Departmental
Profile
Review of X Plan Implementation and Assessment
Of Requirement of XI
Plan
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1. |
Name of the University |
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2. |
Name of the Department/Library |
CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY
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3. |
Year of Establishment |
1981
(Prior to this it was functioning along with Central Library, DULS) |
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4. |
Date of Visit |
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5. |
No. of students and
Faculty Membership |
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Year |
Teachers |
P.G. |
M.Phil |
Ph.D. |
Total |
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Applied |
Admitted |
Applied |
Admitted |
Applied |
Admitted |
Applied |
Admitted |
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2000-2001 |
-- |
247 |
-- |
630 |
-- |
103 |
-- |
212 |
1192 |
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`2001-2002 |
-- |
224 |
-- |
718 |
-- |
112 |
-- |
197 |
1251 |
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2002-2003 |
-- |
215 |
-- |
824 |
-- |
122 |
-- |
221 |
1382 |
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2003-2004 |
-- |
194 |
-- |
815 |
-- |
108 |
-- |
248 |
1365 |
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2004-2005 |
-- |
192 |
-- |
938 |
-- |
100 |
-- |
268 |
1498 |
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2005-2006 |
-- |
205 |
-- |
1064 |
-- |
130 |
-- |
256 |
1655 |
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2006-2007 |
-- |
250 |
-- |
1129 |
-- |
144 |
-- |
248 |
1761 |
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6. |
When was the syllabus last revised by the
Department |
New
Facility i.e. Internet Access Facility and Creation of Library database was
introduced in 1998 |
7. Non-Teaching
Staff
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S.No. |
Name |
Designation |
Pay Scale |
Qualification |
Nature of duty |
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1.
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Dr. S C Jindal |
Prof. Sr. |
12,000-18,300 |
M.Sc., Ph.D |
Incharge |
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2.
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Mr. U N Mathur |
Prof. Asst. |
10,000-15,200 |
M.Sc., MLISc |
Acquisition |
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3.
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Ms. Suman |
Prof. Asst. |
10,000-15,200 |
M.A., MLISc |
Processing |
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4.
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Ms. Neelyadakshi |
Prof. Asst. |
8,000-13,500 |
M.A., MLISc |
Periodicals |
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5.
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Ms. Parmod Lata |
Prof. Asst. |
5,500-9,000 |
M.A., BLISc |
Circulation |
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6.
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Mr. Shamsher Bahadur |
SPA |
4,500-7,000 |
BA (Shastri), C.Lib. |
Periodicals |
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7.
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Mr. Mannu Ram Yadav |
SPA |
4,500-7,000 |
M.A., BLISc |
Periodicals |
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8.
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Mr. Ram Prasad |
SPA |
4,500-7,000 |
B.A., Clib |
Circulation |
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9.
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Mr. C R Banduni |
SPA |
5,500-9,000 |
M.A., BLISc |
Membership |
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10.
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Mr. Madhusudan Prasad |
SPA |
5,500-9,000 |
BA (Shastri), C.Lib. |
Acquisition |
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11.
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Mr. Ramesh |
LA |
3,050-4,590 |
Matric, CLIb. |
Periodicals |
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12.
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Mr. Noor Mohmad |
LA |
3,050-4,590 |
Matric, CLIb. |
Issue-Return
Counter |
8. Academic
Non Vacation Staff
Dr. S C Jindal, Incharge, CSL
9.
Building:
Total area of the Library In sq. ft.
= 22,595
Total Reading Hall area of the Library In sq. ft. = 6,570
Stack Hall area = 10,265 sq. ft.
10.
Books & Journals :
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No. of
books on the subject in all thirteen departments |
National
Journals subscribed (give names) |
International
Journals subscribed (give names) |
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Central
Science Library |
Deptt.
Library |
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81,300 approximately |
19,000 approximately |
73 |
293 (List enclosed) |
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Bound
Volume of Journals 1,35,000 Approximately
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11.
Equipment
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i) |
Name of
the equipments in the Deptt. Worth Rs. One lakh and above along with the
cost. |
HP Server
3000 IBM
Server – xSeries 205 |
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ii) |
Names of
the equipments purchased in the X Plan worth Rs. One lakh and above. |
NIL |
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iii) |
Percent
utilization of equipments. |
Maximum
utilization Pentium
IV – 43, Pentium III - 4, Laser Printers – 6, InkJet & DeskJet Printers –
4 Scanner –
2, UPS – (Two 5 KVA, One 10 KVA, Two APC) Connected to IAF and Library
database through Local Area Network |
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iv) |
Whether
the equipment is also used by other Deptts./Colleges/other outside agencies.
Give details |
Connected
to IAF and Library database Others
valuable information sources
Encyclopedia
of Analytical Chemistry 15V. SCIFINDER MathSciNet Chemical
Abstracts Physics
Abstracts Mathematical
Review etc. |
12.
Whether all teachers are provided
room/cubical and necessary furniture
N/A
13.
Whether the department is identified
by UGC as (DRS/DSA/CAS), if yes, since when & level.
NA
14.
Whether the department organized any
national/international seminar/symposia/ workshop etc. during X Plan (if yes,
give details)
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1.
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National Seminar on Access
to E-Journals/Databases under auspices og UGC, INFONET, INFLIBNET, 14-15
Dec,2004 200 delegate from Delhi and
Northern India region organised by CSL/DULS |
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2.
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Chemical Abstract
seminar for northern region by CSL/DULS |
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3.
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Orientation programme
and users Interaction meets to acquaint them of e-resources like SCOPUS,
Science Direct, Georef, INSPEC etc. |
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4.
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Co-ordination with
networks and consortiums viz DELNET, NISCAIR, INFLIBNET, INDEST etc. |
15. Whether the department organized any
training programme for industry/community etc. during X Plan (if yes, give
details)
E-Resources
orientation programme for Faculty Members, Research Scholars
16. Whether the department
has undertaken any consultancy work during X Plan (if yes, give details)
N/A
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Whether any research project has
been undertaken in the last five years (if yes, give details).
N/A
18.
Whether the Department received any
grants from various schemes of the UGC (if yes, give details)
Books and Journals
VIII Plan Rs.52 Lakh
IX
Plan Rs.20
Lakh
X Plan Rs.20 Lakh
DSA Geology, Physics, Chemistry Rs. One Lakh Each
SAP Geology Rs. One Lakh
19. Whether any financial
assistance was received from sources other than UGC (if yes, give details)
Resources generated
through Library Development Fund Rs.200/- from each member and charges through
Internet Access Facility. Resources generated;
IAF - 2004-2005 - Rs.30,900/- Rs.6,31,970
(Total since 2001-02)
LDF - 2006-2007 - Rs. 3,04,200/- Rs.17,19,400 (Total since 2001-02)
20. What are the essential
facilities the department needs during XI Plan (please give justification)
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1.
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Infrastructure |
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S.No. |
Particulars |
Amount |
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1. |
Air-conditioning
and furnishing of Reading Halls |
60 Lakh |
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2. |
Acquisition
of CCTV’s, DeHumidisers |
3 Lakh |
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3. |
Cleaning
and Fuming i.e. preservation of documents |
1 Lakh |
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4. |
Additional
Storage space (Building) |
As per
estimate |
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2.
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Equipments |
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1. |
Upgrade Server,
Pentium -I & Pentium -III Computer to Pentium -IV |
Rs.3,00,000 |
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2. |
Server
IBM/HP – Two |
Rs.5,00,000 |
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3. |
Operation
System - Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, Windows |
Rs.2,00,000 |
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4. |
Peripheral
Upgrade |
Rs.2,00,000 |
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5. |
UPS 10
KV, Two |
Rs.8,00,000 |
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6. |
Additional
Client/Server Machines P-IV, Ten |
Rs.7,00,000 |
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7. |
Air Conditioner
for IAF, Furniture |
Rs.5,00,000 |
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8. |
Library
Racks for books and journals |
Rs.5,00,000 |
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Total One Time
Expenditure |
Rs.1,01,00,000 |
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3.
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Staff |
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Internet Access Facility – Presently running
on ad-hoc and contractual staff. Science Library- Managed by Regular and
Contractual Staff. |
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S.No. |
Post |
No. of
Post |
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1. |
Network
Manager (Lecturer Scale) |
One |
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2. |
Network
Operator (Technical Asst. Scale) |
Two |
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3. |
Data
Entry Operator for retroconversion of
old and data entry of current records (JACT Scale) |
Three |
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4. |
Books and Journals |
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Books- Collection of books and journals are
declining sharply due to rising cost of books and foreign exchange rate.
There is annual intake of only 1500-2000 books for 13 departments which is
highly insufficient to meet the user’s needs. |
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Journals- Collection has decline from 903 in 1988-89
to 290 in 2000-2001 Our
requirement during X plan are as follows:- |
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Books |
Rs. 40
Lakh per annum |
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E-Journals,
E-Books Archives (From
Springer-Verlag, Wiley, Elsevier, Royal Society Chemistry, AIP etc. |
Rs. 60
Lakh per annum |
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Total |
Rs. 1 Crore per annum |
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5.
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Others |
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1. |
Filling
of vacant posts One Professional Assistant, One Semi Professional Assistant,
Three Library Officers, Three Attendants, Two JACT Post. |
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21.
Whether the university is using new
teaching methods like, instructional television, instructional radio, computer
aided instruction, programmed teaching, team teaching etc. (give details)
E-resources through DU Network,
CD-ROM Database, PPT Presentation for orientation programme for users. Making
available e-resources 56 in number through subscription & public domain.
22. Any
special contribution of the department.
Setup Internet Access Facility in 1998, which is functioning as centrel of excellence. We are proud of having some excellent collection of journals upto 1988 then it started declining due to increase in cost of journals and lesser allocation. In last plan period UGC-INFONET programme has made available more then 8000 e-journals in all disciplines. Our University was ranked first in accessing maximum hits among all other 300 universities. By INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad.
23. Recommendations
of the Visiting Committee
(a) Strong points of the
department
(b) Improvement required in
the department
(c) Recommendations
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Purpose |
Recommendation |
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Infrastructure
(building, rooms, laboratory etc.) |
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Equipment |
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Staff |
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Books
& Journals |
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Others |
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Total |
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Signature of the Expert
who visited the Department