MUET Library & Online Information Center, Jamshoro

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"And say: `My Rab! Increase me in knowledge.'‘
(20:114)

2. Information @ Your Fingertips
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HEC National Digital Library Program
M.Rafique Khaskheli
Assistant Librarian
Incharge Technical Processing Section
MUET Library & Online Information Center

3. ∗ Flagship Program of HEC for the promotion of research
culture in the institutions.
∗ Digital library was Launched in 2004.
∗ Beneficiaries includes:
∗ Public Sector Universities
∗ Private Sector Universities
∗ Research Institutions/Non-profit and development
organizations for education or research.
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Introduction

4. National Digital Library Programe
(NDLP)
• Centrally subscribes online resources through International
Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
(INASP)
• Accessible by more than 250 institutions in Pakistan

5. What is Digital Library?
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A digital library is a networked collection of digital
objects – text, still images, moving images, sound, data –
with arrangement, search features, and metadata that
allow for discovery and presentation, supporting
research and teaching, and with attention paid to
architecture, persistence, longevity, and digital
preservation.

6. Why digital libraries?
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• Ubiquitous anytime, anywhere access to
information
• Variety of materials
• Document delivery services.

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• Business Community
• Library and information science community
• Computer science community
• Politicians and Governments
• Publishers
• Teachers
• Archivists
• Commercial enterprises
• Personal
Various DL perspectives

8. ∗ Digital Library is determined hard to provide our
institutions with superior quality peer-reviewed, full-
text, academic and research material in the shape of e-
journals as well as e-books.
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E-Resources

9. Online Databases Available Through the
NDLP
• 31 databases with over 25,000 full-text journals are made
accessible online
∗ Provides access to over 50,000 e-books
∗ of 220 leading international publishers
For a complete list of e-resources please
visit @: www.digitallibrary.edu.pk
http://library.muet.edu.pk

10. ∗ Downloads - Overall Usage
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Usage Stats – An Insight

11. Thank You