LIBRARY SERVICES
Given below are some of the value-added services and facilities being rendered from the highly renovated first floor of the library which offers a congenial environment for study and research:
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
E-Catalogue through which any required book could be accessed either by Author, Title, Subject, Publisher, Year of Publication or any other key word.
Web-OPAC
Web-OPAC facility enables users to get bibliographic details of books on a specific subject and their status (i.e. On Shelf or Issued Out) even outside college premises. Remote access is available through the link Web-OPAC.
Automated Circulation Services
The Automated Circulation Service ensures swift and hassle-free lending and return of books. The system is integrated with the Web-OPAC and allows real-time updates of book status.
E-Resource Centers
There are two E-Resource Centres in the library:
- An E-Resource Centre for Faculty Members comprising 13 PCs and 2 Printers.
- A small E-Resource Centre for Students comprising 6 PCs along with Printing, Scanning, and Xerox facilities.
These centres provide uninterrupted access to:
- Bibliographical and full-text databases via the University’s Intranet and INFLIBNET consortia.
- Over 100 electronic resources from various publishers and aggregators.
- Internet-based reading material.
- CD-based reference and teaching resources.
- Information Literacy Programmes from time to time.
Public Domain E-Resources
Information Literacy Programs
The library regularly organizes Information Literacy Programs including talks, workshops, seminars, and orientation sessions on topics of academic and research relevance. Some recent programs include:
- “Intellectual Property Rights and Avoidance of Plagiarism” on 27th March 2015 by Prof. T. C. James, President, National Intellectual Property Organization, followed by a demonstration of Turnitin software.
- “Measuring and Maximising Research Impact: The Emerging Matrix” on 11th March 2016 by Dr. Tariq Ashraf, Deputy Librarian, DU South Campus Library.
Additionally, the library offers ongoing orientation support to faculty and students on navigating e-resources.