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Library
 
The Institute has a prestigious, well equipped and spacious Central Library. Library is aimed at catering the needs of the Post Graduate Students, Researchers, Public and Private Sector Managers, Professionals and academics.

Central Library has open-access facility for the members. It provides lending, reprographic and bibliographic services to the students, faculty and other scholars. The books in the Library are mainly on specialised subjects on management, Social Welfare, Industrial Safety, Transport, Environment, Energy, Health Services, Economics, Mercantile and Labour Law ,Bio-Informatics, Sports and Intellectual property etc. The Library Subscribes good number of foreign as well as Indian periodicals and journals on general and special subjects. A number of books and journals were received as free copies and gifts from the Central and State Government, Embassies, Chamber of Commerce, etc.

   


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Rules of the Central Library, IISWBM
 
1. Working Hours

The working hours of the central library of the Institute shall be as follows:

Monday to Friday: 9.30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The library will remain closed on Saturdays and Institute Holidays.

2. Membership

The following persons of the Institute are entitled to be members of the Library:

a. Board Members
b. Full-time Faculty
c. Guest Faculty
d. Research Associates / Fellows & Teaching Associates
e. Students
f. Alumni
g. Officers
h. Non-Teaching Staff

Each members will be given an Identity card and Membership cards.

To get enrolled as a member, a person shall fill up and sign the enrolment form. The student shall get it recommended from the respective head of the department or course co-ordinator. In absence of them, Registrar can recommend the student. Non-teaching staff shall get it recommended from the Registrar. For others, either Director’s endorsement or the Registrar’s endorsement will be necessary.

For Guest Faculty and Alumni, membership fee of Rs. 50/- will be payable annually.

3. Lending Service

The members are entitled to borrow books on the scale given below:

 

No. of Books

Maximum period upto which a book can retained

Amount of deposit

Full-time Faculty

15

3 months

Nil

Guest Faculty

02

1 month

Rs. 100/-

Alumni

02

15 days

Rs. 500/-

Research Associates / Fellows & Teaching Assistants

02

1 month

Nil

Officers

02

1 month

Nil

Non-teaching staff

02

1 month

Nil

Students

02

15 days

Nil

Visiting Faculty     15

3 months

 

Nil

4. Condition of Lending

  • Borrowers must satisfy themselves about the physical condition of the books before borrowing. Otherwise they shall be held responsible for any damage or mutilation noticed at the time of returning. At the time of borrowing a book, either for use in the library Reading Room or for use at home, every borrower should examine it carefully and bring immediately to the notice of the Librarian / Assistant Librarian or the in-charge of the issue counter the cases of mutilation, defacement or damage, if any. Otherwise, if these are detected subsequently, the person to whom the book was issued last will be held responsible and he / she shall be liable to compensate the Library in such a way as may determined by the Librarian.
  • For the loss of books, the member shall either replace the same by a new one (latest edition) or pay a price which would be determined by the current market value of the book.
  • An overdue charge of Rs. 5/- per volume per day shall be charged if a book is kept beyond the period of loan. Member, who repeatedly fail to return books on due date, may lose the privilege of membership of the library.
  • Members must show their membership card and Identity card at the gate and at the time of borrowing / returning books. No books would be issued / returned without verifying the Identity card. Membership cards are not transferable.
  • Reference books, rare books and periodical publications, CD-ROM, Video cassettes are meant for reading inside the library only.

5. Loss of Cards

A member, who losses Membership card and / or Identity Card shall inform the issue counter and do the necessary formalities. A duplicate card may be issued on payment of Rs. 50/- for each duplicate card and Identity card. The member shall be required to sign an indemnity bond for the purpose.

6. Library Clearance

  • Members shall produce Clearance Certificate to the respective department at the time of receiving marksheet, refund of library deposit money, etc. Librarian will issue the Clearance Certificate after the member has returned all the books issued and surrendered the Membership cards and Identity card. One week will be taken to issue the Library Clearance Certificate.
  • If a depositor does not claim refund of library deposit money within 2 years from the cessation of his membership of the library, the deposit amount will lapse.
  • Rs. 50/- will be charged to issue duplicate clearance certificate.

7. General

  • Reading Room Facility for Scholars from outside reputed Institute / Universities / Industries may provide for a period not more than 15 days at a time. Outside scholars shall be admitted only be special permit to be issued by the librarian for the purpose. No. lending facility shall be provide to them.
  • At the time of entering the Library all personal belongings, printed materials, personal books, photocopied materials, etc. Shall be left at the property counter at the risk of the owner.
  • Books belongs to the Institute Central Library may be brought into the Library only when these are meant to be returned at the Library Counter.
  • While in the library all persons shall observe basic and elementary principles of library ethics and obey the rules and procedures of the library. Silence is to be maintained strictly. Conversation and sleeping are not allowed in the library.
  • Members must registrar their permanent address at the office of the librarian and notify any change in writing.
  • Signature is necessary at the item of entry and exit in the library.
  • No returning on the issuing date.
  • For using the books as "Counter Copy" and Electronic library, one must submit the Identity Card. Electronic Library is meant only for viewing  CD-Roms.
  • The library rules framed herein above may be altered, amended or new rules may be added, as might be required from time to time.

Collections

Books

Total 49000 books on different subjects are available in the library. Subjects are as follows

General Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Advertising Management, Environment, Energy, Hospital Management, Transport and logistics Management, Economics, Psychology, Travel & Tourism ,Bio-Informatics, Sports and Intellectual property etc

Journals

We subscribe 104 Indian and foreign journals.

CD-ROM

Total 750 CD-ROMs are available in the library out of which some are tutorial CD and some are shareware CD.

Video-Cassettes

Total 96 Video cassettes are available in the central library of IISWBM

Online Databases

The Capital-Line database is available

EBSCO

SAS

Services
 
  • Lending Services
  • Reference Services
  • Bibliographic Services
  • Reprographic Services

Students are eligible to get the facility @ 60 paisa per page after producing their library identity card at the circulation counter. Students can make photocopies of the library books only.