BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

About Library  The University Central Library is the heart of any University.  The Bharathidasan University and Library established in February  The library started functioning in the present building from 29th May 1997 with a carpet area of Sq meters.  The building is used to accommodate sections such as Stack, Reference, Circulation, Periodicals, Technical section, Digital Library, Audio Visual Centre and Reprography.

Working Hours  Library Working hours :8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (in all days throughout the year)  Circulation:10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. (in all working days)  Xerox/print: a.m. to 5.00 p.m. ( on week days) :10 a.m. to 4.00p.m. (on Saturday, Sunday and other holidays)

Library Collection

Library Collections  Books :  E-books : 8500  E-Journals :  Reference Books: 7900  Book Bank : 2000  Competitive Exam : 390 Books  Periodicals: 204  Back volumes : 5500  Theses and Dissertation: 4000  CD’s & DVD’s: 1000

Membership  Faculty  Research Scholars  Students  Ministerial and Support staff

Borrowing facility  Each member has issued with an Identity –cum- library membership barcode card  Books are issued for 15 days for students and 30 days for faculty.  The number of borrowing books by members may vary from category to category

Library Services

LIBRARY SERVICES …  Web based on-line public access catalogue  Information alert service  Current awareness service  On-line database services  Inter library loan  Reference service

LIBRARY SERVICES  Referral service  Photocopying service  Document delivery service  Literature search  CD ROM search  Open access to affiliated colleges and Public (Reference)

BOOK BANK  A collection of recent text books are available for circulation to the SC/ST students to meet their examination needs. The books will be issued based on the recommendation of the Head of the Dept for a semester. Students who fail to clear their examination even after two attempts are not eligible for book bank scheme.

UGC INFONET  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has initiated a programme to provide electronic access over the internet, to scholarly literature in all areas of learning, to the University sector in India. The programme is wholly funded by the UGC and administered and monitored by INFLIBNET.  The following E- Resources are available in our library for our community and public to enhance the general studies, teaching and research.

e-Resources  American Chemical Society  American Institute of Physics  American Physical Society  Annual Reviews  Biological Abstracts  Blackwell Publishing  Cambridge University Press  Institute of Physics

e-Resources  ISID  JCCC  Jstor  Oxford University Press  Project Muse  Royal Society of Chemistry  SIAM  Springer Link  Taylor & Francis

University Subscribed online resources  SPRINGER LINK: Subscribed more than 8500 e-books on various subjects Behavioral Science Biomedical and Life Sciences Business and Economics Chemistry and Materials Science Computer Science Earth and Environmental Science Humanities and Social Sciences Mathematics & Statistics and Physics & Astronomy

EBSCO  EBSCO Databases: It covers more than 3000 full text journal articles from various Management subjects. URL:  Sage online journals:

RULES AND REGULATIONS  Readers are required to deposit their personal belongings at the property counter at the entrance of the library.  Membership Identity Cards are not transferable and ID holders would be responsible for the books issued against the ID  Issue of books to the students, research scholars and staff members for 15 days and faculty members for 30 days.  Renewal of books will be allowed once, if that book is not on demand.  The fine will be charged for over due books is Rs.1 per day and after 10 days, Rs.10 will be charged per day.  Underlining, scribing and tearing of pages or any other type of damaging of books/ journals is strictly prohibited.

Cont…  For Loss of book, the book should be replaced, if copy is not available the latest cost of the book with 10% of cost as processing fee to be paid.  Inter Library Loan facilities are available and the charges if any of the lending library is to be bear by the user.  Photocopying and printing, the charges will be collected as 0.75 paise and Rs.1 per page respectively.  Readers are requested not to replace the book / journals after use on the racks.  Strict silence, decorum and cleanliness should be maintained in the library  Using of mobile phone is strictly prohibited.  Prior Permission to be availed for using Laptop to access e-resources  Do not keep valuable things/ important documents in property counter  No outside / personal books are allowed in the library for reading purpose.  The librarian has all rights to recall the issued books if required

FACILITIES  Air-conditioned Reading & Reference section, Periodical and Thesis sections.  Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)  WiFi Environment  E- resource access by 24* 7  Reverse Osmosis water facility

Library Website

Institutional Repository

Scholarly Publications

Bibliographic Description

Full-text Article

WEBOPAC

Status of Books

Document Delivery Service

Chat with Librarian

Funding Agencies

SCIRUS Search Engine for Scientific Information

Library staff members  Staff Head & Librarian – 1 Assistant Librarian - 4 Technical Officer(SG)- 4 Section Officer (SG)- 1 Assistant - 1 Attender (SG)- 3 Gardener- 1 Sweeper - 1 Security - 1

Library Demo

FUTURE PROJECTS  Audio Visual Resource Centre  Language Laboratory  RFID / Smartcard Technology  Online Union Catalogue

SUGGESTIONS  Forms are available in the circulation counter to have valid suggestions for enhancing the quality of library services.  Send mails to

For any Clarifications please feel free to contact Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan, Librarian & Head DLIS, BDU. Id: