Just sharing this info with researchers on Sajha. oohi ashu ************* Access to DELNET and PERI resources in NEPAL Users of the on-line facilities at Social Science Baha Library can now access two new digital resources: Social Science Baha Library is now a member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), a bibliographical database network based in New Delhi, India. Baha also has access to a strong collection of full-text academic journal databases available to academic and non-profit research organizations in Nepal through the PERI (Programme for Enhancement of Research Information) project. A) DELNET DELNET (Developing Library Network) is an information-sharing network for libraries based in Delhi. DELNET compiles the library catalogue resources of all member libraries in its database. Every new member library adds its own database to the network. By accessing the network, a library user can search for information on books, journals, articles and other research-related materials not currently available to his/her institution. Currently 820 institutions participate in the Delnet network and Delnet users have access to more than three million bibliographical records. The lists of libraries whose bibliographical records we can access through the Delnet databases are available at http://www.delnet.nic.in/DeL_files/3feb.htm DELNET also facilitates ILL (Inter Library Loan) through its online ILL facility. It coordinates between the member libraries so that the user at one library can borrow books and other materials, via the DELNET central hub, from another located in a different geographical area. Currently, the following databases are accessible through DELNET: a) Union Catalogue of Books, b) Union List of Current Periodicals, c) Union Catalogue of Periodicals, d) CD-ROM Database, e) Database of Indian Specialists, f) Database of Periodical Articles, g) Union List of Video Recordings, h) Urdu Manuscripts' Database, h) Database of Theses and Dissertations, i) DEVINSA Database, j) Sample databases of language publications using GIST technology, and other databases Further information on the databases is available at http://www.delnet.nic.in/DeL_files/Services.htm For its databases, DELNET uses its in-house software DELSIS developed on BASISPlus. For more information on DELSIS and other products of DELNET, please go to http://www.delnet.nic.in/DeL_files/Services.htm BENEFIT from DELNET to BAHA LIBRARY USERS: Through the use of Delnet, Social Science Baha Library users can: a) Access the catalogues in the Delnet databases and get information on books and other resources they need b) Locate the libraries that house these books and information c) Order the book or photocopy of a portion of it using the Delnet Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service, or d) Ask their library to add the book to its collection B) PERI PERI or Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information was started in 2001 through a partnership between a group of developing and transitional countries and INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) a UK-based cooperative network of organizations with research information needs. (http://www.inasp.info/peri/index.html) PERI resources are currently available to Nepali libraries, colleges and non-profit academic organizations through funding from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Social Science Baha has registered for and has access to the following full-text journal databases and publishers: 1) EBSCO Host Has 8 databases; 16500 abstracts; 10400 full-texts. Journals available cover all major academic faculties. (http://ejournals.ebsco.com/login.asp?bCookiesEnabled=TRUE) 2) Oxford University Press 120 journals published by OUP. (http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/online) 3) Blackwell Synergy 674 journals covering many academic disciplines (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showHome) Efforts are also underway to receive membership to the AGORA (Access to Global Online Research In Agriculture) and MCB Emerald archives. C) JSTOR We?d also like to remind you that Social Science Baha has also subscribed to JSTOR, a US-based organisation providing access to full-text digitally archived journals in core academic disciplines. Users at the Baha library can download full-texts from more than 200 reputed journals in the Arts and Sciences Collections I and II of the JSTOR archives. (http://www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html) SOCIAL SCIENCE BAHA WINTER LIBRARY HOURS: During the winter months from Mangsir to Magh (November 16, 2004 to February 11, 2005), Library hours are from noon to 6 pm. The Library will remain open seven days a week (except on public holidays). Membership is open to everyone. Membership fee: Students Rs 300 (annual fee inclusive of membership fee) Non-students Rs 600 (annual fee inclusive of membership fee) Temporary membership (1-month duration): Rs 100 Institutional membership is also available (fees on the basis of number of members using facility) For any other information, please write to Prabina Mananadhar at prabina_soscbaha@himalassociation.org. To contact the library, write to library_soscbaha@himalassociation.org