Knowledge Asset of India

15-JULY-2020

Presented by

Prof. PARTHA PRATIM CHAKRABARTI

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

Jointly with the Centre of Excellence in AI

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

National Coordinator NDLI

ppchak@cse.iitkgp.ac.in

National Digital Library of India (NDLI)

Any Nation’s NEED Today

Quality Life-Long Education and Knowledge for

ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

• Through brick and mortar institutions alone,

difficult to provide quality education to anybody,

anytime, anywhere

• Need effective use of Digital technology to

handle the situation

• An integrated, Open & Inclusive, Digital Library

of a nation is an enabler of the Digital eco-system

for education

• A Digital Library of a nation is also an all

encompassing Knowledge Repository that is a

Knowledge & Cultural Asset of the nation

Background

MOTTO

Open

Inclusive

Digital Ecosystem for Education

DIGITAL

LIBRARY

Online

Classes/

Courses

CREDIT

TRANSFER

And VIRTUAL

CERTIFICATION

Knowledge

Repository:

Internet & Mobile

Credits

From Online

Courses

School, Certificate,

Diploma, UG & PG:

Internet

MOOCs

instrument for self-

actualization

School, UG, PG,

Open U, Life-Long :

TV – DTH

Objective of a Digital Library

• A 24X7-enabled Infrastructure, hosting digital learning objects with

single window search and access facility

• Cover all academic levels, all disciplines and multiple languages used

as medium of instruction

• Cover all domains of industry and economy, as well as cultural

objects of the nation

• Harvest / Fetch data from Digital Repository across institutions of the

nation and other countries to provide integrated access

• Provide User Interface in local language

• Provide User Interface for differently abled users

• Provide support for immersive E-learning environments at multiple

levels

RANGE OF

CONTENTS

Digital Repository of

Contributing Institutes

Institutions of School & Higher Education, Boards

Lecture Slides,

Videos, Class

Notes, Courseware

Term Papers,

Assignments,

Solutions

Lab Experiments,

Manuals, Case

Studies

Question Banks,

Model Answers

Institutional and Open Contributions.

Multi-modal, Multi-faceted

Datasets,

Benchmarks, Models,

Maps, Software

Manuscripts,

Painting, Sculpture,

Music, Dance, Drama

Audio & Video

Content

Researc

h a

nd

Pro

fessio

nal

Insti

tuti

on

s, C

en

tral / S

tate

Un

ivers

ity

Faculty Publications, ETD

(Electronic Thesis &

Dissertation):

DSc-PhD-Masters-Undergrad,

Research Projects

Books & Periodicals, Open

Access Journals , E-Books &

Subscribed E-Resource

Annual Reports, Project

Reports,

Convocation, Working Papers,

Others

Encyclopaedia, Dictionaries

Directories Others

4.8CR+ Content II 300+ Languages II 270+ Sources II 30 Lakh+ Users

National Digital Library of India (NDLI)Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, driving

digital learning and virtual institution culture India

MHRD entrusted IIT Kharagpur to develop National Digital Library of India (NDLI)

What is NDLI?

• A 24X7-enabled Umbrella Digital Library:

Integrated centralized access to e-contents

hosted by different institutes/organizations

• A Single window search/browse facility

• Covers all academic levels, all disciplines

• Domain vertical-wise

organization/presentation: School, Career

Development, Law, Medical, etc.

• Hosts multi-media contents: Text, Video,

Audio, Image, Simulation, Animation, etc.

• Nationally licensed contents: Can be

accessed free through NDLI

• Facility available for institutes/organizations

to disseminate e-contents which are under

their exclusive control: IDR (Institutional

Digital Repository) Service

Uniqueness and Reach

● Single window multi-lingual search and access

○ No need to visit individual sites

● Covers entire spectrum of learners○ Primary to highest level including life-long learners

○ All domains of education

● Can handle content of any language○ Contains contents of all major Indian languages

● Indian language User Interface○ Available in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu,

Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Odiya & Assamese

● Personalization○ Search results filtered/ranked as per user profile

● Collaborative learning environment○ Enabler for virtual institution/certification

• Participating Institutes: 15,000+

• User Base: 30 lakh+

• Average daily hits: 1 lakh+

• Content

- Items: 480 lakh+

- Sources: 270+

- IDR Sources: 120+

WINNER mBillionth South

Asia Award 2017: in

Learning and Education

Category for Android Mobile

App

WINNER: GEMS of

DIGITAL INDIA 2019

for excellence in

eGovernance

NDLI: The Library

Web App

(https://www.ndl.gov.in)Mobile App

(Google™

PlayStore)

NDLI BENGALI

NDLI HINDI

NDLI MARATHI

INDIAN LANGUAGE INTERFACE: EXPLORE IN PREFERRED

LANGUAGE

METADATA: THE HEART OF NDLI

● Metadata Is primarily textual

information relating to Content.

● It Includes information that enables

users to identify, discover, search,

browse, interpret, or manage

Content

● Includes hyperlinks that direct users

to Content on the Source

● May include an expressive

description of the Content

NOTE: NDLI does not store all contents, it only

ingests metadata for Search & Browse. The content

(Full-text) is delivered from Source.

Free contents available in NDLI for India

• Book: 61.5 lakh

• Article: 1.77 crore

• Journals & Proceedings: 2.9 lakh

• Thesis: 6.26 lakh

• Video lecture: 3.65 lakh

• Audio book: 2.19 lakh

• Questions, Question Papers/Sets, Quizzes, Exercises & Solutions: 1.32

lakh

• Web course: 17 thousand

• Simulation: 17 thousand

Total volume: 3.5 Crore (As on May 28, 2020)

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: School students

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: School students: JEE Main Questions & Solutions

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: School students: Video Lectures

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: School students: Activity oriented learning

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: College students: Engineering

Special services available in NDLI

Study at Home: College students: Science: NPTEL lectures

Special services available in NDLI

• Scholarly Publications

• Data Sets

• Documents and Videos

• Journals and Conferences

• Ideas and Funding

• Challenges and Startup

COVID-19 Research Resources Repository

COVID-19 Research Resources Repository

Scholarly Publications

Other interesting services

• Birth Centenary of eminent personality

(currently Satyajit Ray, Oscar winning Film Director)

• On this day

• Person of the Week

• Topic of the Week

• Talks and Webinar

Featured Collections

NDLI

Service

Spectrum

NDLI

Diversity of TLM Type

Contextual Presentation

of TLM

Exploring alternate pedagogy

NDLI Club

Thematic Collection

Partnership: 5-C’s with NDLI

• CREATE: Develop Original Content for NDLI

• CONTRIBUTE: Submit Available Content

• COMPETE: Prepare Competitive Events

• CONDUCT: Sessions / Webinars

• COLLABORATE: Host NDLI Clubs

Creating Content Creative

Lessons / Materials for Class

Assignments: Problems and

Solutions

Research Outcomes

Surveys, Summaries, Critique

Inclusion of Available Open

Access Content

Abstract, Keywords, Metadata

Facets

Sherlock Holmes

COVID-19

Rocks

Badminton

Film Making

Satyajit Ray

Malayalam Literature

LEARN

Community

NDLI Club Mission

To create ambassadors

at an exponential rate

who will become the

creators,

disseminators, and

progenitors of NDLI

NDLI Club Model

NDLI

Core

NDLI Club

Schools

NDLI Core

NDLI Club Governance

School Level Club

Theme specific activities

Learning through

activities is a well-

established mode of

learning

Resources required

to carry out such

learning activities

may be accessed

from NDLI

NDLI Clubs are being set up in

schools all over the country to

conduct learning-oriented activities

to facilitate learning among students

and help their career progression

NDLI Club: Reading Olympiad 2019 – Coimbatore DistrictQuiz Competition Debate

Role Play Rolling Trophy

#LearnShareGrow

Thank you

@NDLIndia

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