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Welcome
to
LIBRARY
Orientation Session!
27 th July, 2016
Know Your Library
Orientation Program
July 2016
Library is the heart of the U i ersity Charles W. Eliot
A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library” Shelby Foote
What a University thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education. Harold Howe
What will be covered
◦ About Library
◦ Vision, Mission & Objectives
◦ Functional Divisions of Library
◦ Membership
◦ Resources – print & digital
◦ Services
◦ Institutional Repository
◦ Institutional Membership
◦ Library Communications
◦ Library Staff
◦ Some do’s & don’ts
◦ Q & A Session
Objective of this Session
- To familiarize you with,
◦ Place & Resources
◦ Organization & Arrangement
◦ Facilities & Access
◦ Use Policies
◦ Services & People
◦ Other related information
- To build partnership in learning & research
- To create awareness as to how Library can assist you, add value & make difference to your learning
About the Library
Serves as Centre place for library & information services
Serves as an innovative partner in teaching, learning and research activities
Responsible for acquisition, processing, organizing & providing access to high quality scholarly information resources both in print & digital form
Contributes (directly & indirectly) to the achievement of Institute’s mission
Vision, Mission & Objectives Vision
To be a premier Learning Resource Centre in S &T, H& SS and allied areas
Mission
To provide access to high quality information resources in all forms to IITGn community & achieve excellence in service
Objectives
To identify, select, collect, create, organize, preserve, manage and provide access to information sources in print, non-print and digital
forms, regardless of their physical location, to support scholarly pursuit, learning, teaching and research in the Institute
Reading Ares
Bound
Volumes
Reference
Sources
Main
Entrance
Staff Area
Digital
Resources
Access
Stack Area
Journal and
Magazines
Photocopy
Facility
Circulation
Desk
Current Location & Floor Arrangements Located in Block 3-Ground Floor
Only one hall (approx.7200 sq.ft. area) Property counter- right side Circulation desk- left side Online Catalogue Access Points Journals & news papers area New books & journals arrival area Reading area Stack area Reference Collection Staff work area Course Reserve Collection AV Collection Photocopier/printer
Operational Divisions of Library
Information Resource Acquisition & Technical Processing (Panna Chaudhary)
Information Resource Access & Users Services (Tapas Kumar Das)
Information Technology Management & Scholarly Communication (Viral Asjola)
Membership
Internal Membership
External Membership
Institute ID card holders
(Faculty, Students, Staff & Project Staff)
Family of IITGN Community (Spouse, Children & Parents)
Alumni Association (Registered Students)
Individual Membership
(Faculty, Research
Scholar)
Corporate Membership
Academic Membership (Educational Institute & Govt. organization)
Reading Materials Borrowing Privileges UG Students
- 6 Books for 15 days+ 2 children books for 15 days PG Students
- 8 Books for 15 days+ 2 children books for 15 days - One loose issue (old) of journal for 5 days
Research Scholars (PhD)
- 12 books for 30 days + 2 children books for 15 days - One loose issue (old) of journal for 5 days
Late fee - Rs. 2.00 per day (First-7 days), Rs. 5.00 for SL Books - Rs. 5.00 per day(8th day and onwards), Rs, 10.00 for SL Bks - If late fee exceeds Rs.250/-, service will be suspended
Opening hours
During Academic Session
Monday – Friday 9:00 am 2:00 am Saturday , Sunday & Holidays
9:00 am 9:00pm
During Vacation
Monday – Sunday and
Holidays 9:00 am 9:00 pm
Transaction (Issue / Return) Hours
During Semester & Vacation Monday – Saturday 9:00 am 8:00 pm • 24 hrs for 2 weeks each during Mid & End Sem. Exams.
• No issue/returns on Sundays and other Holidays
• Library remains closed on Institute holidays
- 26th January : Republic Day - 15th August : Independence Day
- 2nd October : Gandhi Jayanti
- Dussehra: (Vijaydashmi)
- Diwali: (Deepavali)
Resources at Glance ◦ Books – 23694+
◦ Reference Books (R)
◦ Course Readings
◦ Course Reserve Collection (CR) & Short Loan Collection (SL)
◦ Children Books- 931+, Hindi Books 400+
◦ Journals, Magazines and Newspapers - 135+
◦ Theses & Dissertations - 90+
◦ Technical reports – 500+
◦ Digital Resources - CD, DVD, VCDs, etc. – 1300+
◦ Online Resource Collection - 60+
◦ E-journals- 13000 +
◦ Open Access E-Resources
E-Resources
Bibliographic Databases
ACM Computing
Review
Full Text E- Resources : Multidisciplinary
OUP
Full Text E- Resources : Science
Full Text E- Resources : Engg. & Tech
Full Text E- Resources : Hum. & Social Science
Others : Single Individual Titles
Open Access E-Resources (Free)
◦ Video Courses: NPTEL & many others
◦ Journals: Directory of Open Access Journals
◦ Books: DOAB, Google Books, Hathi Trust, HighWire, Project Gutenberg, Digital Library of India
◦ Theses: Shodhganga, NDLTD & many other
◦ Search Engines: Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search Live, JURN, ChemSpider, BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, CORE: Connecting Repositories, OAISTER
◦ Library Catalogue: IndCat, WorldCat, Trove, COPAC etc.
◦ E-Prints: arXiv.org, CogPrints, ChemXSeer, SSRN, RePEc, SocArXiv
◦ Many other scholarly sources
Access Policy for E-Resources Who can access e-resources?
◦ Faculty, students, staff & others directly associated with IITGN
How to access?
◦ IP based access on Campus & Some require login ID & Password
◦ Remote access (off campus access available)
Copyright / License Agreement
◦ Copyright regulations apply same way as printed books & journals
◦ Electronic journals & databases access is based on license agreements with publishers / vendors.
◦ http://www.iitgn.ac.in/sites/default/files/IITGN%20E-Resource%20Use%20Policy.pdf
What's not permitted?
◦ Systematic downloading, sharing with outside users, using any software to download entire database, creating your collection of entire, using it for commercial purpose
IT Infrastructure
Automation in-house operations – Koha- Open Source Software
Good number of computers for accessing library resources
Library Website- Drupal
Digital Repository - DSpace
Subject Resource Guides- SubjectPlus
Wi-Fi facility
High-speed connectivity to Internet- NKN
Photocopier machines
Scanners & Printers
Remote Access (RemoteXS)
E-resource Management System
Services offered…
Circulation Services… ◦ Course Reserve Collection (CR) – no issue
◦ Short Loan Collection (SL) – issued for 3 days
◦ Advance Alerts, Reminders
◦ Late fee
◦ Renewal, Recall, Reservation
◦ Loss of / Damage to reading materials
◦ Vacation Issue & Renewal
◦ Personal Books
◦ Library Books issued to members
◦ Library General Use Policies
Services offered…
Reference & Information Services
Current Awareness/Alert Services
Inter Library Loan
Document Delivery Service
Information Literacy Sessions
◦ Orientation
◦ Special sessions- presentation-cum- demo
◦ Scopus, Mendeley, SciFinder, ChemSpider, IEEEXplore, Turnitin
◦ Focused group sessions
◦ Research Scholars- Civil & Mechanical
Services offered Literature survey & literature search services
Compilation of bibliographies on specific topics
Library memberships- BCL & American Library
Facilitating other library reference
Creating Subject Resource Guides
Managing scholarly publications- Digital Repository
Scholarly communication support
Research funding sources
Building virtual collection- cataloguing internet resources
Developing academic archives
Organization/Arrangement of Resources
• Books: Dewey Decimal Classification System
• Print Journals: Alphabetical order
• CD/DVD/VCD/ACD : By Accession number
- A, C, V series
• Online Resources: Linked on Library website
• Course Reserve: At Circulation Desk by Classification Number
• Short Loan : With other books on the shelf
Class Number
Accession Number
Author Mark
Barcode
CR, SL & R Collection
Course Reserve Books
Short Loan
Books
Reference Books
New Arrivals
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New Arrivals
New Arrivals
How to Access Library Resources
Library follows Open Access System
Personal visits & browsing
Online Catalogue for all holdings in Library
Follow links on Library Website
All Online resources accessible on Intranet ◦ Off campus access using RemoteXS introduced
◦ For only IITGN Community
◦ These are licensed & have certain restrictions
Indian Standards requires ID & PW
Course Reading Materials: CR/SL List on Website ◦ Google Documents/ Excel file
Institutional Repository (Publications)
- A platform for hosting intellectual output (Scholarly content) of
the Institute.
- An online archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating
digital copies of the IITGN publications
-Include publications of Faculty, students, staff and others
associated with the Institute
-Currently, we have metadata and abstract each of our
publication
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Pathfinder (Bibliographies)
List of Books
on
(Available in the Library)
Compiled
By
LIBRARY
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
(List of books available in the Library)
Compiled By
LIBRARY Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Institutional Membership Professional Societies
American Concrete Institute, American Mathematical Society, Euro Graphics, FIB, Indian Academy of Sciences, IABSE, IATUL, NICEE, SIAM
Library Networks & Consortia
◦ E-Shodh Sindhu ( INFLIBNET/MHRD)
◦ DELNET- Developing Library Network
◦ ADINET- Ahmedabad Library Network
Libraries
◦ American Library, Mumbai
◦ British Library, Ahmedabad
Finding right journal to publish- some criteria
Subject area(s) covered by the journal (particularly when the research is cross-discipline)
Types of articles published (original research, review, case study)
Reputation of the journal (editorial, impact factor, size of readership/open access, peer review, quality of accepted articles and authors, indexing level)
Audience of journal
Time to publication
Others: Language, cost & appearance, Copyright restrictions, Fee for publications, Subscription by your library
Sources to check
- Web of Science Sources http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ - JCR - Journal Citation Reports from Thomson's InCites - Scopus Sources http://www.scopus.com/source/browse.url?zone=TopNavBar&origin=searchbasic - Elsevier's SCImago Journal & country rank http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?country=IN - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) http://doaj.org/ - SHERPA/RoMEO - Journals' and Publishers' Open Access Policies
- SHERPA/JULIET - Research funders' open access policies
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/
- Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers (avoid these publisher titles) http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Building partnership & Interaction •Developing collection in your area of research
•Designing new services
•Holding training sessions & workshops
•Helping in getting feedback & improving services
•Increasing use of library resources & services
•Creating subject resource guides in your disciplines
•Integrating library resources in to course
•Teaching Assistantship
•Seek your expertise & assistance & any other way that you can help us
Plans for immediate future Implementing RFID system- self check-out & return
Mobile access to library resources
Web Scale Discovery Services- one point access
Redesigning library website
Introducing e-books collections & e-readers
More sessions on finding, managing & using information
Initiating virtual reference service
Service on social network platforms
Research data a age e t services & a y ore…
Library Communications
Through Institute email
Library Website
Bulletin Boards in the Library
Suggestion Box
Ask A Librarian!
Email us : General: [email protected]
Library Acquisition : [email protected]
Library Circulation: [email protected]
Library Services: [email protected]
Tel: 07069021642
Library Staff
Librarian
Senior Library & Information Assistants (3)
Library Trainees (3)
Library Attendants (3)
Student Assistants- TA, EWYL, Social Work
Summer Research Internship Program
Library Staff T. S. Kumbar
Panna Chaudhary
Viral Asjola
Tapas Kumar Das
Shivani Thakur
Krishnamoorti Chavan
Santosh Kumar
Eshwar Bhai Thakor
Bharat
Zouver
Student Assistants- TA, EWYL, students on social service
We request you to,
Bring ID card when you visit Library
Respect and follow Library Rules and Policies
Co-operate with Library staff
Feel free to seek assistance
Maintain silence in the Library Premises
Participate actively in Library activities
Help keep the Library neat and clean
Alert on misuse of resources
Take care of Library materials
Be prompt in responding to our communications
Provide feedback & suggestions
Suggest new resources
Some Don’ts
Do not take out library materials without getting issued
Do not use mobiles in Library premises
Do not bring Music & other gadgets
No group discussions & group study currently
Do not bring any eatables & drinks
Do not use Library computers/ Network for non-academic purposes
Do not mark, write, scribble, underline in Library reading materials
Avoid using mobiles, playing games & watching movies distracting other user attention
Avoid doing any thing that disturbs other users
To ask hy e eed libraries at all, he there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps/GPS are necessary now that there are so a y roads. -- Jon Bing
Newspapers Received
Gujarati & Hindi Newspapers
Old News Papers & Journals Reading Area
Science & Technology Magazines
General Magazines
Computer & Communication Magazine
Books of the Week
Questions & Clarifications?
Thank You! &
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
ASSISTING YOU
