessible to the research community for building the ground for further research, has given rise to Preprints servers. A growing number of disciplines are building online repositories of preprints that are openly accessible to all readers. India also launched its preprints service in 2017 in agricultural sciences and now launched the country's first community Preprints service IndiaRxiv.

During Covid-19 libraries shifting online: crisis driven opportunity to innovate

LibCognizance Covid-19 resources , Digital Library

Covid-19 has changed the habits of the whole world in terms of living, working, reading.

During COVID-19 libraries shifting online: crisis-driven opportunity to innovate (pdf)

COVID-19 has changed the habits of the whole world in terms of living, working, reading. Not a single aspect of life has remained unaffected. Everything has changed the pattern to fight with Covid-19 and develop in a revolutionized way to prepare for the future.

The libraries are not exceptions. It has given the libraries a compulsive opportunity to scale up their online capabilities. If we talk about the role of libraries during a pandemic, then its role is indispensable.

Meghraj: national cloud of India providing cloud ready solutions to Government libraries

LibCognizance Cloud computing , DataCenters

The government of India has recognized the benefits of cloud computing and initiated a new project based on cloud technology, called MeghRaj (GI Cloud), to ensure the optimum utilization of infrastructure and speed up the development and deployment of eGov applications. It is developed and run by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Several data centers of the cloud computing environment are spread across multiple locations in the country, governed by a common set of protocols, guidelines, and standards issued by the Government of India. Three National data centers are running at NIC headquarters: Delhi, Pune, and Hyderabad.

Publica bringing a new era of Self Publishing (i.e. 3.0) using Blockchain Technology

LibCognizance Blockchain technology , Books

Pdf

I have discussed the use of Blockchain Technology in libraries and the Archangel project using Blockchain technology, in my earlier articles, recently, I came to know another use of this technology in the Self-publishing world. Before moving to the topic, we should know about Self-Publishing and What is Self-Publishing 2.0 and 3.0?

39 Copyright Free Rare Books - Library and Information Science

LibCognizance E-Resources , eBooks

S.N.	Year	Title
1	1827	The Bengal Directory And General Register Ed. 2nd
2	1813	Pamphlets On East India Company Vol. 5
3	1886	The Year-Book Of Treatment For 1886
4	1908	A Descriptive Catalogue Of Sanskrit Manuscripts Vol. 4
5	1923	Textbook Of Office Management Ed. 1st
6	1900	Catalogue Of Messrs BlackWood And Sons
7	1827	A Catalogue Of Books And Manuscripts
8	1945	Abiskarer Katha Ed. 2nd আবিষ্কারের কথা
9	1865	Classified Catalogue Of Tamil Printed Books
10	1850	The New Annual Army List For 1850
11	1888	Index
12	1852	Roget's International Thesaurus Ed. 1st
13	1859	Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Sanscriticorum
14	1827	A Catalogue Of Books And Manuscripts
15	1955	Granthagar Sangrakshan গ্রন্থাগার সংরক্ষণ
16	1960	Documentation And Its Facets
17	1878	The Golden Health Library Vol. 4
18	1799	Index Of The Asiatic Researches
19	1851	Official Descriptive And Illustrated Catalogue Vol. 2
20	1961	AN ESSAY IN PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY VOL. 2
21	1908	a descriptive catalogue of the sanskrit manuscripts in the adyar library, vol. 1
22	1930	library andolan o shiksha-bistar লাইব্রেরী আন্দোলন ও শিক্ষা-বিস্তার
23	1896	catalogue of the coins of the indian museum
24	1859	catalogus codicum manuscriptorum sanscriticorum
25	1851	official descriptive and illustrated catalogue vol. 2
26	1956	granthagar o lokshiksha গ্রন্হাগার ও লোকশিক্ষা
27	1960	a descriptive catalogue of bengali manuscripts
28	1957	bangladesher granthagar vol.1 বাংলাদেশের গ্রন্থাগার খণ্ড ১
29	1919	the public library system of great britain
30	1960	libraries and librarianship of ancient and medieval india
31	1927	catalogue and index of the allahabad public library
32	1957	manual of reference work
33	1957	manual of reference work
34	1909	A Bibliography Of Unemployment And The Unemployed
35	1877	Testing 2
36	1914	The Library Of Business Practice - Vol.6
37	1939	Granthakar Nama গ্রন্থকার-নামা
38	1937	Granthagar
39	1925	A Descriptive Catalogue - Vol.1

Source West Bengal Public Library Network

General Data Protection Regulation effect on libraries in India

LibCognizance Data , Data Privacy

General Data Protection Regulation effect on libraries in India

GDPR It is enforced by the European Union on 25 May 2018. The GDPR is designed to protect the data privacy of European Union citizens by reshaping the way organizations across the region deals with data privacy.

Aims of GDPR:
1. It aims of giving users greater transparency and control of how their personal data is processed.
2. Increased accountability on the part of organizations using the personal data.
3. Enhanced rights for citizens.

In Libraries:

All Library managers should be familiar with the GDPR. How is it going to impact our libraries? What may be the legal matters related to GDPR? What are the Data protection rules? Some points to be kept in mind while being compliant with GDPR.

Libraries have the personal data of their users for giving them various services. This personal data may include users’ basic information such as Name, address, phone number, email id and IP address. This data is used in various services providing by the library professionals. So, the library will be responsible for any personal data breach while providing the services, either the services are being provided by the third party in your library like vendors, cloud providers, etc.

For being in compliance with the data protection rules, libraries should analyze:

(i) The sources from which the personal data of users is being collected.

(ii) How much data is needed for the library activities?

(iii) How long that data needs to be kept stored in libraries.

(iv) Librarians must take the consent from the library users for collecting the personal data and using it in various activities.

(v) Librarians must ensure that all the privacy policies are known to the users.

(vi) All technical measures should be taken to be in compliance with Data protection policies.

GDPR effect in Indian libraries

Any organization that is dealing out of India to provide services and collects and process the personal data of European Union citizen needs to comply with GDPR. Although in India GDPR is not applicable but businesses all around the world including India are trying to update their data privacy policies and consequently affecting Indian nationals.

In libraries of India which are dealing with EU products like Journal subscription, cloud services or Library Management software are more ensured about the safety of their users’ personal data that is being used by EU organizations/ Businesses. And if our libraries are dealing with users outside India for providing services and collecting their personal data then they must be in compliance with GDPR and should revise their data protection policies in order to ensure safety and security of the users’ data.

To know more:

1. https://www.eugdpr.org/

2.http://www.oclc.org/blog/main/gdpr-what-does-it-mean-for-oclc-and-your-library/

3.https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/publications/briefing_general_data_protection_regulation_2018.pdfnow is here.