Krishikosh: Digital Repository of National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES): An Analytical Study
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2023-11-17
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
As a result of the National Agricultural Innovation Programme (NAIP) framework, Krishikosh
has emerged as a digital archive. Its main objective is to collect, digitise, and distribute
online resources obtained from libraries of allied sciences and agriculture in India. The
increasing demands of the scientific, academic, and research communities are directly
addressed by this project. Krishikosh functions as a dynamic software platform that smoothly
integrates with the open access paradigm in accordance with ICAR's Open Access Policy,
much like a cloud service. It has developed into a required platform for holding a wide range
of resources, including academic publications, historical texts, theses, journal articles, yearly
reports, seminar proceedings, project results, newsletters, success stories, and the field of
grey literature. The study reveals that the Krishikosh digital repository comprises 266,288
documents, encompassing theses, books, journals, project reports, and more related to
agriculture and allied sciences. These documents were contributed by 106 libraries affiliated
with SAU and ICAR institutes, with the top ten libraries contributing over half of the total
documents. TANUVAS, Chennai, emerged as the primary contributor with 25,869 records
(9.71%), followed by UAS, Bengaluru, with 22,272 records (8.36%). Theses and dissertations
constituted the majority, totalling 193,089 records (77.79%), with UAS, Bengaluru, leading
in this category with 14,326 records (7.40%). The repository's interface offers robust search
options, facilitated by Agro tags for semantic searches, promoting efficient resource discovery.
Administrative control lies with institutional stakeholders, enabling content management.
This analytical study provides a comprehensive perspective on the repository's varied
resources, offering multidimensional benefits for agricultural studies and research.
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26th International Symposium, ETD 2023, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 26-28 October, 2023
Keywords
Analytical Study, Digital Repository, Krishikosh, National Agricultural Innovation Programme (NAIP), Open Access Policy