Frequently Asked Questions
Question 1 : |
What
is MCIT consortium? |
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MCIT
consortium is a resources sharing and networking initiative
among the organizations under Ministry of
Communications & information Technology. The other S&T libraries may also participate
as per their Requirment. |
Question 2 : |
Who
are the beneficiaries of this consortium? |
Answer : |
Information Technology
like Department of Information
Technology(DIT),Department of Telecommunication(DOT),
Department of Post(DOP) and their related organizations
and
PSUs may join the consortium. |
Question 3 : |
What are the benefits of joining the consortium? |
Answer : |
The consortium of MCIT libraries will stop a great amount of repetitive subscription by individual libraries under the ambit of MCIT. Hence multiple journals subscription will be replaced by common electronic journal packages.Consortium subscription will also enable access to more journal titles at less cost for the wider Scientific Community of the ministry. Value proposition is enormously attractive in terms of cost saving and wider access base to e-journals. The other benefits includes: |
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1. Participating Library’s web page creation and hosting will be on the central server. |
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2. Member participants will be getting e-Granthalaya, Library Managament Softwre free of cost for library automation and networking. |
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3. All participating libraries will be able to share union catalogue. |
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Question 4 : |
What are the deliverables? |
Answer : |
Member participants can have the full access ofIEEE online package like IEEE
Periodicals, IEE Periodicals, IEEE Conference
Proceedings,IEE Conference Proceedings,
IEEE Standards and
ACM digital library package and ISO standards on Information
Technology and JCCC across Library Access Gateway. They can
get free
of cost e-Granthalaya Library Management Software
for
automation and networking of their
libraries. |
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Question 5 : |
How long the subscription would last? |
Answer : |
Subscription
period is generally for a year. It is required to be
renewed every year.
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Question 6: |
How can one access the e-resources once subscribed? |
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Majority of resources subscribed through the consortium are accessible through the publisher’s website. If your organization have static IP address(es).These can be sent to consortium with contact details. Some of the digital information services are also hosted on Intranet portal of respective organizations e. g. ISO Standards. |
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Question 7: |
How many IP addresses will be activated? |
Answer : |
There is no limit on number of IP addresses that an
institution
can have. However,
institutions should ensure that the IP addresses provided to the publishers are
assigned to them
within their organization. |
Question 8 : |
Should we require to continue our print subscription? |
Answer : |
It is not
required. you may drop your print subscription in cases like IEEE,
IEE, ACM. |
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Question 9 : |
Would the consortium
pay for print copy of the journals with
e-version. |
Answer : |
No. If institutions are required to maintain print
subscriptions, they need to pay for it by
themselves. The Consortium encourages
institutions to drop their
print subscription wherever
possible. |
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