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30/11/2016 DigitalLibrary

PressInformationBureau
GovernmentofIndia
MinistryofHumanResourceDevelopment
28November201617:09IST
DigitalLibrary

TheMinistryofHumanResourceDevelopmentunderNationalMissiononEducationthroughInformationand
CommunicationTechnology(NMEICT)initiatedtheNationalDigitalLibrary(NDL)PilotProject(NDLPhase
I)inApril,2015withprojectcostofRs.39.8Crores.TheNationalDigitalLibraryProjectiscoordinatedbythe
IndianInstituteofTechnology,Kharagpur.

NDLPhaseIcoverssettingup24X7infrastructure,providingsinglewindowsearchandbrowsefacilityfore
Learning resources to users, including eContents that are available in various institutions of the country by
integrating Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) of respective institutions and registering users from
ParticipatingInstitutions.ThealphaversionoftheNDLPhaseIPortalhasbeenmadeoperationalonFebruary,
2016,whichisavailableathttps://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in.SinceitisaDigitalLibrary,itisseamlesslyavailablewithout
anyState/UTwisephysicaloraccessibilityconstraint.

National Digital Library is accessible to all students, teachers, researchers, Government Officials, Public
Servants,etc.irrespectiveoftheirState/UT.TargetsforNDLPhaseIareasfollows:

(i)No.ofcontents:5Lakhs

(ii)No.ofInstitutionalDigitalRepositoryforintegration:100

(iii)No.ofParticipatingInstitutionsfromwhichusersaretoberegistered:200

NationalDigitalLibrarycurrentlyhostscontentsin70languages,bothinIndianandForeign.Theuserinterface
through which users can search/ browse contents is mostly English and also available in Hindi and Bengali at
present.

TheimplementationtimeframeforNDLPhaseIis3year,fromApril,2015toMarch,2018.

ThisinformationwasgivenbytheMinisterofState(HRD),Dr.MahendraNathPandeytodayinawrittenreply
toaLokSabhaquestion.

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