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Membership

Library membership is open to the members of the University community (i.e. teachers, officers, research scholars, students and other employees of the University). Consultation facility is also provided to the teachers and research scholars of other Universities and colleges, on production of proper identity /recommendations from concerned authority.

Working Hours:

Library is open from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM from Monday to Saturday and from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Sundays and holidays except on Republic Day, Holi, Eid-ul-Fitr, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Vijaya Dashami, Diwali and Christmas.

The Central Library provides different types of library services to its users. These may be summarized as:

  1. 1) Reference
  2. 2) OPAC
  3. 3) WEBOPAC
  4. 4) Circulation
  5. 5) Reading
  6. 6) Lending to Departmental Libraries
  7. 7) Photocopying
  8. 8) Consultation
  9. 9) Membership
  10. 10) Book Reservation
  11. 11) Inter Library Loan
  12. 12) Internet facilities
  13. 13) SDI and CAS
  14. 14) Access of e-resources
  15. 15) Print out facilities for downloaded data
  16. 16) Remote Access
  17. 17) Plagiarism Detection
  18. 18) Institutional Repository
  19. 19) IRINS (Indian Research Information Network System)
  20. 20) Shodh-Chakra: A Gateway to Researcher of Resources
  21. 21) VIDWAN: Expert Database and National Researcher Network
  22. 22) Consultancy services of outside Research Scholars and Teachers