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Objectives of the Practice

1. To enhance the e-content dissemination to the end-users to support their research, teaching
and learning.

2. To provide anywhere, anytime access for VIT subscribed e-resources to the patrons.

Principles and concepts The e-resource of the library is enabled by RemoteXs portal on a
single platform with single sign-in options and cloud-based technology. The resourses in the

RemoteXs egateway portal are available in various categories such as publisher wise and A-Z

title wise The e-resources includes e-journals, e-books, e-databases and e-thesis subscribed
by VIT. RemoteXs provides secured access for all digital resources using registered email

ID. The students, faculty and staff can access the e-resources on and off campus using their
personal devices or the digital facility inside the campus. The library also has a digital facility

with 120 computers and wifi connection.

Core Benefits

Patrons need not wait for e-mail authentication from the respective institution’s mail server.

Multi-layer access control will help to prevent robotic download and unauthorized access to
the content and only valid users can consume the subscribed e-resources.

Other facilities such as notifications for SDI, user’s manual and guides that can upload under
the downloadable format.

Design and Implementation Process Central Library had subscribed for all the e-resources

through institutional IP addresses and ranges. Out of that CMIE and SciFinder Scholar

databases requires an individual membership registration for accessing their content. Apart
from that Library has a stand-alone server having British Standard Euro Codes. The Library

has to provide the combined services with all the e-resources in a single platform The
publishers and vendors removed the existing institutional IP addresses and ranges at their end

and the cloud-based IP was used for the creation of portal https://egateway.vit.ac.in/.

Members were registered using the bulk upload and a welcome e-mail was sent from the
server end with a password set link. The members were enabled to set their own strong