UGC-Infonet digital library consortium: An evaluation

The UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium was launched in 2004 in which free access to scholarly literature from international publishers has been subscribed and made accessible to Indian universities. Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is monitoring and executing this programme under the egis of University Grants Commission (UGC), India. The UGC has been spending millions of rupees in subscription of scholarly journals and providing free access to these scholarly resources to Indian universities. Since a huge amount of money is being spent on subscription of scholarly online resources, there is a need to evaluate utilization and impact of this programme. This paper is a preliminary evaluation of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium of India, in which an effort is made to evaluate UGC-Infonet Digital Library consortium with respect to usage of subscribed resources by the member universities, economy involved and research output of the member universities.