UGC urges HEIs to disseminate information about parliament library accessibility

In an official notification, the UGC said, "The Parliament Library is one of the finest and richest repositories in the country and has a vast collection of about 1.7 million volumes of books, reports, Government publications, UN Reports, Debates, Gazettes and other documents, including periodicals, newspapers, etc. The Parliament Library is now open to all the citizens of the country."

UGC urges HEIs to disseminate information about parliament library accessibility

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged all the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country to disseminate information about the Parliament Library accessibility and encourage students, research scholars, faculty members, and others to visit the Library and get benefited from its varied and rich resources.

In an official notification, the UGC said, "The Parliament Library is one of the finest and richest repositories in the country and has a vast collection of about 1.7 million volumes of books, reports, Government publications, UN Reports, Debates, Gazettes and other documents, including periodicals, newspapers, etc. The Parliament Library is now open to all the citizens of the country. The visitors portal for online booking is available from August 17, 2022 at the Parliament Library website where visitors/ academicians, students, researchers, etc. can book their slots to use the Parliament Library."

"The searchable catalog of books along with details of the services being offered by the Parliament Library and also a large number of e-resources can be accessed on the Parliament Library
website which has the digitized Constituent Assembly Debates, Parliamentary Debates, Parliamentary Committee Reports, Prime Ministers' speeches, Lok Sabha publications and many other documents from 1854 onwards," the Commission added.

Meanwhile, the UGC has invited applications from students to get funding under the DUO-Sweden 2023 Programme. DUO-Sweden 2022 is open for applications from April 11 until May 22, 2023, Swedish local time. As per a public notice issued by the UGC, the students are invited to apply for the ASEM-DUOI DUO-Sweden 2023, under the DUO-Sweden 2023 Programme.

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