1. From February 2014 to January 2016 (Tentative)
Dec. 10th 2012 at NASSDOC
Kanako Sakai
Processing Div. Library,
Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
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2. Government Information, Government Publications
◦ Primary source for conducting study
Ex. Statistics, Development plans, Official publications
and Gazettes, etc.
◦ Government publications as “Grey Literature”
Difficult to acquire them or to know its situation of
publication and location
◦ Advancement of “e-Government”
Increasing of Online Government Information
Growing Diversity and Complexity of
Distribution System of Government
Information and Its Access Paths
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3. Government Information
◦ Owned, Managed and
Provided by the
Government
◦ Includes Government,
Official and Administrative
Publications etc.
◦ Increasing Online
Information
E-Government
◦ Online Services and
Information on the Web
Provided by the
Government.
Hybrid
Situation
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4. How Do We Deal with This Hybrid and Complex
Situation of Government Information?
How to Guarantee “Long Term Access” to Library Users
◦ Dead Links, Reorganization of Government ministries etc.
How to Provide Library Users
◦ Metadata
◦ Navigation
How to Know Online Only Information
◦ “Fugitive Documents”
Preservation of Online Information
◦ Copy Right Issues
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5. Started in 2005 (Managed by NIC)
URL http://www.india.gov.in/
<Accessibility Statement>
Part of the information in the Portal is also made available through links to
external Web sites. External Web sites are maintained by the respective
departments who are responsible for making these sites accessible.
It just provides
links to web sites
of the ministries
and agencies, but
not responsible to
its accessibilities
of contents.
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6. 2005 National Portal of India
2005 Right to Information Act
2006 National e-Government Plan
2012 Open Government Data India Beta
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7. Government Publications
1. Goswami, P.R. and Kalpana Dasgupta [2005] “Government Publications
and Information Dissemination: Indian Scenario” , in World Library and
Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, August
14th - 18th 2005, Oslo, Norway
Access to the Grey Literature in e-Environment
2. Natarajan, M and Upendra Bhakta [2007] “Information Access and
Management of Grey literature in e-Environment” , in IASLIC (XXVIth) All
India Conference, held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi during 26-29
December 2007.
Government information - Digital
3. Walia, Paramjeet K. [2009] "Access to government information in India in
the digital environment.", in World Library and Information Congress :
75TH IFLA General Conference and Council, 23-27 August 2009, Milan,
Italy
4. Saigan, Hiroyuki [2010] ”National Portal of India – Accessing to
Government Information”（Bulletin of Asian Resources Room vol.8 no.3
pp.2-6）(Written in Japanese)
Early Stage of E-Gov.
Mostly on Printed Ones
Mainly IRs and
Digital Archives
Digital Materials Only
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8. Scope: Central and Major States’ Governments
◦ Both Online and Printed/Packaged
Period: Two Years
◦ From February 2014 to January 2016 (Tentative)
Methods:
◦ Literature Survey
◦ Collecting Materials On-site
◦ Visiting Local Libraries/Archives etc.
◦ Interview
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9. Publication:
Handbook on Indian Government Information
(In Japanese)
◦ User Guide of How to Access Indian Government
Information
Printed / Package (i.e. CD-ROM)
Websites / Databases
◦ Introducing Libraries and Archives which holds
Government Publications
Characteristics of the Collections
Terms of Use
International ILL?
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10. In the Near Future…
◦ Preservation and Accessibility of Online Government
Information will be ensured.
By the Government of India as a Contents Provider?
By Local Librarians and Information Professionals?
However…
In This
◦ Hybrid Situation
◦ Transition Period
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