The Institute has a well-stocked and partially computerized library and a very spacious reading hall. It has a total of about 20,000 titles related to social work and social sciences. All the latest books in the realm of social work are added to the library regularly. The Library also maintains paper-clippings in registers on various topics related to social work. It also subscribes to INFLIBNET and more than 85 professional journals, published from India and abroad. The Library also has collection of e-resources, audio and video cassettes on subjects of relevance to the field of Social Work.

Internet facilities are provided to free of cost to the students at the library. The library also has ‘book bank’ facilities, under which a specific number of books are issued to select students exclusively for their use throughout the academic session. The Library has also developed special sections on HIV/AIDS and social work research. The Library is open from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 10.00 a. m. to 2.00 p.m. on Saturday.

VISION

“Provide essential information support on demand and in anticipation to users by managing information resources, providing traditional and computerized moderated access to knowledge and aiding users to identify, locate, obtain and evaluate information.”

OBJECTIVES

❒ Provide high quality library and information services to support curriculum-based programmes, in terms of new programmes/research thrust areas and outside users.

❒ Develop library and information services to provide continuing high-quality support for teaching, learning and research.

❒ Manage and focus resources as per priorities and develop culture of innovation and service improvement.

1. Circulation
2. Cataloguing/Technical Processing
3. Reference
4. Periodicals
5. Acquisition
6. Reprographic
7. Book Bank Section
8. Bound Volume Section
9. Rare books section
10. Open Access Section
11. Newspaper clipping section
12. GFATM - HIV/AIDS Books Section

❒ Circulation Service
❒ Reprographic Service
❒ Internet Service
❒ Reference and Referral Service
❒ OPAC (On Line Public Access Catalogue Service)
❒ Database Search Service
❒ Bibliographic Service
❒ Newspaper Clipping Service
❒ Current Awareness Service/ New Arrivals
❒ Current Contents Service (Online & Offline)
❒ Open Access
❒ Wi-Fi Facility

1. National Digital Library https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
2. SWAYAM Online Courses https://storage.googleapis.com/uniquecourses/online.html
3. National Knowledge Network https://nkn.gov.in/
4. NPTEL https://finptel.ac.in
5. InfoPort https://infoport.inflibnet.ac.in/
6. Talks to Teacher https://www.ted.com/playlists/182/talks_from_inspiring_teachers
7. A-VIEW http://aview.in/
8. Virtual Labs https://www.vlab.co.in/
9. FOSSEE https://fossee.in/
10. Spoken Tutorial https://spoken-tutorial.org/
11. e-Yantra https://portal.e-yantra.org/
12. Oscar++ https:////www.it.iitb.ac.in/oscar
13. E-Kalpa https://icar.org.in/content/e-kalpaoscar
14. NCERT Text Books http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm
15. Directory of Open Access Books https://www.doabooks.org
16. Directory of Open Access Journals https://www.doabooks.org/
17. Open Knowledge Repository — World Bank https://openknowledge.worldbank.org
18. UG/PG MOOCs http://ugcmoocs.inflibnet.ac.in/ugcmoocs/moocs_courses.php
19. e-PG Pathshala https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
20. e-Content courseware in UG subjects http://cec.nic.in/cec
21. SWAYAMPRABHA https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in
22. e-Shodh Sindhu https://ess.inflibnet.ac.in
23. Vidwan https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in
24. SNLTR https://www.nltr.org
25. Oxford Open https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
26. Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/open-access
27. Science Direct Open Access Content https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9781843342038/open-access
28. ILOSTAT https://ilostat.ilo.org
29. Project Euclid https://projecteuclid.org/librarians/lib_oa
30. AidData https://www.aiddata.org
31. Springer Open Journals https://www.springeropen.com/journals
32. Taylor & Francis Open Access https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess
33. Open Access Thesis & Dissertations https://oatd.org
34. Legal Information-commonlii http://www.commonlii.org/in
35. The OAPEN Foundation http://www.oapen.org/home
36. PubMed Central PMC https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
37. Project Gutenberg https://dev.gutenberg.org
38. High Wire https://www.highwirepress.com
39. AGRIS http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/index.do
40. Southern Connecticut StateUniversity https://libguides.southernct.edu/openaccess
41. LibriVox — Audio Books https://librivox.org
42. Wiley Open Access https://authorservices.wiley.com/open-research/open-access/browse- journals.html
43. Training and Courses by Tata Steel http://www.capabilitydevelopment.org
44. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) https://doaj.org
45. Shodhganga-a reservoir of Indian theses https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
46. Legal Information Institute of India http://liiofindia.org

1. World Book Day – 23rd April of every year.
2. Librarian’s Day – 12th August of every year.
3. Wachan Prerna Diwas – 15th October of every Year.
4. Book Week 14 – 21st November of every year.
5. BSW & MSW Orientation Programme in beginning of the session every year.

1. The staff members of library at property counter are authorized to verify and examine everything that goes in or out of the
2. No outside student from any other college is allowed without proper authorization from the respective Principal/Librarian.
3. All the documents to be taken should be presented at the entrance gate for verification and then only he/she would be allowed to take away the
4. General etiquettes are expected from every member of library and clientele; as such Singing, Loud Speaking, Shouting, Spitting, Sleeping, Smoking, talking on mobile, etc are strictly
5. Identity card is compulsory for getting access to the library. If any student is caught with duplicate identity cards for getting access / issuing library books, strict disciplinary action will be initiated as per institute
6. All the users are requested to switch off their mobiles or keep it on vibration
7. The Librarian reserve the right to suspend / cancel the membership of any member found misbehaving with the library staff or for any other indecent/ indiscipline
8. The library will not be responsible for users’ personal belongings /property lost in the
9. When the classes are going on, no students will sit in the

1. Documents borrowed from the Library are not transferable and borrowers are responsible for what they borrow. They must verify the documents in good condition before leaving the
2. The documents from reference section are only meant for reference only and normally are not issued.
3. The book which is lost by the borrower need to be reported and replaced with recent edition of the same and if the book is not available in the market, one has to pay 03 times of the original cost of book along with late
4. A library fine for overdue document be levied per book of Rs. 1/- for first week after due date, additional 2/- per book for next week of due date.
5. Borrower can barrow two books for home issue for seven days and if required, can

Books

Periodicals

Audio – Video aids

1. Special section for Divyanjan
2. Development of Green Library

Librarian's Day Celebration - 12 August 2023