1. B.C. Roy Memorial Library Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Orientation Program for 46h PGDM, 16th PGDCM and Fellow Program Students
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2. Welcome
We, the staff members of the library of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, extend a very warm welcome to the students of 46th batch PGDM, 16th batch of PGDCM program and Fellowship program.
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3. Our Location We are surrounded by: - Computer center on our right;
- Forthcoming 4-storied building in the front;
- Lake on the backside;
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4. To know the Library in Details
Today, I will quickly walk you through our library in virtual mode. It is, however, important that you spend some time in the library to know the same in more details.
We will conduct guided library tour, twice on all working days, till July 24, Please sign up for one session and join the tour.
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5. Working Hours Monday—Friday 9:30A.M.—1:00A.M
Weekends/Holiday 10:00A.M.—1:00 AM.
Fully closed th January/15th August &
2nd October
During mid-term/end-term exam, we remain open till 3 AM
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6. Important Contact Contact: Users’ Assistance Desk
Where: 1st floor, behind the book issue/return counter
Whom: Mr. Chanchal Pal
Phone: /418
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7. Your Representative
PGDM/PGDCM students send their representative every year to the Library Committee. Current representative is Ms. Neha Aggarwal
FP students also send their representative to the committee. Current representative is Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty
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8. Library Tour
Till July 24, 2009, we will provide guided tour to our library. It will take place twice everyday. Please sign up for the tour in the register maintained at the Users’ Assistance Desk and report to the Desk, at the appropriate time.
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9. Our Collection Journals Summer project reports Working papers
Books
E- journals and databases
Reference collection (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Yearbook etc.)
Theses
Journals
Summer project reports
Working papers
Audio-visual materials
Govt. Reports
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10. Glimpse into our collection
We have:
1,25,000 books
500 print journals with approximately 60,000 old volumes
More than 40,000 electronic resources
A good number of company reports, summer project reports, working papers from other organizations.
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11. Location of Books & Journals
Books are arranged according to decimal notation. It is easy to track a book in the shelf, if you can locate the same in the catalog. We call that notation class number.
Stack-1 - covering class numbers 000—349
Stack covering class numbers 350—999
Stack Bound journals
Ground floor - Current journals
Please take a library tour to become familiar with this important facility
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12. Your facilities Borrowing books Photocopy facility Computing facility
Reading facility
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13. Borrowing books If you are PGDM/PGDCM student
you can borrow for 5 books from general collection and retain them for 15 days;
you can borrow 1 book from overnight collection between 11PM and 12:30 AM everyday and retain the same till 11:59 AM (maximum 13 hours).
If you are FP student
you can borrow 20 books from general collection and retain the same for 90
days;
you can also borrow one book from overnight section as mentioned above.
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14. Photocopy
You can avail our photocopy service to get copy of required materials;
Photocopy service is available from 12 PM – 8 PM on working days only;
You will be charged 70 paisa per exposure;
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15. Computing facility
We have a number of computers in different locations of the library. Please ask Users’ Assistance Desk to know the locations. The library is also wi-fi enabled and you can connect your laptop to the network.
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16. Reading facility
There are several reading areas inside the library. You have to observe silence in most of the areas. If you want to study in group and discuss with your colleagues, please move to Group Study Area.
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17. Library Portal
Please consult the library portal to know more about the collection, services, and facilities. You can connect to the library portal from the website of the institute.
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18. Institute Website
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19. Library Website Interface
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20. Library Portal
You can also go to the library portal directly using the address
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21. Library Website Link to the Catalog
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22. Library Catalog Interface
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23. Searching the catalog
You will learn more about searching the catalog, let me give you a few examples:
IIM, Calcutta : Online Catalogue
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24. Some Abbreviations Used in the Catalogue
Rqst :On request
In appvl :Sent for Director’s approval
Appvd :Approved by the Director
Order :Order has been placed
Rcvd :Book received
Tech Proc :Book sent to Processing Section
Bindry :Book sent for binding
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25. Our Electronic Collection
We have a large collection of electronic resources. Some of them are databases and rest are journals.
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26. Library Website Link to the Electronic Collection
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27. Searching Electronic Collection
To search any of these resources you should use that link:
Connecting to Electronic resources
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28. Vendors’ Presentations
Many times, vendors of various electronic resources offer presentations/training sessions. We will let you know about such presentations so that you can participate in those sessions.
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29. If you want to receive….
If you want to receive information, regularly from the library, in your personal mail account, I suggest you create a group of ids(something like yahoogroup) and let me know the same so that I can push each notification from the library to your account.
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30. More….
We are issuing temporary library tickets so that you can borrow books now. We will hand over you the regular library tickets shortly. Please take care of that temporary ticket and do not allow anyone else to use your ticket.
Even though we are open for nearly 15 hours, limited service and reading/computing facilities are available after 5:30 PM and on holidays. If you have any query, please contact Users’ Assistance Desk between 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM or use LibraryHelpDesk facility of our web portal.
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31. A few not so good information
There will be penalty for
late return of books and other materials;
loss of library materials;
If found damaging library materials (severe penalty)
To know about penalty, please contact Users’ Assistance Desk.
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32. Our hopes
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33. Questions/Comments?
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34. On behalf of IIMC Library
Thank You
I am
Swati Bhattacharyya
Librarian
On behalf of IIMC Library
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