OpenCourseWare Consortium

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of universities and associated organizations committed to advancing OpenCourseWare and its impact on global education. OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open digital publication of high quality university‐level educational materials. http://ocwconsortium.org

Websites for Open E-Learning

1. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm 

2. The Open University http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

3. Open Learning Initiative http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/

4. TUFTS OpenCourseWare http://ocw.tufts.edu/

5. Stanford University http://itunes.stanford.edu/

6. UC Berkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu/

7. Utah State University http://ocw.usu.edu/

8. Kutztown University http://www.kutztownsbdc.org/default.asp

9. University of Southern Queensland http://ocw.usq.edu.au/ 

10. University of California http://ocw.uci.edu/

National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)

National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST), an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development under the Mission on Education through ICT which was launched in May 2010 with multi-fold objectives is receiving a good response as seen from the number of subscribers it has got in a year. http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/

The project facilitates access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty from colleges through proxy servers. It provides scholarly information in the e-format at discounted rates.

Executed by the University Grants Commission – InfoNet Digital Library Consortium (UGC-InfoNet), Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), Ahmedabad, and Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST)-AICTE Consortium, there are as many as 1960 universities, technical institutions, and colleges registered as subscribers to the project.

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One Day Training Programme on Digital Content Copyright: Challenges to Libraries at CUSAT, Cochi. 06/08/2011

Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, in association with HRD Chair on IPR, Cochin University of Science and Technology & Kerala Library Association, Ernakulam region is conducting One Day Training Programme on "Digital Content Copyright: Challenges to Libraries"

Date: September 17, 2011

Venue: Cochin University of Science and Technology

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South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)

It was founded in 2008 in order to document and provide access to the diverse and relatively unknown stories of South Asian Americans. Our collection reflects the vast range of experiences of the South Asian diaspora in the United States, including those who trace their heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the many South Asian diaspora communities across the globe. 

http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) hopes to play an important role in the preservation and availability of primary historical materials that document the history of South Asian American communities. We envision an organization that will encourage dialogue, debate and discussion on the role of history in the creation of South Asian American identities and communities. Our ultimate goal is to examine the importance of the past in shaping the future and to ensure that the stories of the South Asian diaspora in the United States are preserved for future generations.

2 Million ebooks on a single platform

Informatics (India) Limited  introduces World E-Book Library (WEL) - a platform hosting more than 2 million e-books.

For just US$ 2 per user per year, students, faculty, researcher and staff will have unlimited access to over 2 Million eBooks. This collection of books includes hundreds of thousands of the most popular books of all time, and in a variety of subjects, such as: Language Arts, Math, History, Political Science, Physics, Medicine Biology, etc. These titles have been, scanned from their originals and digitally re-mastered to enhance the reading experience.

All of the eBooks are in PDF file format, and all of the Audio eBooks are in MP3 file format. These formats have been specially designed to be cross platform compatible with all PCs, Laptops, PDAs, iPad/iPods, eReaders, or Smartphones.

With the eBook Library's MARC21 and MARCXML records libraries can easily
import all of WEL's 2,000,000+ eBooks and ePublications to your library's OPAC. Your library's patrons may download all the eBooks they could ever read in a lifetime and keep them forever. Unlike other eBook subscription services, WPL eBooks never expire and your users have access to much more new content year on year on every renewal.

World E-book Library free trial for 14 days is available through Informatics site after you register yourself as a new user on the following link -
http://www.informindia.co.in/iil_index.asp
 

You will get your login ID and password the next day.

Contact Details 

If you need any further information on subscription of the above platform. For any further details, please contact to soji@informindia.co.in

Address

Soji Mathew, Sales & Marketing Administrator, Informatics (India) Limited, 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560004, India.

Phone: +91 80 4038 7777 Extn: 1013, Fax: +91 80 4038 7600.