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General Conduct & Motto of the Library GENERAL CONDUCT AND MOTTO OF THE LIBRARY.
LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
RFID Implementation in the Library
Library Hours
OPENING HOURS*
HOLIDAYS*
All Gazetted Holidays and Sunday. (Note: *Subject to change in future)
Points to RememberLIBRARY RULES & REGULATIONS General Rules
General Circulation/Book Lending Rules
Rules for Reference Collection
S.No. | Type of Reference Material | Category of User | Quantity | Duration |
1. | Reference Books | Faculty | 2 | 02 days |
2. | Technical Journals/Magazines | Faculty | 1 | Overnight |
- Material that Cannot be Borrowed
- General Reference Sources, such as Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/ Directories/Maps/Atlases/Digests etc.
- Special Collections, such as rare books, Master Theses and CD-ROM databases.
- Theses/Dissertations/Manuscript/Standards/Patents/Journals/Periodicals are not lent out of the library.
- Reserved Books, Newspapers and Technical reports will not be issued out of the library to anybody.
- Material that can be Renewed/Reserved
- Users can renew the books borrowed by them if the same books are not claimed by any other user. Book can be renewed either by bringing them to the Library Circulation Counter or Online (without bringing back to the library).
- For Students, Books will be reissued/renewed one time only for another term of 15 days if there are no claims.
- Users can get the book(s) reissued on or before the due date by intimating the Library. Overdue books will not be reissued.
- For Faculty and staff members, the renewal facility for the same Accession number is not available.
- Issued book may be recalled anytime before the due date if there is genuine urgent requirement by another member.
- Members can reserve the documents they desire to borrow Online or Offline with the help of Library staff at circulation counter. Intimation about the availability of the document(s) will be given to the members when they are available for issue. The reservation will be strictly on first-come- first-served basis.
- One reader can put maximum 1 claim only.
- Claimed books are kept reserved for the claimant for 02 days from the date of return by previous borrower.
- Over-Due Fine Collection Rules
- The book(s) shall be returned on or before due date otherwise Late fee/fine will be charged from all the borrowers @Rs. 1 per day per book.
- Books Issue facility will be suspended if fine exceeds Rs. 100/- in case of Students and Rs. 200/- in case of faculty and staff.
- Books issued from the Reference Collection (Refer. To 7.1) to Faculty members: Fine @Rs. 5 per day.
- CDs/DVDs issued to Users: Fine @ Rs. 5 per day.
- Loss/damage of Library RFID Card
- Loss/damage/Mutilation of Library Books
- No book(s) in damaged condition will be accepted from the users on return. Mutilated or damaged book(s) will have to be replaced by the borrower.
- The user should check the books thoroughly for missing pages, chapters etc. While getting them issued. Before issuing a document user should bring to the notice of the library staff mutilations if any. The staff shall make an official record of such observations before checking out the document. No complaint will be entertained later on.
- The Lost/mutilated/spoiled book should be brought to the notice of library staff immediately. If a book is lost or mutilated beyond usable condition, then the borrower has to replace the lost/damaged book (s) within a month by a new copy with the same or latest edition of that book along with 10% of the present cost of the book as processing charge with late fine, if any.
- Late fees, if any, will be charged till the loss of book is reported. If the original library book is returned after reporting it lost, the fine will be calculated till the date of its return.
- In case of loss/damage/mutilation of a single volume/copy of a multi-volume set or series, the borrower is liable to replace the whole set with the same or latest Edition in case the single volume/copy of the set or series cannot be purchased.
- if the book is out of print/out of stock and untraceable in the market or cannot be procured online, then the user has to pay the cost of the book as per the details below:
S.No. | Category of Case | Penalty Charges |
1. | If the book is 0-5 years old | 05 times the cost of Book |
2. | If the book is >5-10 years old | 10 times the cost of Book |
3. | If the book is >10 years old or above | 15 times the cost of Book |
- Total Penalty Amount will be calculated as:
- Total Penalty= Cost of Book (as per the case) + Processing Fees (Rs. 100 /- per book) + Overdue Amount (Late Fine).
- Refunding compensation money may not be possible if book lost is found later.
- Replacement by photocopied version will not be accepted.
- If the book is not returned/ replaced within a month then all the library facilities will be withdrawn for the current and next semester and the matter will be reported to competent authority for further action.
- Loss/damage of Other Material of the Library
- Library materials are to be handled with care.
- The theft or misuse of Library resources will be viewed very seriously.
- Each case will be examined to ascertain its genuineness and the matter will be reported to the competent authority for the disciplinary action.
S.NO. | NAME OF RESOURCES | QUANTITY |
1. | Total Books (Printed) | 14026 (with 2500 Titles) Including Text Books/Book Bank/Ref. Book |
2. | Book Bank Collection | 4450+ (with 214+ Titles) |
3. | E-Journals | 6000+ (Subscribed 5 E-Databases) |
4. | Newspapers | 11 (Both Hindi & English) |
5. | Magazines | 21 (Both Hindi & English) |
6. | Cd’s/Dvd’s | 1000+ (CD’s/DVD’s Received With Textbooks & Magazines) |
7. | NPTEL Videos | 6000+ (Approx) |
8. | Thesis (Submitted By Students) | 50 |
S.NO. | NAME OF NEWSPAPER (IN ENGLISH) | PERIODICITY |
1. | Economic Times | Daily |
2. | The Times of India | Daily |
3. | Hindustan Times | Daily |
4. | The Hindu | Daily |
5. | The Tribune | Daily |
6. | Employment Newspaper | Weekly |
7. | Navodaya Times (In Hindi) | Daily |
8. | Jansatta (In Hindi) | Daily |
9. | Hindustan (In Hindi) | Daily |
10. | Dainik Jagran (In Hindi) | Daily |
11. | Punjab Kesari - Delhi Edition (In Hindi) | Daily |
S.NO. | NAME OF THE MAGAZINE | FREQUENCY |
1. | Auto Car (India) | Monthly |
2. | Competion Success Review (English) | Monthly |
3. | Competion Success Review (Hindi) | Monthly |
4. | Competion Wizard | Monthly |
5. | Electronic For You (Plain) | Monthly |
6. | Forbes India | Fortnightly |
7. | Frontline | Fortnightly |
8. | India Today (English) | Weekly |
9. | Open Source For You (With CD) | Monthly |
10. | Outlook (English) | Weekly |
11. | P C Quest | Monthly |
12. | Pratiyogita Darpan (English) | Monthly |
13. | Sports Star | Weekly |
14. | TIME Magazine | Weekly |
15. | The Week (India) | Weekly |
16. | National Geographic Magazine(Indian Edition) | Monthly |
17. | Reader’s Digest | Monthly |
18. | Science Reporter | Monthly |
19. | Yojna (English) | Monthly |
20. | Kurukshetra (English) | Monthly |
21. | Mechanical Engineering (ASME) International | Monthly |
- Subscribed Electronic Databases
S.No | Name of the Database | Link to the E-Database |
1. | Elsevier's Science Direct | http://www.sciencedirect.com/ |
2. | American Physical Society | http://journals.aps.org/ |
3. | Springer Link | http://www.springer.com/in/ |
4. | IEL Online/IEEE | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp |
5. | ACM Digital Library | http://dl.acm.org/ |
6. | J-Gate Platform | http://jgateplus.com/search/ |
7. | DELNET | http://delnet.nic.in/ |
8. | Knimbus E-Library Mobile App | https://www.knimbus.com (Available for Download in Google Playstore) |
Free E-Books
The Central Library provides access to Free Electronic Books with their Titles linked to URL:
Free-ebooks.net (Click here)
[ Click here to see list of E-Books with their titles linked to URL ]
Project Gutenberg (Click here)
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Free E-Newspapers
The Central Library provides access to Free E-Newspapers with All India Editions which are as below:
- The Times Group (e-paper)(Click here)
- Amar Ujala (e-paper)(Click here)
- Hindustan (e-paper)(Click here)
Free NPTEL Lectures LIBRARY SERVICES AND FACILITIES
- Library Membership
- All students, faculty members and staff of the institute are eligible for the membership of the Institute library for using its facilities and services offered for the purpose of their academic, research and administrative work. Use of library facilities and services implies acceptance of its rules and procedures.
- Membership privileges of a user may be suspended/cancelled at the discretion of the Competent Authority/Librarian on account of misbehavior with the Library staff or for indecent manners/unscrupulous act.
- The categories of members and their privileges are as follows:
S.No | Member Categories | Loan Duration | Max. no. of books borrowed at a time |
1. | Faculty/Teaching Staff | 6 months | 10 |
2. | Non Faculty Group A Staff | 1 month | 4 |
3. | Non Faculty Group B/C staff | 1 month | 3 |
4. | Other Staff of the Institute | 1 month | 2 |
- Students/Research Scholars
S.No | Member Categories | Loan Duration | Max. no. of books borrowed at a time |
1. | Ph D | 1 month | 5 |
2. | M Tech* | 15 days | 3 |
3. | B Tech* | 15 days | 3 |
WEBOPAC FACILITY
The users can search and find the bibliographic details of all the collection available in the library from any location through Internet or Knimbus Mobile App.
Click here to WebOPAC (Intranet)
Click here to WebOPAC(Internet)
E-LIBRARY MOBILE APP
The NIT Delhi has partnered with Knimbus to launch 'NIT Delhi eLibrary' which is India's first library mobile application for its students. This 'Mobile App' is available for free on the Google Playstore. This 'Mobile App' updates the users about the current resources of library (Printed and E-Resources) and provides the access to the thousands of E-books, subscribed E-Databases and various other Electronic Resources anytime (i.e. 24x7) from anywhere in the World.
Link to Web Version of Mobile App:
https://www.knimbus.com/user/auth.do
TURNITIN (ANTI-PLAGIARISM SOFTWARE):
Turnitin is the leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention service used by the faculty, students and research scholars at the Institute. Turnitin encourages best practices for using and citing other people’s written material. The service offers a complete web-based service to manage the process of submitting and tracking papers electronically, providing better and faster feedback to students. The NIT Delhi is subscribing ‘Turnitin Anti Plagiarism Software’ for its Researchers, Faculty Members & Students (B.Tech./M.Tech.) with 10 Instructor License and 100 Students ID.
Link to the Turnitin Software:
http://turnitin.com/
FACULTY MEMBERS
Photo | Name | Phone |
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Name:Dr. Gareema Sanaman Email:centrallibrary@nitdelhi.ac.in Designation:Assistant Librarian Qualification:Ph.D Specialization: Home PageSee More |
+91 011 33861060 |
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Name:Ms. Aditi Kandari Email:aditi@nitdelhi.ac.in Designation:Junior Assistant (Library) Qualification:M.LISc Specialization: Home PageSee More |
+91 011 33861061 |
Staff Members"
Name | Designation | Contact Number (Office): | |
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Multi Tasking Staff | pankajrawatnitd@gmail.com | +91 011 33861061 |
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