ePrints@UoM
is a novel initiative undertaken by the University of Mysore, with
the objective of collecting, digitizing and uploading online all
Research articles hitherto published by the faculty, research
scholars and students of the University, since its inception 97 years
ago in 1916.
With
this backdrop, “Digital Repository of Research, Innovation and
Scholarship” has been set up at Mysore University Library. The
library staff aim to collect an approximated 25,000 scholarly
research articles published by University for the over last nine
decades and update the publications in gradual phases. The oldest
item added is a book “The philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore” by
Dr S Radhakrishnan published in 1919.
The
librarians who are working relentlessly since May, have collected
more than 8,400 publications including journal articles, conference
papers, books, book reviews, presentations, reports and patents,
which can be freely accessed online through the Institutional
Repository at the site http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/
The
open access digital library software ePrints has been used in setting
up of this repository. One can browse publications by year, subjects,
divisions of the varsity, author and document type. Both simple and
advanced search features have been given for facilitating specific
searches.
The
main objectives of this repository is to facilitate long-term
preservation of scholarly work done earlier and pursued in future and
facilitate UoM members an easy and rapid way to publish and archive
their research locally.
The
repository which provides an integrated view, act as a single entry
point to scholarly work of UoM and as a self-evaluation tool for the
UoM management. By going through the publications, the upcoming
researchers can get new idea, views and people from all walks of life
make use of the publications.
The
librarians said that with no comprehensive records available to
clearly indicate the number of articles of University published since
its inception in various national, international journals and
conferences, they have decided to search various full text and
bibliographic databases and also collect publications by approaching
faculty members and research scholars.
“If
one takes into account of records of an individual organisation added
to its IR, the ePrints@UoM gets the first rank among the universities
of its kind in the country, next only to IRs of IISc and IIT,
Mumbai”, said Library Adviser cum Visiting Professor Dr IRN Goudar.
Download
freely
Most
of the publications are directly accessible and full-texts
downloadable, if the publication is in open access or if their
institution has the accessibility to the concerned journal/publisher.
'Request a Copy' forms can be used for documents to which direct
full-text download is restricted due to publisher embargo.
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The
University of Mysore stands first among eight universities in
Karnataka for its 36 per cent of downloads of library materials.
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