USER AWARENESS PROGRAM ON NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA

Organized by ChemAtom - Association of the Chemistry department, Library Leaing Group, and NDLI

1. Executive Summary: The Department of Chemistry - organized a user awareness program and a quiz on National Digital Library of India in Prerana Hall for first year B.E students of chemistry cycle on the following dates,

• 17 ^th November 2023 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. for Sec I, K, L.
• 20 ^th November 2023 from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. for Sec G, H, J.

2. Introduction: The National Digital library of India is a virtual repository of leaing resources which is not just a repository with a search/browse facility but also provides a host of services including textbooks, articles, videos, audiobooks, lectures, simulations, fiction, and all other kinds of leaing media for the leaers/user's community. It is a project under Ministry of Education , Govement of India , through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). The objective is to collect and collate metadata and provide full text index from several national and inteational digital libraries, as well as other relevant sources. The NDLI provides free of cost access to many books and designed to hold content of any languages and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is developed, operated and maintained by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur .

3. Objectives: The primary objective of this program was to create awareness among the students about the vast resources and opportunities available through the National Digital Library of India along with effective usage of NDLI digital platform to enhance research, leaing, and educational experiences within our institution.

4. Event Execution: The resource person for this program is Dr Felcy DSouza, Librarian, SJEC. Madam, delivered informative session on user awareness of National Digital library of India. The next session by Ms Divya Pai, Asst Professor, Dept of Electrical and Electronics and Executive member of NDLI club, her session was on NDLI club.

5. Outcomes and Impact : Around 295 students participated in the program and an online quiz was conducted after the program. The winners were awarded the following prize

Winners of the quiz were,

First place: Ms Nathasha Pascol Dias , Section - J, ECE

Second place:   Ms Frenny Chrystal Saldanha, Section - J, ECE