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1 IIT Bombay - Central Library Best practices Daulat Jotwani Librarian INDEST Workshop and 4 th Annual Meet, IIT Delhi, Dec 2006

2 Our mission Facilitates creation of new knowledge acquisition, organization, dissemination and value addition A proud partner in institute s march towards its vision.

3 Where do we stand? Collection 4 lakh vols Acquires 5000 new books & subscribes to 1400 journals Serves about 8000 members Seating capacity 400 readers Computerized library integrated library management system Bar coded circulation 3M s Electromagnetic surveillance system Web OPAC Access to >10000 e-journals, 450 e-books, 12 databases Reading area Wi-Fi enabled

4 Our strength Director Deputy Director Library Committee Librarian Deputy Librarian (Bound journals, theses, reports & pamphlets) Asst. Librarian (Journals subscription, e-resources) Professionals (1), Admin staff (1), Lib. Attendants (4) Professionals (2), Admin. Staff (1), Lib. Attendants (4) Asst. Librarian (Circulation) Asst. Librarian (Books acquisition) (On lien) Professionals (4), Admin. Staff (1), Lib. Attendants (10) Professionals (2), Admin. Staff (2), Lib. Attendant (1) Asst. Librarian (Technical Processing, Binding) Asst. Librarian (Reference, IT applications) Professionals (2), Admin. Staff (1), Lib. Attendants (1),Binders( 2) Professional (1), Lib. Attendants (2) Library has internship program, offers training to 6 professionals for one year with a stipend of Rs 5000/- per month

5 What s the best? must reflect the values, mission and goals of the institution Accommodates new information & learning technologies and the way information is accessed and used Only centralized location where new and emerging technologies can be combined with traditional knowledge resources

6 What s the best? As an extension of class room, library embodies new pedagogies including collaborative and interactive learning Offers user-focused, service-rich environment supporting contemporary social and educational patterns of learning, teaching and research. Enables acquiring life long information gathering skills

7 What s the best? Internet has isolated people, library as a physical place does the opposite Facilitates distance & continuing education User participation in service creation, evaluation and updating

8 What s the best to rapidly change, flexible organizational structures to make library space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative and driven by community needs. Chief knowledge & learning resource on the campus

9 Best practices Collection building and management User services ITES User empowerment and information literacy General

10 Collection building and management Shared responsibility between users and library Spends Rs 6.50 crores annually Books acquired thru local vendors--bank exchange rates Books grant - departmentwise Quotations for serials (standing orders) and reference books Journals subscribed to directly (40%) and thru vendors (60%) List of current and bound journals available in print / on web

11 Collection building and management UDC for classification and AACR-2 for cataloguing classified bound journals Organizes book exhibition to facilitate selection Conducts sample stock verification every five years and total verification after 2 sample verifications Periodic weeding out of old and unused material Restricted access to the theses and dissertations E-Resources only for IITB community

12 Our knowledge resources Books, theses, CDs,Videos 2,11,458 Book bank 10,791 Bound volumes of journals 1,05,917 Reports, pamphlets, standards 66,461 Photocopies, films 4,410 Total 3,99,037 Print journals 1,391 Electronic journals >10,000 Databases 12

13 User Services Membership & Circulation Book bank Reference & consultation Photocopying Resource sharing

14 Membership Students, research scholars 5511 Faculty 418 Officers, staff 878 Retired faculty 122 Emeritus professors, scientists 35 Alumni 331 Corporates 115 Educational institutions 55

15 Circulation Students UG (up to 3 rd year) 7 books 30 days Students (Others) 9 books for 30 days Faculty, Scientists, Librarian 20 books for a semester Alumni 2 books for 30 days Corporate members 3 books for 14 days Senior Group A officers 10 books for a semester Other Group A officers 7 books for a semester Staff 7,5,2 books for 30 days

16 Book bank comprising mainly of text books to help SC/ST/OBC students who can borrow 5-7 books for a semester also helps students from economically weaker sections of the society who can borrow up to 5 books from this collection at a fixed charge of Rs 51/- only

17 Reference and consultation Library remains open on all days except 3 national holidays (Mon thru Fri) hrs hrs (during exams) Holidays hrs hrs (during examination Library maintains a reading hall open round the clock

18 Photocopying service Free service to the faculty Students and others can obtain photocopies of journal articles or book chapters for their study and research on payment (50 paisa per page) An external outfit offers the service operating on Mezzanine floor of the library Maintains deposit account

19 Resource sharing & partnership Maintains excellent relations with IITs, IISc, TIFR, BARC, TISS and other libraries Our users can visit these libraries for reference & consultation Also procures copies from other sources

20 Services Library issued 71,851 documents to members 5671 books were issued from Book bank 2137 visitors from industry, academic, R&D institutes used the library Library provided 1,05,000 pages photocopies Earned Rs 23,66,907/- through membership etc

21 ITES To facilitate integrated and seamless access to resources and services Automated library Bar coded circulation Library website Web OPAC Electronic books Electronic journals Databases CD-ROM collection In house digitization 1. ETD 2. Eprints Web-based User Education FAQs, Know Your Library Web Forms Bulletin Boards, Discussion Fora and List servs Specialized Subject Portals Broadcast searching

22 IT - Infrastructure 12 servers, 70 PCs and adequate accessories to cater to the needs of the library. 25 PCs are meant for users to access OPAC, databases, e-books and e-journals.

23 Network connectivity Library is a part of the IITB Computer Network built around a Fiber-Optic Gigabit Ethernet Backbone comprising of 5 Routing Switches. Library is connected to the backbone through one of the Switches Institute's backbone is connected to 32 Mbps of Internet Band-Width on leased links from VSNL and Reliance Reading area has recently been Wi-Fi enabled to provide wireless access to Internet.

24 Bar-coded document delivery Library uses barcoded circulation since A tattle tape (magnetic) is also inserted in all documents. users have a barcoded smart identity cards.

25 Security solutions 3M s electromagnetic surveillance system in Single gate lattice book check work station

26 Library web site Networked information space - collections, digital assets, & services. Lists all resources and creates a direct link to the native interface of each. Integrates and provides a single window to all resources and services. >1 million hits during last one year

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37 E-Resources on CD-ROM Chemical Abstracts -12 th & 13 th Collective index CA on CD COMPENDEX ( ) Current Contents on Disc ( ) Dissertation abstracts Index to Scientific & Technical proceedings ( ) Indian Patents INSPEC ( ) Power Diffraction Files CDs received with books mirrored at CDH CD Mirror server,

38 Electronic Theses & Dissertations supports online submission of dissertations and theses ; full-text (over 3900 records) of all masters dissertations from 1999 and doctoral theses from 2000

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44 Electronic Theses & Dissertations bibliographic details & abstracts of doctoral theses since 1965 and masters dissertations since 1999 are available thru our website (etd search)

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48 Installed DSpace to create digital repositories of theses and eprints L

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50 Users empowerment and information literacy programmes Orientation programs. Library tours One-on-one training demonstrations/ presentations Mailing lists/list servs News groups Workshops, seminars Relationship marketing Web-based instructions, FAQs Library brochure

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52 Workshops, seminars Organized workshops : Optimal use of e-resources 2004 ICT for information management 2005 E-Resources and IPR issues 2006

53 Human Resource Development Staff encouraged to contribute and participate in national & international conferences, meetings Training programmes Act as faculty/experts in different library science schools in the country

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