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The Institute's library is one of
the best equipped libraries in the region. Being a research oriented institute,
it provides the required support to the academic and research activities.
It remained open on all working days from 8 am to 2 pm including the Saturdays.
It also remained open during the Sundays and the Gazetted holidays from 10
am to 6 PM. It had added 1729 number of volumes in its fold which includes
641 books received as gifts and 1050 bound volumes of the journals during
the period from 1st April 2004 to 31st March 2005. The library had subscribed
to 219 journals during this period including 119 as online journals. During the last year basic emphasis
had been provided to the conversion of the Video Cassettes to VCD format
because of more durability and user-friendliness (Due to the possibility
of use in the computers and need not to arrange for other accessories such
as VCRs and TVs) for viewing the lectures. The emphasis was also given to
procure maximum number of journals on line. We have been providing on line
access of the periodical to our users 119 (One hundred nineteen) journals
through ip address. We provide some other search engines to our users such
as Sciencedirect and Mathscinet for their precise searches. We have provided the Web Enabled
library catalogue to our users on the Internet with a proper link with our
Institute's site. The library can be termed as completely automated library
system, which includes Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Search modules
etc. This on-line catalogue had increased the opportunities of the use of
our library resources by the neighbouring organisations such as INSDOC,
TIFR etc. through the Document Delivery Services. Normally we provide the
Document Delivery Services on request through post, at a very nominal cost
(postage), but requests had also been honoured through e-mail through pdf/scanned
versions as attachment. We have encouraged the use of the library consultation
facilities by the research scholars from the neighbouring institutes. We have Bar Coded the complete library
collection and the Library Membership Database last year with the implemented
library software LibSys. Now the Circulation (Issue and Return of books)
section has been completely automated and the work is being done with the
help of the hand held scanners to reduce the time and enhance the accuracy.
We are planning to introduce the latest Library Security System with the help of Electro Magnetic Detection Systems through the Tattle Tapes, which will provide the security checks during library working hours. |