Modern College gets digital library

Updated on: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Students of the Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce will now get access to over 30 lakh e-books, research papers, e-text books and international journals, thanks to the newly-established digital library. The Ganeshkhind campus of the college has received a grant of Rs 15 lakh for this digital library from the University Grants Commission.

About 15 computers have been set up for students to avail information. Various links to competitive examinations and research material has also been provided. “At least 200 students avail the facilities of the digital library every day. For those who study in Marathi medium, there is a language option as well. We are also trying to provide past question papers for students,” said Sangeeta Dhamdhere, the library incharge.

At present, the colleges cannot afford the subscriptions of international journals. Hence, the UGC formed the Infonet Digital Library consortium that provides current as well as archival access to more than 7,000 core and peer-reviewed journals and 10 bibliographic databases from 26 publishers and aggregators in different disciplines.

Once colleges join the consortium, the UGC gives access to the e-resources that it has subscribed to. “The library covers almost all subjects and disciplines, including arts, humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences, computer sciences, mathematics and statistics,” Dhamdhere said.

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