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National Digital Library
Programme of Higher Education
Commission in Pakistan
Midrar Ullah
Librarian & Literature Search Officer
Army Medical College
National University of Sciences and
Technology (NUST), Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
(HEC) of Pakistan
• University Grants Commission (UGC) was
established in 1974
• UGC was replaced with HEC in 2002
 To regulate the research activities
 To upgrade the present infrastructure of
universities
 To make them world-class centers of education
and research
National Digital Library Program
(NDLP)
• Centrally subscribes online resources
through International Network for the
Availability of Scientific Publications
(INASP)
• Accessible by more than 250
institutions in Pakistan
Impact of NDLP on Research
Output
152% increase in research publications
since the establishment of HEC
Articles published from Pakistan in journals
indexed by ISI WOK, 2001-2007
Online Databases Available
Through the NDLP
• 31 databases with over 23,000 full-text
journals are made accessible online
• Initially usage was very low due to
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Unawareness of ICTs
Poor participation of Pakistani institutions in
the global knowledge economy
Articles downloaded from Digital
Library, 2004-2007
Online books (e-brary)
Provides access to over 40,000 e-books
of 220 leading international publishers
Pakistan Research Repository (PRR)
(http://eprints.hec.gov.pk)
• Digitization of M.Phil. / Ph.D. theses
• Online availability
• Currently holds over 1800 Ph.D. theses in
digitized format
Pakistan Education Research
Network (PERN)
• Connects Pakistani universities and research
institutes through high-speed Internet
bandwidth
• Facilitates data sharing and video
conferencing
Electronic Library Information
Navigator (ELIN@ system)
• Single interface for searching
• Search efficiently through different
databases
Document Delivery Service
Free of cost provision of remote document
delivery through British Library Document
Delivery Service (BLDDS) to researchers
Open-access Online Portal for
Pakistani Journals
Open access to Pakistani research
journals:
• Digitization
• Online publication
Procurement of Library Management
Software
Procurement of international library
software to be installed in concerned
libraries for:
• Uniformity
• Standardization
• Resource sharing
Recommendations
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Rationalization of resources
Provision of sufficient number of terminals
Alternate arrangement of power supply
Frequency of orientation courses may be
increased
• Process of computerization of all the
concerned libraries may be undertaken at
faster pace
(Contd…)
Recommendations
• A web portal can also be designed to
compile the union catalogue of journals
• The Document Delivery System (DDS)
may be provided to the libraries for the
exchange of documents etc.
• Assignments may be given to students
in which use of digital library should be
made mandatory
• Rewards for research publications
Thanks for your
attention