Event

Access to e-Books/e-Journals through TIGERfed

BdREN is planning to organize a day-long seminar in presence of the librarians from Government and non-Government Universities on 29 April, 2024. The objectives of organizing the seminar are:

  • intimate the librarians about the formation of TIGERfed and to let them know about the benefits of accessing e-Resources through federation. 
  • allow a few publishers to demonstrate their e-Books platform and desirable options of procurement.
  • collect feedback from the audeince about the benefits and feasibility of subscribing e-Books 
  • fixing the methodology of having the subscription provided the investment is justified and moving forward.

Chief Guest - Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir Honorable, Chairman, UGC.

Special Guest - Prof. Dr. Haseena Khan, Member, UGC.

Keynote Speech - Prof. Dr. Shams Tarique, Dept. of Physics, University of Rajshahi.

Participants: Librarians from Govt. and Non Govt. Universities

09:30 – 09:35: Welcome Address by CEO, BdREN.

09:35 – 09:55: Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Shams Tarique, Dept. of Physics, University of Rajshahi.

09:55 – 10:05: A few words from Prof. Dr. Haseena Khan, Member, UGC - Special Gust.

10:05 – 10:15: Speech from Prof. Dr. Muhammed Alamgir Honorable, Chairman, UGC – Chief Guest.

10:15 – 10:30: **Tea Break** 

10:30 – 11:00: Presentation from BdREN on “modality of access through TIGERfed”.

11:00 – 11:45: Presentation by representative from Springer Nature on its e-Books.

11:45 – 12:00: Presentation by representative from Oxford University Press on its e-Books.

12:00 – 12:15: Presentation by representative from Emerald on its e-Books.

12:15 – 12:30: Presentation by representative from Taylor and Francis on its e-Books.

12:30 - 13:00: Comments from the Librarians on the given presentations.

13:00 – 14:00: **Lunch and Prayer**

14:00 – 14:30: Comments from the Librarians on modality of federated access. 

14:30 – 15:00: Collection of online Feedback from the Librarians.

15:00 – 15:15: Expert comments from Nushrat Sharita, Deputy Director, IMCT, UGC.

15:15 – 15:30:   Expert comments from Md. Fahmid Uddin Khondoker, DD (ICT), Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS).

15:15 – 15:30: Comments from the Librarians on e-Books subscriptions.

15:30 – 16:00: Brief outcome of the event and roadmap.

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