National Digital Library Programme of Higher Education

Commission in Pakistan

Midrar UllahLibrarian & Literature Search Officer

Army Medical CollegeNational University of Sciences and

Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan

• University Grants Commission (UGC) was established in 1974

• UGC was replaced with HEC in 2002 To regulate the research activities To upgrade the present infrastructure of

universities To make them world-class centers of

education and research

National Digital Library Program (NDLP)

• Centrally subscribes online resources through International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)

• Accessible by more than 250 institutions in Pakistan

Impact of NDLP on Research Output

152% increase in research publications since the establishment of HEC

Articles published from Pakistan in journals indexed by ISI WOK, 2001-2007

Online Databases Available Through the NDLP

• 31 databases with over 23,000 full-text journals are made accessible online

• Initially usage was very low due too Unawareness of ICTso Poor participation of Pakistani

institutions in the global knowledge economy

Articles downloaded from Digital Library, 2004-2007

Online books (e-brary)

Provides access to over 40,000 e-booksof 220 leading international publishers

Pakistan Research Repository (PRR) (http://eprints.hec.gov.pk)

• Digitization of M.Phil. / Ph.D. theses• Online availability • Currently holds over 1800 Ph.D. theses

in digitized format

Pakistan Education Research Network (PERN)

• Connects Pakistani universities and research institutes through high-speed Internet bandwidth

• Facilitates data sharing and video conferencing

Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN@ system)

• Single interface for searching • Search efficiently through

different databases

Document Delivery Service

Free of cost provision of remote document delivery through British Library Document Delivery Service (BLDDS) to researchers

Open-access Online Portal for Pakistani Journals

Open access to Pakistani research journals:• Digitization• Online publication

Procurement of Library Management Software

Procurement of international library software to be installed in concerned libraries for: • Uniformity• Standardization• Resource sharing

Recommendations

• Rationalization of resources• Provision of sufficient number of

terminals• Alternate arrangement of power supply• Frequency of orientation courses may

be increased• Process of computerization of all the

concerned libraries may be undertaken at faster pace

(Contd…)

Recommendations• A web portal can also be designed

to compile the union catalogue of journals

• The Document Delivery System (DDS) may be provided to the libraries for the exchange of documents etc.

• Assignments may be given to students in which use of digital library should be made mandatory

• Rewards for research publications

Thanks for your attention