Offline Services

Offline Services

Lending Service/Issue Return

• Books other than reference books will be issued to members for a period of 7 days only.
• Reference books, rare books, encyclopaedias, handbooks, dictionaries, periodicals, theses, back volumes of periodicals, maps, syllabi, and question papers will not be issued and THEY ARE ONLY FOR REFERENCE.
• Two renewals will be permitted if there are no reservations against these books. For renewal, books have to be presented physically at the library counter.
• Members, before leaving the counter must satisfy themselves as to whether the books, which they intend to borrow, are in good condition and any damage/marking should be immediately reported to the library staff failing which the member to whom the book was issued will be held responsible.
• Books that are in special demand shall be lent for shorter periods as may be necessary and books lent out may be recalled at any time if required
• Absence will not be accepted as an excuse for the delay in the return of books.
• Books should not be returned on the same date.
• Students are advised not to take more than one copy of the same book.
• Members are responsible for books issued against their lost tickets.

Reference Service

• The library provides reference service as a personal service to each reader in helping her/him to find the document, answering the particular query, pinpointedly, exhaustively and expeditiously.
• The reference collection is not to be issued. Reference books, rare books, encyclopaedias, handbooks, dictionaries, periodicals, theses, back volumes of periodicals, maps, syllabi, and question papers will not be issued and THEY ARE ONLY FOR REFERENCE.

Reprography Service

• Reprographic services shall be provided to all the users, who have to enter the Reprography Service Register.
• Charges for photocopy shall be ₹ 2 per exposure for an A-4 size copy.

Open Access

• Those books are not available on the Issue/Return Counter users can search for the books with the help of OPAC by availing of the Open Access facility in the stack room.
• All the categories of members shall be allowed to have open access to the stack room, others may be granted open access in special cases by the Librarian.

Book Bank

• This service is provided to needy students depending upon the availability of the sets of books the priority will be given to the students on a first come first served basis for a period of a semester. To avail of this service, students have to pay 10% sum (non-returnable) of the total amount of book/books loaned.

On Deposit

• After completion of clearance, students can borrow the books for applying to this scheme. The 1.5th of the price of the books is supposed to be submitted for borrowing books and all the deposit is returned to the student after returning the books.

On Deposit for Ex-Students, Civilians and Research Scholars

• The library not only offers its deposit service but also to Ex-Students, Civilians and Research Scholars for that they have to submit 1.5th of the price of the books and all the deposit is returned to the user after returning the books.

Newspaper Clipping

• Clipping of important news is available in the reading room. Users can photocopy the same as per their requirements.

OPAC

• Users can search the OPAC of library automation software SLIM 21 available in the stack room and reading room.

New Arrival

• Photocopies of the Front Page of New Books are made available on the New Arrival Board for 3 days.

Interlibrary Loan

• The MoU is established with the Jijamata Arts College, Darwha for the circulation of books amongst the students, teaching and non-teaching staff of both colleges.

Bound Volume

• The library has a collection of bound volumes of journals subscribed by the library.

Information Display

• In the reading room information regarding the students is placed like new arrival of the books, job opportunities, scholarships etc.

Question Paper Set for Teachers

• After the successful completion of the university examination, the library issues a set of question papers for each subject to the teachers.