Online Questionnaire for
Optimal Use of E-Resources through the INDEST Consortium

This questionnaire is designed to help the INDEST Consortium and its member to optimize the resources subscribed by the Consortium. Please fill-in this questionnaire for further necessary action.
Your Institute Name
Your Institute Address

INDEST User Group
1. Have you constituted a INDEST User Group: Yes  No
2. If answer to Q.1 is Yes:
i) Please provide its constitution
a. Group Coordinator
b. Convener
c. Members :(separate names and designations                            (or Deptt) with "," and two members with ";")
ii) How many times the INDEST Group has met?
iii) Has its report been submitted to the INDEST Coordinator?
Yes  No
 

INDEST User Convention
3. Have you organized a User Convention at your institution: Yes  No
 
4. If, the convention is not yet organized, when are you planning to organize it? (atleast twice this year) (DD|MM|YYYY ) First.  Second.
 

User Training

Most e-resources subscribed through the INDEST Consortium has a local agent who is supposed to provide hands-on training to the users at your institutions.
5. Have you been contacted by any of the following local representatives of various e-resources
i) Balani Infotech (ACM)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
ii) GIST (IEL, ASCE, ASME)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
iii) Informatics India (ABI / INFORM, ASTP & Web of Science,
JCCC JGATE and Link)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
iv) Edutech India Pvt.Ltd.(Compendex & INSPEC)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
v) Sci-Edge Information (SciFinder Scholar)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
vi) Globe Publication Pvt.Ltd. (MathSciNet)
Yes  No  Not Applicable
 
6. Has any training programme been organized so far with the assistance of above mentioned vendors?Yes  No
If answer to Q. 6 is Yes, Mention the name of representatives:
(Separate two agents with ",")
 

Usage Statistics

Statistics of usage of e-resources available to your institutions can be viewed through the web-based interfaces for the following resources once you register with them:

i) IEL Online; ii) Science Direct; iii) Web of Science; and iv) ASCE.
7. Have you registered yourself for the above mentioned interfaces? Yes No
8. The usage statistics up to May 2003 for all resources was distributed to all institutions in the meeting held on 11th June, 2003. Do you have these statistics? Yes  No
9. If answer to Q. 8 is “Yes”, are you satisfied with the usage of this resource at your Institution? Yes  No
10. If the answer to Q. 8 is “No”, what measures are you going to take to optimize usage?( separate two suggestions with a ",")
 

Promotion for Use of E-Resources
11. What measures have you taken to promote use of e-resources within your organization
i) Provide links from Library Home Page
 Yes  No
ii) Conduct orientation programme for users
Yes  No
iii) E-mails / Internal Mailing lists
Yes  No
iv) Guides and Tutorials (Printed / electronic)
Yes  No
v) Posters
Yes  No
vi) Any other means (please specify)
 

J C C C
12. Are you aware of JCCC & benefits? Yes  No
13. Have you started using JCCC? Yes  No
14. How many requests for documents were sent from your institution / how many documents were received?
 

Bench Marking Research Outcome

The additional resources are expected to increase research output in terms of number of publications. Please provide the following statistics for past ten years, i.e. from 1993 – 2003 (as on 31/3/2003):

15. Total no. of publications published by your faculty & researchers:
a. International Journals
b. National Journals
c. Chapters in Books / Conference Proceedings
d. Papers presented in the conferences / symposia
e. Patents
f. Any other (please specify, separate two entries with a "," )
 

Savings
16. How much amount your institution has saved on print / electronic subscription because of INDEST?
17. Have you given the details of your savings to the National Coordinator? Yes  No
 

Print Subscriptions

Your institution is expected to drop print subscription to journals if its e-version is made available through the INDEST consortium.

18. Which print publications are you contemplating to drop for the year 2004 and what is its financial implications?
 

Suggestions for New Resources
19. Please suggest new resources that you would like to get through the INDEST Consortium:
20. Are all resources subscribed currently are useful? Should the Consortium dropped subscription to any of the existing resources in subsequent year(s)? Yes  No
21. If answer to Q. 20 is "Y", please specify the resources that may be dropped and why (Use separate lines for each entry)
22. Do you think INDEST Consortium can take other related activities that would complement its current activities. If yes what are those activities?
 

INDEST Web Site ? Mailing List
23. How often do you use INDEST Web Site? Frequently  Occasionally  Never
24. What additional features would you like to see on the INDEST Web site?
25. INDEST Mailing List
i.) Do you subscribe to INDEST Mailing List?
Yes  No
ii.) Do you post your queries on the INDEST Mailing List?
Yes  No
 

Impediments
26. What do you think are the most serious impediments to use of e-resources provided through the INDEST consortium? What corrective measures can be taken to address these impediments?
 
Your Name
Your E-mail
 

 

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