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Central Science Library University of Delhi Delhi-110007 |
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LIBRARY PROFILE |
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ABOUT LIBRARY The emergence of Central
Science Library (CSL) dates back to 1981 prior to that, it was a part of
Central Reference Library (CRL), Delhi. However, the need to have a separate
Science Library was shown much earlier by Carl M. White in 1966 who
recommended "that a Science Library be created to serve the departments,
which consist of Faculty of Science and that the collection now maintained by
these departments and related material in the main library be used to form
the nucleus of the new library. A Science Librarian of outstanding ability be
employed to take charge of it and that a new building be erected to house the
library". With the growth of the
University, the membership of Central Library was also increasing
continuously, as a result in due course of time with increasing membership
and their changing information needs, it became inconvenient for Central
Library to serve the users, belonging to the faculty of science effectively.
So CSL was separated from CRL and housed in a separate building to serve
members of science faculty .The three-storied building having a carpet area
of 22,595 sq. feet with a sitting capacity of 185 seats started functioning
independently with effect from 8th April 1981. The administration of CSL is
under the Dean of the faculty of science. |
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Library Building The Central Science Library is
situated in the vicinity of Science Departments viz Anthropology, Botany,
Zoology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Environmental Biology and others. The
three storeyed library building in red stone and
concrete is located in beautiful surroundings of parks, flowers and
ornamental trees amidst various science faculties. It is just opposite to and
very near to Delhi University Computer Centre. Hence it would always
facilitate in its modernization. It has a total carpet area of
22,595 sq feet and it offers a congenial environment for study and research.
The total capacity of the library is about 185 seats with reading halls on 1st
and 2nd floors. The library has been organized as follows:- Ground Floor The ground floor of the library
has the Incharge Room, Issue/Return Counter,
Membership, Internet Access Facility, Public Catalogue, Acquisitions Section,
Processing Section, textbooks collection and the Reference desk. First Floor The first floor of the library
has the Periodicals Section. It has three stack areas and display of new
journals and a reading room where current issues are arranged alphabetically.
Presently the Library is subscribing to 350 journals. The photocopy facility
is also available on this floor. The 1st stack hall contains
journals in Biological and Chemical and Earth Sciences. The 2nd
stack hall contains journals in Physical, Chemical, Mathematical and Natural
Sciences. Second Floor The 3rd stack hall
contains books and journals published before 1970, A/Cs & establishment
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Departments Served By CSL The CSL is
situated in the north campus of the University of Delhi to serve the needs of
12 departments of science faculty. These are as follows
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LIBRARY HOURS/ TIMINGS The
Library functions for nearly twelve hours during most of academic session.
Library hours are subject to change and all changes in timings are notified
on the notice board well in advance. The
Library remains open round the year except Republic Day, Holi,
Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. The Library
Hours are as follows:
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RIGHT OF ENTRY TO THE CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY The
right of admission to the Library is reserved to the bonafide
registered members of the Science Library. The entry to the Library will be
against the Identity Card to be shown at the entrance. A serious view is
taken of the unauthorized entrants and the trespassers. Personal
and private books, brief-case and printed matter other than library books are
not allowed inside the Library. Library does not accept any responsibility
for loss or damage of personal property or/personal effects left on its
premises at the property counter. LIBRARY ORDINANCES / RULES Library
tickets are not transferable, as they are tokens of privilege which only the
member to whom they are issued, is entitled to. Transfer of Library Tickets
is misuse of this privilege and may lead to the withdrawal of membership. Books
should not be kept beyond the due date marked on the date slip,(pasted inside the book) at the time of getting issued. Overdue
Charges. The overdue charges for keeping the books overtime are Rs.1 per day
(EC Res. No. 200 dated 27-08-1996). Members
should keep the Library informed of any change of residential address, change
of College, change of Subject, etc. during the period of their membership. Members
must satisfy themselves about the physical conditions of the books before
borrowing them. They shall be held responsible for any damage,
noticed/reported later on, at the time of returning. Members shall be
required to replace/to deposit the cost alongwith
binding charges) of the books reported lost or found damaged or defaced by
marking etc. Defaulters may be suspended from the use of the Library by the
Librarian Incharge of Central Science Library,
pending the discharge of their liabilities. Atmosphere
of Study. As the University Library is a place of individual study and
research, it is necessary to maintain an atmosphere of quiet and dignity
inside the library. Members are, therefore, reminded that conversation or
consultation among themselves or noisy or demonstrative greetings of friends
inside the library is not permissible. Smoking is also not allowed inside the
library. Mobile phone should be kept on vibrator. |
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LIBRARY COLLECTION The
library has a total collection of about 1 lakh 80
thousands volumes including books and bound journals. Some of the collections
are also available in the form of CDs and floppies purchased as well as
received along with the books. The books for various advanced centers are
purchased and processed in CSL and then sent to them. The library is
subscribing to 300+ foreign and Indian journals. The rare book section is
housed on top floor of the library. OPEN ACCESS COLLECTION The
members have the privilege of direct access to shelves in the stack halls for
general books collection. It is important that the arrangement of books be
maintained on the shelves for the convenience of members themselves. While
books can be freely taken out of the shelves and on no account should they be
reshelved by the members because of the danger of
their misplacement. TEXTBOOK COLLECTION (CLOSE ACCESS) Science
Library Text Books Section contains reading materials covering prescribed
readings, recommended readings allied and relational readings and such other
reading materials as may be considered important for placement along with
such text-related materials. Minimum
one and even more copies as may be considered necessary be
retained in the text-book collection ‘For Consultation only’. Text
Book Section is operated through the page service by the Library Staff and is
not open to access by users. Books
are issued for 3 days from this section. Only the ticket marked No. 1 (Text
Book) shall be used for borrowing books from this section. PERIODICALS DEPARTMENT Periodicals
collection of Central Science Library is housed in the 1st & 2nd floors.
CSL is subscribing to 300+ learned and Scientific periodicals including
abstracting and indexing journals like Sci-Finder
Scholar, Web of Science, Mathematical Reviews, and 28000+ Online Journals
from societies and publishers. Bound
volumes of journals are arranged according to Colon Classification Scheme same
as used for Books. Loose issues are arranged broadly by subject and within
subject alphabetically. ‘Current
list of Subscription’ which is revised annually and a Holding List of
periodicals is available in Science Library and kept at the Counter of Periodicals
Section for locating availability of journals in CSL. The lists are
accessible through CSL website http://csl.du.ac.in. Periodicals
Section through National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India
(NUCSSI) and Developing Library Network (DELNET) helps its clientele in
identifying availability of Journals in other libraries in Delhi and makes
efforts in acquiring a photostat copy through
e-mail attachment. LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP Postgraduate,
M.Phil. and Ph.D. Students, and Faculty members of the
above mentioned discipline and college teachers of the same disciplines are
eligible for the membership of the Library. They have to get their
memberships renewed every year, as all memberships are valid only for one
academic year i.e. from July-June. In no case membership is valid for more
than one academic year. A
schedule for the registration of eligible members is notified to the
concerned University Departments and colleges by the Library in the month of
July every year. Application
for membership is to be made on the prescribed form obtainable from the
membership section of the Library on production of the Identity cards
(Identity Cards not applicable in the case of faculty members). Applicants
are required to obtain a recommendation on the application form from the
Principal of the College or the Head of the Department of the University as
the case may be. NUMBER OF VOLUMES TO BE ISSUED The under mentioned categories of
members shall be entitled to borrow the specified number of volumes from the
library for the period mentioned against each.
A
member will be entitled to library privileges according to only one of the
above mentioned categories. Members
of the categories 1-4 can get last two numbers of the tickets issued to them
validated for use in any other Library Unit of the system if they so desire.
The other library units of the system for this purpose are Arts Library and Ratan Tata Library. LOSS
OF LIBRARY BOOKS/LIBRARY TICKETS Members
are responsible for the books borrowed on their library tickets. Neither the
books nor the tickets be lent to anyone else. Loss
of library books /library tickets is reported immediately in prescribed form
to the Library In-Charge Science Library. Members
shall replace/deposit the cost (along with binding charges) of the books,
lost or returned in a damaged condition. When
a library ticket is lost a duplicate ticket shall be issued on the payment of
Rs.5 per ticket. The member shall however continue to be responsible for any
loss that the library may suffer through the loss/misuse of the lost ticket. NO DUES CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE CLEARANCE FOR MEMBERS Library
tickets are the property of the library. Before taking the university
examination or terminating connection with the college or the university
every member has to return the library tickets and clear all dues, if any,
and a no dues clearance certificate is to be obtained. No
College/institution/department shall issue a discharge certificate to its students/
teachers/non-teaching staff who had been recommended by them for library
membership without obtaining a no-dues/clearance certificate from the Science
Library. CLEARANCE FOR NON MEMBERS The
cases of non-members shall be settled by the College Office/Department Office
locally after the verification of their records whether their membership
forms were recommended by them or not. Science Library shall not issue any
clearance certificate in respect of non-members. This will be followed very
strictly & responsibility will lie with the University Department &
College Office entirely. ORIENTATION FOR NEW USERS In
this programme, new users are acquainted with the library and its various
services. Notices are pasted regarding orientation and availability of
library resources on University website, Central Science Library website and
Helpdesk etc. Computer terminals are also provided for the purpose.
Additional orientation programme can also be arranged on the basis of request
by a group of users. Personal assistance is also available. If the users are
curious to know anything, Central Scinece Library Incharge is always ready to deliver orientation. |
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LIBRARY CATALOGUE To
find out if a book is available and where it is located in the library
consult the Public Catalogue, which is in the card cabinet form and is placed
near the entrance to the stack hall. The catalogue is a key to all the books
available in any collection of the library. The library follows unit card system
i.e. all the cards 5-6 cards for each book have identical information. The
catalogue through its multiple card system endeavors to satisfy
multi-dimensional approaches of the readers to a document. The public catalogue is in five parts 1. Alphabetical Dictionary Part 2. Classified Part 3. Subject Catalogue 4. Advance Centre Catalogue 5. Online Public Access Catalogue
(OPAC) 1. ALPHABETICAL OR DICTIONARY PART In this part the entries are arranged
under the letter of alphabets as in a dictionary. The cards are as in a
dictionary. The cards are made out for authors, translators, editors, series,
pseudonames, fanciful titles etc. To find out a
book whose author, collaborator, name of the series is known,
consult it under the first letter in the alphabetical part of the catalogue.
The card contains a Call Number which indicates the location of the book on
the shelves. 2. CLASSIFIED PART This
is the subject approach catalogue of the books available in the library. The
collection is classified according to the Colon Classification Scheme. The
cards are arranged in the classified order. All the books available in the
library on the subject irrespective of their location will be found listed in
this part. 3. SUBJECT PART The
Key to the classified part is available in the subject part, which is
arranged alphabetically kept in a separate catalogue cabinet. This cabinet is
kept in the no.1 position of all card catalogue cabinets. 4. ADVANCE CENTRE CATALOGUE It
lists the books first in alphabetical order and later in classified order for
Botany, Chemistry, & Physics Advance Centres respectively. 5. ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE Since
1994 CSL has online catalogue of books and it is also available through OPAC.
The access to books could be made through author, title, keywords, subject
descriptors etc. TIPS TO LOCATE BOOKS Care
should be taken to note down the classification number as given on the card
in full. Roman capitals, small letters, numerals and some connecting symbols
are used in constructing the call number. BROAD CLASS NUMBERS For sake of convenience, selected
classification numbers are given below for various science subjects:
To
find out books available in the library on a particular subject, look up the subject part
of the catalogue under the subject term. The subject card will give
directions to look up the classified part of the catalogue under a particular
class number. All the books available in the library on the subject will be
found listed in this part. The classification number given on the first line
(leading section) indicates the location of the book on the shelves. In
addition to subject part, one must seek the help of library staff for
satisfying the subject approach from computer database of books. In
case of any difficulty in consultation or use of the catalogue, members may
seek help from the reference staff/any library staff. LOCATION GUIDE There
are various points and sections where books are kept in the library. To
indicate the location of a book, a sequence symbol is written above the Book
Classification Number. Various sequences and their symbols used are as
follows along with their locations
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY CSL Library
is essentially a service organization to cater to information needs of its
users. CSL acquires the documents, processes and organizes them on the
shelves for purposeful utilization of its resources and provides various
useful services to its users. The various services provide by the library are
given below CIRCULATION It is
one of the most popular services of the library .It is also called lending
service as books are lent or issued to the users by circulation section
according to users entitlement. Library is using a Brown Charging System for
charging and discharging of books. The general books and journals can be
accessed through open access while textbooks are in close access and are
issued for 3 days only. On an average 250 books issued and about 600 books are given for
consultation against I-Card per day. BOOKS RESERVATION When
a particular book required by any user is already issued out, then issue and
return counter staff writes down the name of the user and details of that
book in a register maintained by them (very shortly such reservation will be
undertaken online). When a reserved book is returned back, then if that book
belongs to “only for consultation” category then it is retained
by 1 day for the user who has reserved it. If the book belongs to “Text
Book Section” it is retained till the next day and if the book belongs
to “General Category” then it is retained for 3 days. RENEWAL/REISSUE Any
book may be renewed/reissued on its due date
provided, it is not reserved by any other user or it is in heavy demand. BOOK BORROWING SYSTEM On
each occasion the book is borrowed, a library ticket is to be given at the
Issue Counter and the Identity Card is to be shown. The Library ticket shall
be generally restored to the members, when the book is returned, but the
library ticket may be retained by the library staff, if any problem is
detected at the time of return of the book, to be discharged only when the
case settles. CONDITIONS OF LOAN Reference
books, rare books periodicals (loose issue and bound volumes) and such other
reading materials as marked ‘Not to be Issued’, ‘For
Consultation Only’ shall not be issued out on loan except with the
special permission of the Librarian-In-Charge, Science Library. Books
on loan with members can be recalled by the ‘Librarian In-Charge’
at any time without assigning any reason thereof. INTER LIBRARY LOAN (ILL) No
library is self-sufficient today on account of ever increasing such
information needs of research scholars and ongoing multi disciplinary
research being conducted in the university. So when the required documents
are not available in the collection of respective library, ILL facility is
used to acquire documents from some other library, for the purpose of use and
consultation by its scholars and teachers. Library on receiving written
request from its members, arrange for its ILL by sending requisition to the
particular library. Similarly CSL also lends documents to other libraries on
ILL. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERVICE Such
services provided to Faculty Teachers and Research Scholars selectively on
demand both manually and online from e-journals. DISPLAY OF LATEST BOOKS AND
JOURNALS Display
of books and journals is a regular feature of the CSL, which keeps the users
aware of the latest literature, and the development taking place in their
fields of specialization. Latest issues of journals are being displayed
alphabetically by the titles under broad subjects in the periodicals
department. Books are displayed in the ground floor which is replaced by a new
lot of books on a fortnight basis. CSL also sends some selected journals for
display for 10 to 15 days to South Campus Library. REFERENCE SERVICE CSL
has a provision for reference services. The users who approach the library
with a reference query are provided with the required information or source
of information. For document tracing facility, which is a part of reference,
library maintains a register where users fill the information about the
document to be traced such as a Call Number, name of the author and title
etc. Usually library takes a few hours to trace the document. CSL staff has
lot of information skill both online and manually to provide suitable
reference service to users. PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE CSL
has the provision of photocopying services through commercial photocopying
service available to the users started in the year 1998 when CSL was finding
it difficult to meet the user's demand. The demand of photocopying is very
heavy and during the last financial year approximately 3.5 lakh pages from various journals and books have been
photocopied. The CSL has enrolled with "Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore" for providing photocopy of articles from journals, which are
available there on payment basis. COMPUTERISATION CSL
library has 90 Personal Computers installed, and the computerization process
of the library has completed. The library is using Troodon
software. Prior to Troodon, the CDS/ISIS software
was used in acquisitions and cataloguing section. The CSL is actively engaged
in rendering e-resource availability through http://csl.du.ac.in. INTERNET ACCESS FACILITY
– E-RESOURCE CENTRE The
library is having Internet Access Facility and is available to science stream
clientele only. All Internet services like E-mail, browsing, and downloading
are open to all the science users. In some cases printouts of articles are
also provided. Presently more then 90+ databases and 28000+ online journals
from various publishers are available through IAF. A list of such online
journals is on CSL Website under http://csl.du.ac.in, www.du.ac.in E-mail The
CSL taking advantage of e-mail services in day-to-day services with the users
informing them latest additions and e-alert services. Articles on request are
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CONSULTATION FACILITY External Users The
university being central in character has provision to allow scholars of
other universities to consult library resources Rs.100 per month. As a result
research scholars and teachers from universities like Agra, Indore, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Patna, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Chandigarh,
Jammu, Punjab, Roorkee, Pune etc have consulted the library and a number of
scientists and researchers from IIT, NPL, DESIDOC, INSA etc. Also regularly
visited and consulted the library. Please
look at our website http://csl.du.ac.in for complete details and giv you feedback to serve you better. |
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ENQUIRIES TO WHOM In case of queries and questions regarding
Central Science Library and its services. Please contact:-
Incharge Ph. 91-11-27667911 E-mail: cslducsl@gmail.com
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