| Why
Document Delivery Service ? |
Ever increasing subscription cost of
learned journals, decreasing value of the Indian Rupee against major foreign
currencies and the stagnant library budgets during the last one decade
or so are some of the major factors that have compelled our university
and other libraries to reduce their collection of journals to very minimum
level. This is directly and indirectly has been affecting the academic
and research work in the universities in our country. To over come from
this situation and to make optimum use of the existing collection of some
of our resourceful libraries in support of academic and research work the
Document Delivery Service is being launched under the INFLIBNET Programme.
| What
is Document Delivery Service? |
The Document Delivery Service is a
new service initiated by INFLIBNET in collaboration with the following
six university libraries which are well known for their strong collection
base and commitment to provide timely service.
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Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai
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Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ;
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University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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Panjab University, Chandigarh
Under this service, the above mentioned
six university libraries will serve as Document Delivery Centres and deliver,
on demand, the copies of papers from learned journals, conference proceedings
and other materials available in their collection at nominal cost. This
service is provided on No Profit – No Loss Basis and Expected to be prompt.
No library today, can hope to hold every item required to meet the needs
of its users under the crisis faced due to resource crunch. Hence, sharing
of resources using computer networks has become a necessity. It is with
this goal in mind that INFLIBNET has initiated the Document Delivery Service.
The role of INFLIBNET here is mainly to act as a catalyst in promoting
this service to the academic and research community in India.
| Who
can use this Service? |
The service is open to any one who
is working or studying in the academic and research institutions, government
departments and other public funded organizations. Requests from profit
making and commercial organizations will also be met. However, the priority
will be given to the requests coming from INFLIBNET member institutions.
Preferably, the request for availing the service should be made through
the respective library.
| What materials
can be requested? |
Following materials which are not held
by the requesting library, can be requested under this service
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Articles from journals
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Papers from conference proceedings
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Any other materials required for academic
and research purposes, depending on the availability and policies of respective
Document Delivery Centres.
Please note that there is no restriction
on number of items to be requested at a time.
| How
do we order the materials? |
The request, listing the items required with complete bibliographical
information can be made using any of the following options.
Email
Normal letter by post
Fax
Telephone (in case of urgency)
Requests in person are also honoured.
To facilitate this, communication address of each DDC is given at the
end, which may kindly be used. As far as possible, the requesting library
is urged to make use of the specific forms designed for availing the service.
The requesting library/individual will have to follow the copyright
regulations and therefore will have to give an undertaking in the
request itself that the "requested material will be used only for
academic and research purpose and not for any commercial gains". It may
please be noted that requests with incomplete bibliographical information
of items required, will not be entertained.
| How
are the materials delivered ? |
Requested materials will be delivered using any one of the following
options depending on your need and payment.
Electronic delivery using email.
Fax
Speed post / courier
Normal post
By hand, if the user personally visits the DDC.
| How much
time does it take to receive the requested materials ? |
Each Document Delivery Centre will make best effort to deliver
the requested materials as early as possible. However, following
schedule will be adhered to.
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For rush/urgent orders (by fax/speed post) within 48 hours from the
time of receipt of orders.
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In case of routine orders, within maximum five days from the date of receipt
of order.
In case the requested material is not available, suitable response
will be sent within 24 hours.
The fee for the service is charged depending on the type of members
and mode of delivery. Following fee in general will be charged by
all the Six Document Delivery Centres.
For INFLIBNET Member Libraries
Electronic Document Delivery using Internet options.
Rs. 5.00 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.5.00 for
subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Photocopy
Rs. 10.00 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.10.00 for
every subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
Rate charged for photocopy plus actual charges of
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
For Non-Member Libraries:
Electronic Document Delivery using Internet options.
Rs. 7.50 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.7.50 for
subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Photocopy
Rs. 15.00 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.15.00 for
every subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
Rate charged for photocopy plus actual charges of
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
Commercial Organisations:
Electronic Document Delivery using Internet options.
Rs. 10.00 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.10.00 for
every subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Photocopy
Rs. 20.00 upto 5 pages or part thereof and Rs.20.00 for
every subsequent 5 pages or part thereof.
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
Rate charged for photocopy plus actual charges of
Fax/Courier/Speed Post
| When
is the payment is to be made and waht is the
mode ? |
The members and Associated member libraries of INFLIBNET can make the
payment on supply of requested materials. However the accounts should
be settled on quarterly basis. All non-member, commercial organizations
and individuals will have to pay in advance. To avoid the delay and paper
work, it is suggested that a depositaccount with minimum of Rs.500/- may
be opened.
Payment towards all outstation requests be made through Demand Draft
drawn in favour of respective Document Delivery Centre (e.g. Head, Document
Delivery Centre, Tata Institute of Social Sciences in case of Tata
Institute of Social Sciences ). For local requests made in person payment
be made by cash.
| Which
DDC should we approach for availing the service ? |
For the convenience and providing efficient service, following
geographical areas have been allocated to each Document Delivery Centres.
Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai
Diu and Daman, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura Uttar
Pradesh.
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West
Bengal
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadeep, Pondicherry,
Tamilnadu
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan
Panjab University, Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir, Punjab
We encourage requests to be sent to the Document Delivery Centres
mentioned above for your region. If the required document is not available
in the DDC in your region, you may send in your request to other DDC where
it is available.
| How
to find whether the required material is available
in any of the DDC ? |
INFLIBNET in collaboration with all the six Document Delivery Centres
has created a database viz. ‘Union Database of Current Serials of
DDC’. This database has nearly 4000 unique serial titles subscribed by
the six centres and it is updated regularly. To find out the availability,
you may access the database on-line from INFLIBNET’s website at ‘http://www.inflibnet.ac.in
under serials database. The same database in the form of printed catalogue
will be available at your library. You may look in to the same. Alternatively
you may send an email or a formal letter to any of the DDC.
| Communication Address
of all DDCs |
| Request
can also be sent to the following address
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Name of the Centre : INFLIBNET Centre
Address : Opp Gujarat University Guest House
P B No. 4116, Navrangpura
Ahmedabad – 380009
Contact Person : Dr. T S Kumbar
Telephone No. : 079 – 6305971 / 6304695 /
6308528
Fax : 079-6300990 / 6305630
Email : dds@inflibnet.ac.in ;
kumbar@inflibnet.ac.in
URL : http://www.inflibnet.ac.in
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