Membership & borrowing information
Member of the Library
The persons mentioned below are eligible to obtain a membership of the library.
- Internal students who are registered in the university.
- Postgraduate students who are registered in the university.
- Permanent staff members of the Academic staff in the university.
- Temporary staff members of the Academic staff in the university.
- Permanent-Executive officers of the university.
- Non-Academic staff of the permanent services in the university.
Issue of Tickets
Library tickets will be issued to the members after obtaining the membership of the library as follows.
Undergraduate Students
| 1st Year | 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year | |
| Lending | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Reference | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Books | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Postgraduate Students
| Number of Books | |
| Lending | 1 |
| Reference | 1 |
Academic Staff/ Academic Support Staff/ Administrative Staff
| Category | Lending | Reference | Total Books |
| Professor/ Head of the Department/ Senior Lecturer | 10 | 05 | 15 |
| Lecturer | 10 | 05 | 15 |
| Temporary Lecturer/ Temporary Demonstrator/ Academic Support Staff | 02 | 03 | 05 |
| Administrative Staff | 07 | 03 | 10 |
| Non Academic Staff | 02 | – | 02 |
Fines
- Books from the Lending Section – Rs. 5.00 per day
- Books from the reference Section – Rs. 10.00 per day
Organization of the Library Collection
All library resources are orderly accessioned and recorded in the catalog for easy access.
Classification Scheme
All the books except journals are organized on the library shelves by subjects according to the international classification system named “Deway Decimal Classification”. In the 21st edition of DDC every book is given a Class number and Author number which is called a “Call number”.
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The call number helps to find out the information items from the library.
An outline of the classification scheme is displayed in the library. The access points such as Title and name of the Author. Authors, Compilers, Editors, Subject classification numbers, etc. can be used to retrieve the information from the library.
The books in the library are arranged on the shelves according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system.
| Number | Class |
| 000 | General Knowledge |
| 100 | Philosophy |
| 200 | Religion |
| 300 | Social Sciences |
| 400 | Language |
| 500 | Science |
| 600 | Applied Sciences |
| 700 | Fine Art |
| 800 | Literature |
| 900 | Geography & History |
Photocopy & Printing
The private photocopying service point is situated near the main entrance. Photocopying library material for readers. The readers used in this photocopying facility should borrow the relevant items for the main counters and return the same items at stipulated items. The scanning and bookbinding are also provided by them.
