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password with alpha, numeric, character, and symbol for better security. The web-link was
also provided on the library home page.

Outcome Remote access has enabled the library to create own digital library portal in an

efficient manner. The usage of remote facility by graduate students and research scholars has
increased overtime as it saves time, ease of use and availability 24/7

It is possible to track the usage analytics that represent behaviors and downloads. Individual

members and department/school wise usage reports in graphical and tabular presentation can
be taken from the administrator’s dashboard. Apart from other facilities such as publishers

wise, resources wise usage reports. Bulk member’s registration and cancellations facility

enables addition and deletion of names batch wise during admission and course completion

It has saved on the infrastructure investments such as server and other related hardware types

of equipment and maintenance costs related to e-mail servers, internet bandwidth and IP

address and ranges registrations charges.The Management Information System helps in
optimizing budget allocation towards the electronic resources subscriptions i.e. ROI

3. The Context

Contextual
Features

The platform has the ability to provide secured access to scattered e-resources of the
institution bringing them under one umbrella any time anywhere 24/7.

The major advantage is the cost-effective cloud-based service model with both on and off-

campus access. The console-based user management system is available in the admin dash
board. The admin portal is user friendly with features like bandwidth monitoring of the end-

users, prevent robotic downloads and auto-check for system abuse. It is possible to download

user statistics and category wise usage and download reports. This is helpful in monitoring
and analysing the usage of resources. The admin dashboard allows the administrator to easily

send the system-generated e-mail messages such as welcome e-mail, password reset, custom
messages and usage statistics reports etc

In the portal, the library and publishers can display videos, PPT presentations, images,

articles, events, and webinars etc.