OER IN INDIA AND WORLD

 Open Courseware is a common feature among the higher education institutes, especially in the West. Notable among these is MIT Courseware. However, higher education institutes in developing countries like India have also taken a cue from Western Institutes and started providing courseware on the Internet for the benefit of students and teachers alike. For exmple Egyankosh of IGNOU.

Following are some notable open courseware projects, which students, faculty members and researchers can make use for their studies and research.

India

• eGyanKosh: It is a National Digital Repository to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. The video lecture's are available on Youtube at: Youtube IGNOU eGyanKosh
  
• NCERT Text Books: National Council Educational Research and Training [NCERT] has provided full text access to all of its text books required for K12 students.
  
• National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning [NAPTEL]: NAPTEL's main aim is to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country by developing curriculum based video and web courses. It is an initiative of IITs and IIsc. The courses are available for access on subscription. However, most of the video lecture's are available for FREE ACCESS on Youtube at: Youtube IIT
  

International

• BBC Learning English: This website from the BBC aids people learning English, by offering help in the form of 'Words in the News', 'Quizzes', videos via YouTube etc. The teachers section loaded with activities that accompany the many different features on Learning English. In the “Downloads” section on the far right hand side of the page, learners can get the past seven days of audio, video, and text to take away. Explore the site for many more features.
  
• Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative: Carnegie Mellon University offers this site full of course tutoring systems, virtual laboratories, simulations, and frequent opportunities for assessment and feedback to help you learn.
  
• Engineering Pathway: Here you can Learn, Connect, and Create high-quality teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology, and engineering technology for use by K-12 and university educators and students.
  
• The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Open Courseware:OCW project provides access to content of the School's most popular courses in the field of health sciences.
  
• MIT Open Courseware: MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
  
• OpenLearn: The OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials. This is the LearningSpace, where you'll find hundreds of free study units, each with a discussion forum.
  
• Tufts OpenCourseware: Tufts University has joined MIT in offering the world free access to certain course content online in the field of life sciences. Tufts OpenCourseWare (OCW) seeks to capitalize on the potential of the internet to eliminate borders and geographic distance as obstacles to the instantaneous exchange of knowledge and new ideas.
  
• University of California Irvine: It is a free and open digital publication of high quality university-level educational materials, often including syllabi, lecture notes, assignments and exams.
  
• University of Notre Dame Open Courseware: Notre Dame OCW is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. It provides open access to the materials used in a variety of courses.
  
• Utah State Open Courseware: It is a collection of educational material used in our formal campus courses, and seeks to provide people around the world with an opportunity to access high quality learning opportunities.
• Source- info librarian

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER) IN INDIA

http://www.ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/textbook/textbook.htm

Scoop.it Makes It Simple to Publish Online Magazines

While it’s true that anyone can be a publisher in the Internet Age, it’s also true that the most commonly used tools aren’t for everyone.

Take blogging, for example, or Twitter. Over time, a significant number of people find it hard to persist in publishing over those types of platforms on any kind of regular basis.

That has created an opportunity for Scoop.it, a one-click publishing platform that allows curators to publish beautiful online magazines. The company launched publicly in November; so far, nearly three million people have tried it out.

“You are doing the work of an editor, not a writer,” explains co-founder and CEO Guillaume Decugis. “Let the web be your newsroom. There’s so much content already out there.”

Scoop.it is organized around topics as opposed to the people curating those topics. So, rather than follow a person, you follow their topic; you can even “re-Scoop” it.

http://www.scoop.it/

Moodle Presentation [Version 2.0, HD]

tikiwiki.........................................

What is Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware? Tiki is a powerful, web-based application, created by a large team of contributors. Tiki is the ideal tool for you to build and maintain your Website/Wiki/Groupware/CMS/Forum/Blog/Bug Tracker or any other project you can imagine running in your browser window.

Tiki is free, both Free Software (as in "Free Speech") and Free of Charge (as in "Free Beer"), and for everyone! It has all the features you need "out-of-the-box":

• Wikis (like Wikipedia)
• Forums (like phpBB)
• Blogs (like WordPress)
• Articles (like Yahoo News)
• Image Gallery (like Flickr)
• Map Server (like Google Maps)
• Link Directory (like DMOZ)
• Multilingual (like Babel Fish)
• Bug Tracker (like Bugzilla)
• RSS Feeds (like Digg)
• Free Open Source software (LGPL)
• http://info.tiki.org/Tiki+Wiki+CMS+Groupware

Introducing a powerful open source social networking engine ELGG

Elgg is an award-winning social networking engine, delivering the building blocks that enable businesses, schools, universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications. Organizations with networks powered by Elgg include:

Hosting   http://elgg.org/

Looking for a provider to host your network built on the open source engine? Find companies who specialise in Elgg hosting.

Happy moodeling

Moodle is an alternative to proprietary commercial online learning solutions, and is distributed free under open source licensing.  An organization has complete access to the source code and can make changes if needed. Moodle’s modular design makes it easy to create new courses, adding content that will engage learners.

    Easy creation of courses from existing resources

   Course content which can be re-used with different learners,
   including content from other vendors (Blackboard, WebCT etc.

   Learner involvement.

   Enrollment and learner authentication which is simple yet secure?

  Intuitive online learner and teacher management features

  An active support community to help solve problems and
  generate new ideas.

Over 1150 organizations in 81 countries had registered Moodle sites by April 2004 (http://moodle.org/sites). This number is growing by about 10% each month as educators and trainers 

Library utomation using e grantahalaya : a study of KV NLP

LIBRARY AUTOMATION USING e- GRANTAHALAYA: A CASE STUDY OF K.V.NLP

http://192.168.1.5

CONTENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT USING MOODLE : A CASE STUDY OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA LIBRARY

ERMes, an open source Electronic Resource Management system, is being
developed by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and has code
contributed by Iowa State University. ERMes provides basic organization
and management functions critical to an ERM along with various reports
including COUNTER use reports. ERMes is freely available for download.
http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/
Elgg, TikiWiki, Moodle, Joomla are some of the Opensource CMS.

                                       DISCOVERY SERVICE  SINGLE WINDOW TOOLS FOR SCHOLARLY  INFORMATION 
INTRODUCTION 
A discovery service is a search interface to pre-indexed meta data and/or full text documents. Discovery services differ from federated search applications in that discovery services don’t search live sources. By searching pre-indexed data discovery services return search results very quickly. Discovery services are touted as an evolution beyond federated search and in some ways they are. Some discovery services either provide integration with federated search .What is new about the recently introduced discovery services is the focus on integration with other content, typically the library’s OPAC.


Cited Reference Searching: Track prior research and monitor current developments, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of colleagues' work, and follow the path of today's hottest ideas. Navigate forward, backward and through the journals and proceedings literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to discover information with impact.
Easy Author Identification: Locate articles written by the same authors in a simple, single search. Find the right author, right away — eliminating the problems of similar author names or several authors with the same name
nsightful Analysis Options: Find hidden trends and patterns, gain insight into emerging fields of research, and identify leading researchers, institutions, and journals with the Analyze Tool. You can also capture citation activity with Citation Report, instantly creating formatted reports to view vital citation information for individuals or institutions. Citation Maps make it easy to visualize citation connections and discover an article's citation relationships
Find high-impact articles and conference proceedings.Uncover relevant results in related fields.

• Discover emerging trends that help you pursue successful research and grant acquisition.
• Identify potential collaborators with significant citation records.
• Integrate searching, writing, and bibliography creation into one streamlined process.
• Everything the researcher needs in one place – , DS offers a single interface for discovery of a library’s entire collection and the powerful features to heighten the research experience.  
• Full-text searching – DS offers access to metadata for full-text content, which in turn will yield the most accurate search results.
  Fast, simple access to all of the library’s full-text content (electronic and print) – DS offers a truly integrated one-stop search experience for all of a library’s Journals, Magazines, Books, Special Collections, OPAC and more. 
• Enhanced branding options for institution logo as well as HTML graphic placement (with the EBSCOhost logo understated with “powered by” at the footer).

• Who is providing discovery services

  1-EBSCOhost Discovery Service

  (http://ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=1245)

  2-Ex Libris

  (http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/PrimoCentral)

  3-Innovative Interfaces

  ( http://encoreforlibraries.com/products)

  4- University of Virginia Library

   (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/resndev/blacklight.html)

  5-OCLC WorldCat Local

  ( http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcatlocal/default.htm)

  6- Oregon State University Libraries

  (http://libraryfind.org/home)

  7- Serials Solutions

  ( http://www.serialssolutions.com/summon/)

  8-TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES WORK DISCOVERY SERVICE.

  1-Z39.50: Z39.50  It is a
  protocol which specifies data structures and interchange rules that allow a client machine to
  search databases on a server machine and retrieve records that are identified as a result of
  such a search.
  2-OpenURL  is a versatile linking scheme that uses metadata (instead of an object
  identifier such as DOI) for generating dynamic link by passing metadata about a resource to a
  resolver program. It consists of two components, i.e. the URL of OpenURL resolver followed by a
  description of the information object consisting of a set of metadata elements (e.g. author, journal
  issue no., volume, year, etc.).
  
  3-OAI-PMH:
   Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) provides a mechanism
  for repository interoperability. Using OAI-PMH, the service providers can make request to the
  repositories to harvest metadata. This is mostly used by the repositories and some e-journals
  providers also expose their content using it.
  4-CASSIR
  This service is a part of the project "Development of OAI-Based Institutional Research Repository Services in India", sponsored byDepartment of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. This project is being carried out at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The service will harvest metadata as per the OAI-PMH protocol from the registered OA respositores in India. It also provides a web-based search/browse functionality over the harvested metadata.
  5-CrossRef’s
   mandate is to connect users to primary research content, by enabling publishers to work collectively. CrossRef is also the official DOI link registration agency for scholarly and professional publications. Our citation-linking network today covers tens of millions of articles and other content items from thousands of scholarly and professional publishers.
  (http://www.crossref.org/)
  (www.doi.org/)
  

  What to consider while choosing for such service.
  Librarians have been examining these new discovery tools carefully, but comparisons have been frustrating because these products are new and enhancements are ongoing. Nonetheless, librarians have narrowed in on certain features and capabilities that are key to making decisions about these tools. Naturally, different institutions weigh each factor differently based on local needs and objectives, collections, users, and staffing. Leading factors are:

  CONTENT
  • Scope and depth of content being indexed.

  • Richness (and consistency) of metadata included in the indexes.

  • Frequency of content updates.

  • Ease of incorporating local content, if desired.

  SEARCH
  • Simplicity of the interface.

  • Quality of results, including relevance ranking.

  • Ability to customize search and relevance settings.

  • Availability of tools for navigating search results (such as clustering, facets, etc.).

  • Ease of incorporation into existing institutional access tools.

  • Support for new use environments, including mobile access and social-networking features.

  FIT
  • Ease of implementation.

  • Compatibility with existing software and content.

  • Responsiveness of the vendor and alignment of priorities regarding future developments.

  • Overall customer support, including reputation and prior dealings with the vendor.

  COST
  • As a new service in addition to existing tools.

  • Instead of other finding tools or delays to other upgrades.

  • Justification in light of libraries’ goals and objectiv
  
  OTHER OPTIONS
  
  
  

  Auto-Graphics’ AGent Search Provides federated search that can be integrated into the XML-based AGent Web Services module or via a branded website. Staff can access statistics regarding database, website, and other usage. Users can also customize the look and feel of the interface.

  Innovative Interfaces’ Encore Integrates federated search and harvested content. Functionality includes faceted search, and such social networking features as tag clouds and community reviews. Allows application development via its application programming interface (API).

  SirsiDynix’s Enterprise Provides federated and harvested searching and faceted results. Social media and mobile support included. Users can save URLs of searches or RSS feeds to be informed of new library materials. Also allows library staff to create customized patron profiles.

  TLC’s LS2 PAC Catalog module includes federated search with faceted results, as well as such social features as user-subscribed RSS result feeds, tags (which are fed back into the search index to help refine search results), and user reviews.

  VTLS’s Chivas New discovery product slated for launch in May 2011, this is characterized as combining the functionality of VTLS’s Visualizer discovery interface with that of its Chamo social OPAC to “produce a unified user experience, combining broad discovery across multiple resources with full OPAC access through faceted results.”
  NEW AREAS OF DISCOVERY SERVICES
  1-
  

   search text, audio, video and images in multiple languages

  2-seamless integration of audio, video, and image content sources into Explorit

  REFERENCE

  
  

  WorldCat Local

  WorldCat® Local

  Single-search access to 892+ million items from your library and the world's library collections

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  FIND materials quickly and easily

  Give your users access to a single search experience that eliminates the need to consult many separate resources and interfaces. One search provides instant access to your library's materials – digital objects, electronic materials, databases, eJournals, music, videos, audio, eBooks, maps, journals, theses and books – in addition to materials in group and consortial catalogs and thousands of OCLC member libraries worldwide.

  WorldCat Local is the best way to get more than 892 million important and unique works in the world's libraries in front of your users. More than forty national catalogs contribute to WorldCat, bringing the riches of international scholarship to your community. And because the cooperative partners with organizations like Google Books, the HathiTrust, JSTOR and OAIster, every WorldCat Local search reveals deep and useful results from an extraordinary range of collections.

  
  

  CONNECT users to the materials they need

  With WorldCat Local, simplicity doesn't stop with the search. Your users are presented with only the most appropriate options to quickly connect them with what they need. And because WorldCat Local integrates with your current services and live circulation data, users know immediately whether (and where) an item is available. One click lets users view an electronic copy or place a hold or resource sharing request. They can identify the branch or department location of the items they want, eliminating the need to consult multiple areas on your Web site for electronic resources, group and consortial catalogs and interlibrary loan options.

  Your staff will enjoy benefits related to centralized access, too. Less time is required to maintain data in multiple locations and systems, and no separate data loads are required for libraries that contribute and maintain their holdings in WorldCat.

  Coming soon: Users will have direct access to electronic resources from search results, due to integration with the new WorldCat knowledge base. A "View now" link on brief records will connect users directly to the electronic articles and open access content their searches retrieve.

  
  

  EXPLORE 892+ million items and growing.

  OCLC members work together in a unique, worldwide cooperative that allows every library to contribute to and benefit from the combined purchasing and licensing power of the membership. As an OCLC member, you get access to major publishing and content partners from around the world. Your WorldCat Local service connects your users to:

  • Content cataloged by thousands of librarians worldwide over the course of decades.
  • The rich resources of dozens of national libraries.
  • Major aggregators of eBooks, including NetLibrary, ebrary, Overdrive and MyiLibrary;
  • Large mass digitization collections, including Google Books and HathiTrust;
  • Content from publishers such as Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press and more.

  With access to more than 892 million items in a wide variety of formats, your users will find more routes to the information they need.
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