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Workshop on Indian Agricultural Research Journals and TEEAL

NEW DELHI: The ICAR- Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture organized a workshop on ‘Indian Agricultural Research Journals and The Essential Electronics Agricultural Library’ (TEEAL) here .

Dr Alok Kumar Sikka, DDG (Natural Resource Management) chaired the workshop and said that the Indian Agricultural Research Journals portal is the result of the E Publishing and Knowledge System in Agricultural Research (E-PKSAR), a project from NAIP, and is using a highly scalable, state- of –the- art ICT infrastructure.

Dr Rameshwar Singh, Project Director (DKMA), while describing the impact of the E-PKSAR informed that the system has been able to save millions of A4 size papers as well as postage due to paperless processing of thousands of research articles being received in different research journals. Efficient and reliable record keeping, automation of routine tasks etc. are the other useful features

Dr Joy Paulson, Project Director (TEEAL, International Projects Librarian, Cornell University) said that the journals in TEEAL are generously provided by major publishers, which have been selected for their quality and relevance.

Dr J.S. Sandhu, DDG (Crop Science) also appreciated the efforts of the DKMA which has enhanced visibility and circulation of Indian Agricultural Research Knowledge.

Dr Aruna T. Kumar, In charge, (EEU, DKMA) informed that nearly 5 million page views were recorded from the ICAR journals web site between 2011 and 30 April 2015 from 215 countries, and the DKMA provided 24×7 connectivity.

Eight journals, The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, Indian Farming, Indian Horticulture, Mushroom Research, Potato Journal,  Indian Journal of Fisheries, and  Fisheries Technology signed a Memoranda of Understanding with The Essential Electronics Agricultural Library’ (TEEAL). According to MoUs these Journals have become a part of TEEAL and will provide the agricultural, animal, fisheries sciences information to the researchers working at places where the internet is patchy.
14 ICAR- institutes/State Agricultural Universities participated in the event

 

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