Access volition beryllium provided done a nationalist subscription, coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university halfway nether the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The Union Cabinet connected Monday approved the ‘One Nation One Subscription’ (ONOS) scheme, nether which each centrally-run and state-run higher acquisition institutions volition person entree to reputed journals published by planetary publishers connected a azygous platform.
Access volition beryllium provided done a nationalist subscription, coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university halfway nether the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Currently, determination are 10 abstracted room consortia nether antithetic ministries that supply entree to journals for higher acquisition institutions wrong their administrative remit. In addition, idiosyncratic institutions subscribe to journals separately. However, with ONOS, each authorities higher acquisition institutions, including universities, colleges, and institutions of nationalist importance, volition person unified entree to nationalist and planetary diary publications covering each world disciplines connected 1 platform.
The strategy involves an outlay of ₹6,000 crore for 3 years, until 2027, and volition supply subscriptions to astir 13,000 journals published by 30 planetary publishers. Apart from higher acquisition institutions tally by the Centre and states, probe and improvement institutions nether the Centre volition besides beryllium included, covering astir 6,300 institutions. All 13,000 journals volition beryllium accessible to these institutions nether the scheme.
INFLIBNET volition marque cardinal payments to the 30 publishers, portion institutions tin proceed to usage their ain budgets to subscribe to publishers not covered nether the scheme.
Among the publishers included successful the strategy are Elsevier ScienceDirect, Springer Nature, Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publishing, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and BMJ Journals.
The strategy is expected to supply broader entree to probe journals for institutions that antecedently lacked capable resources. The level is acceptable to go operational connected January 1, 2025.