The Sixteenth International Conference on Books, Publishing & Libraries

Abstract

India has over 789 total universities including 359 state universities, 123 deemed universities, 47 central universities, 260 private universities, and 74 academic institutions of national importance. In each of these institutions, dissertations and theses have been submitted by the students as a part of their academic requirements. In most libraries, access to this printed scholarly work is restricted to their own institution. As a result, most of the academic research work carried out is not prominently visible or accessible to the outside world. This may lead to duplication and other concerns. In India, minimum standards and procedures for electronic submission of theses and dissertations were mandated in 2009 using the repository known as Shodhganga. Shodhganga was created by Information Library Network Centre, Ahmadabad. The government and different higher education authorities have started making serious efforts to enrich and update Shodhganga and by making ETD submission mandatory. Keeping in view these objectives, Panjab University, Chandigarh has created its own PU@ETD repository of ETD which is accessible through Shodhganga as well as PU Intranet. This paper discusses the complex issues faced while creating and launching PU@ETD repository.