9 Centr Centr Centr Centr Centr al Libr al Libr al Libr al Libr al Libr ar ar ar ar ary y Know Your Library Indian Institute of Technology Bombay http://www.library.iitb.ac.in http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Librarian Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai-400 076 Tel 91-22-25768920 Fax 91-22-25720227 Email :- [email protected]http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Need Help? Talk to library staff. Library staff can help you find and access what you are looking for Centr Centr Centr Centr Centr al Libr al Libr al Libr al Libr al Libr ar ar ar ar ary y http://www.library.iitb.ac.in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Central LibraryIndian Institute of Technology BombayPowai, Mumbai-400 076Tel 91-22-25768920 Fax 91-22-25720227Email :- [email protected]://www.library.iitb.ac.in
Need Help? Talk to library staff.Library staff can help you find and access what
Know Your LibraryIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
CONTENTS
04Mission
10Major Services
14Digital Library
20Library Rules
22Our Team
24Floor Maps
06Membership
08Circulation
http://www.library.iitb.ac.in
Central Library occupies a place of pride in IIT Bombayand is an essential component of the institutes’outstanding research and education mission. It is a mostlively place on the campus providing a safe, comfortableand friendly environment that enables learning andadvancement of knowledge, and promotes discoveryand scholarship. Mission of the Central Library is tofacilitate creation of new knowledge through acquisition,organization and dissemination of knowledge resourcesand providing for value added services.
Collection
Resources Numbers
Books, theses, CDs & Videos 2,11,458
Book Bank (TLL & BC Collections) 10,791
Bound Volumes of Journals 1,05,917
Reports /Pamphlets / Standards 66,461
Photocopies/Films 4410
Total Collection (December 2006) 3,99,037
Subscription to Print Journals 1391
Location index
Name of the resource, Locationservice, section
Bindery Section BasementBook Acquisition Section BasementBook Bank (TLL & BC Collection) BasementBook Display (recent additions) Ground floorBook Stacks (All disciplines) Ground floorCD ROM Workstations Ground floorCirculation Counter / Section Ground floorClaimed Books and Ground floorBooks processed urgentlyDisplay of New Books Ground floorFaculty Publications Display Ground floorFine Collection Counter Mezzanine floorIndexing and Abstracting First floorJournals (Back Volumes)Issue Counter (for Journals) First floorJournals (Bound volumes) Mezzanine floorJournals Section / First floorCurrent Journals DisplayLibrarian’s Office Mezzanine floorNewspapers and Light First floorReading MaterialOPAC (On line catalogue) Ground floorPamphlet, Standards, Second floorPatents, Reports, Photocopies,Theses and DissertationsPhotocopying Operator (private) Mezzanine floorPhotocopying facility for faculty First floorRare Books (RR) Ground floorReference Section and Ground floorReading HallStudy Room Book Collection Ground floor(behind circulation counter)Technical Processing Section BasementVideo Collection and Ground floorViewing Facilities(Reference Section)
Retired faculty / Faculty and 200.00 Annual —— Reference, consultationofficers Group A (1000.00 Life and borrowing
Officers retired membership fee)from IIT Bombay
MembershipLibrary membership is free to all students, facultyand staff of the IIT Bombay. The membership is alsooffered to IIT Bombay Alumni, Corporate Houses,engineering educational institutions, retired facultyand officers on payment of fees as per details below:
For details, please contact :Asst. Librarian In-charge,Reference Section
Photocopying ServiceThe library provides freephotocopying service to thefaculty of the Institute. Anexternal outfit operating withinthe premises of the libraryoffers the service on paymentto students, staff and otherwalk-in users. The library alsosupplies photocopies ofarticles to individuals andorganizations on payment.A number of organizationsmaintain a deposit accountwith the library for availing theservice quickly.
Resource Sharing The library maintains excellent(Inter-library loan)relations with a number of
institutions and librariesincluding IITs, BARC, NITIE,NCST, IISc, IIG, TIFR, IGIDR,TISS and NICT for exchangeof books, journals, photocopiesand videocassettes for themutual benefit of the users.Members interested inborrowing books or obtainingphotocopies of articles fromother libraries may contactCirculation Counter for details.
Information Alert New arrivalsServices A weekly list of recent addition
other international events, andlist of articles of generalinterest scanned from thecurrent issues of journalsreceived.
Book Bank Special Collection forScheduled Caste and ScheduledTribe StudentsText books from this collectionare issued for a period of onesemester to the studentsbelonging to SC/ST. Eligiblestudents may apply as perthe schedule announced bythe library.
Technology Lending Library(TLL)The textbooks from the TLLsection are loaned out for onesemester to the students whoseparents’ income falls below thetaxable limit. Eligible studentsmay apply as per the scheduleannounced by the library.
Study Room BooksTextbooks recommended by thefaculty for different courses arekept in the study room at thecirculation counter for aspecified period. These bookscan be used in thelibraryagainst Identity Card.A student can also borrow onebook for a night, returnable
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by 1400 hrs the next day. A latefee of Rs. 25.00 per day ischarged for overdue books (Rs.50/-during examination period).
Issue of Books for The library issues books for theVacations entire duration of the vacation
at the end of the each semester.
Users Awareness The library takes an activeProgrammes part in the orientation
programme organized by theinstitute for the benefit of newstudents in the beginning ofacademic year. They are takenaround the library to familiarizethem with various resourcesand services available for them.Training sessions are alsoorganized whenever a newproduct or service is introduced.Users can contact In charge,Reference Service for anyhelp.
Central Library is a part of the institute-wide networkbuilt around a fiber optic Giga-bit ethernet backbonecomprising of five routing switches. The library isconnected to the backbone through one of the routingswitches. Institutes’ backbone in turn is connected to32 mbps of Internet band width on leased links fromVSNL and Reliance. The library has 12 servers, 70 PCsand other accessories adequate to cater to the needsof users. 25 PC are meant for users to access OPAC,databases, e-books, e-journals and other e-resources.The library has been Wi-Fi enabled to provide wirelessaccess to the Internet. Users are welcome to use theirlaptops in the library.
Library Homepage (http://www.library.iitb.ac.in)
It is the singlewindow to theresources andservices of theCentral Library.
You can :
· Search/Browse the material in the library(Search Library Catalogue, OPAC)
· Check the materials that you have borrowedand their due date
· Know the recent arrivals
· Access E-Resources (books, journals, theses,databases and multimedia products)
· Submit your dissertation / thesis (IIT Bombaystudents only)
· Download library membership form, Book
suggestion form, library guide (Know YourLibrary)
· Locate library material (Collection organization).
e-Resources
The Central Library provides web-based access to over450 books, 10,000 full text journals and 10 databases24 x 7 on institute-wide network as per the followingdetails
A collection of about 450 books in Material Science andMechanical Engineering, Electronics and ElectricalEngineering, and Chemical, Petrochemical and Process
Full text Journals (web based)
ABI Inform/ - http://proquest.umi.com/Proquest Science pqweb?RQT=302&cf=1ACM Digital - http://portal.acm.org/Library portal.cfmACS Journals - http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/
Chemical Abstracts – 12th & 13th Collective IndexChemical Abstracts on CD (2003-06)COMPENDEX (1991-2001)Current Contents on Disc (1999-2001)Dissertation AbstractsIndex to Scientific & Technical Proceedings(1990-2000)Indian PatentsIndian StandardsINSPEC (1991-2001)Powder Diffraction FilesVideocassettes 337
CDs received along with books are mirrored on CDHCD-MIRROR server and is accessible on Windowsmachines at http://cdmirror.library.iitb.ac.in/
Users can contact In charge, Reference Section forabove digital and multimedia resources.
Electronic Theses & Dissertations(http://etd.library.iitb.ac.in )Central Library supports electronic submission oftheses and dissertations by the postgraduate anddoctoral students and maintains a full-text database ofover 4000 items submitted since 1999-2000 on a server )
on Intranet. The library has also developed a database(providing bibliographic details and abstract) using opensource software, GSDL of all the Masters Dissertationsand Ph. D. Theses submitted since 1999 and 1965respectively. This database containing over 2000records is accessible through the library homepage.
Institutional Archive(http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/dspace/)Central Library has recently set up an archive ofpublications brought out by the faculty and the institute.The archive, accessible initially on the Intranetfacilitates on line submission of the publications by theirauthors which are permissible within the copyrightregulations. The archive, it is hoped will evolve in to amajor database of all publications produced by the IITBombay community and will be available on the Internetthrough the library homepage.
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DIGITAL LIBRARY
·Entry to the libraryis restricted to thebona fidememberson production of validIdentity Card /Library Card /
Visitor’s Pass at the security check point.
· Visitors with valid passes are allowed only onweekdays from 0930 – 1730 hrs. Faculty, studentsand researchers from Government organizationsare allowed to refer the library againstintroduction letters from their employers.
· Only books from general collection are issued tothe library members.
· The documents like reference books, boundvolumes of journals, loose issue of currentjournals, reports and standards are issued onlyto the Faculty, Scientists and PG / ResearchStudents for different loan periods. Interestedusers can obtain details from the CirculationCounter.
· Theses, dissertations, CDs, video cassettes arenot lent out of the library.
· The books which are already issued, can beclaimed / reserved at the issue counter. One usercan put upto 3 claims that will remain valid for 7days from the date of return.
· The users are not allowed to bring the booksissued to them inside the library unless theyintend to return them.
· The borrowing facility can be withdrawn orrestricted in case of misconduct by any user.
· The readers should check the book thoroughlyfor missing pages, chapters, pictures etc., whileborrowing the book.
· No book in damaged condition will be acceptedfrom the reader.
· Loss of book must be reported immediately.
· The rules for replacement & fine calculation oflost book are available at the Circulation Counter.
· Smoking as well as sleeping is strictly prohibitedin the library premises.