Bharathidasan University has bagged ‘Best Usage Award' among Indian universities for 2010 from Springer eBooks and e-Journals, with 1,91,000 downloads of Springer content.
The university was rated first among 270 universities. Vice-Chancellor K.Meena received the award from Springer representative Dharmaendra Gussain, Senior Licensing Manager, earlier this month.
Springer Science + Business Media is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering scholarly content through innovative products and services.
In the STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) sector, the group has the largest collection across the globe, publishing about 2,000 journals and 7,000 new books,
On its part, the university has been developing digital content for the university library.
Use of digital content, according to Srinivasa Raghavan, university librarian, is a development of high significance in the library's growth. The library, he said, has a key role in highlighting importance of information literacy to users.
Dr.Meena said the university library was improving information environment, particularly in providing access to e-resources in the university area.
Source | The Hindu | 1 December 2011
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