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About Us

Welcome to Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Library. This Library was started alongwith the establishment of the University in 1923 in order to cater to the academic and research needs of the faculty and students. Since then, the Library has gone from strength to strength to live-up to the expectations of its immediate clientele.
The University started functioning in 1923.The library of this university which was also established in 1923. The University main library is on North Ambazari Road, Nagpur-10 and there is a Campus Library at the New Campus on Amravati Road. In addition several university departments, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Law College of Education, Bar. S.K.Wankhede College of Education, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law have their own libraries.

Main Library

The University Library did not have its own building until 1957 and was housed in most inadequate premises. It was in 1953, as a special feature of the first Five Year Plan, that the University authorities put up a scheme to the University Grant Commission for the development of the Dr V B alias Bhausaheb Kolte Library Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University,Nagpur including the construction of new building estimated to cost Rs. 12,50,000/-. The foundation stone of the building was laid on the 29th March 1954. The building was designed to have two floors with a total floor area of 57,480 sq. ft. and to provide a stacking capacity in 4 tiers to hold 3, 50,000 volumes approximately, and accommodate 250 readers in the general. The work commenced and it took almost three years to complete the construction of the building and the University Library shifted to its new premises in July 1957.

Campus Library

The Campus Library, a branch of the University Library. The building was constructed from U.G.C. fund and inaugurated on 5th December 1978.Prior to this there was a reading room with a sizeable collection attached to the post-graduate teaching departments known as PGTD. On its establishment,the collection of the PGTD has been transferred to the Campus Library. Books for the Campus Library are procured through University Main Library. The Campus Library is building up its collection in tune with the requirements of Post-graduate students, the researchers and the faculty members.

In 1978, the Campus Library, one of the branch Library of Dr V B alias Bhausaheb Kolte Library was opened at Campus area on Amravati Road.The new name is given to the Building of Campus Library that is P.V.Narasimha Rao Granthalaya Bhavan on dated 08th July 2010. A large number of volumes and the Manuscript section of University Library was transferred to this Campus Library. Besides this there are various Departmental libraries and the University Main Library acquires books for both the Campus and Departmental Libraries

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Membership
The membership of the Library is open to members of the University Authorities; Officers; Heads and teachers of the departments; Non-teaching employees of the University; Students and research scholars of the University departments; Postgraduate students of the affiliated colleges; Retired employees of the University; and others engaged in serious reading and research. The Institutional membership is also created. The details of membership as under:

For information about annual subscription and for other details members can contact the Registration Section at the main library.
The duration of membership shall be for one academic year and shall have to be renewed every year. Any change in address during the validity period of membership should be communicated in writing to the Librarian. The Registration of membership is 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. ( on all working days till the end of December each year).

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Borrowing Privileges

All categories of members excepting the Reading Room Users, and Short Term Users are entitled to borrow books as per the prevailing rules of the library. Borrower hold responsibility for the book(s) issued to them. Users have to pay for the lost or damaged books; and over-due charge for the late return of the book(s); duplicate Identity cards; etc. at a rate determined by the Library Committee
Books prescribed for the university examination (text books); Theses and dissertations; Reference books; Books marked as ‘Rare’ or Reserved; Periodical bound vols. Maps; A-V material are not issued for use outside the library.

Library Rules

• Reading Room
  1. Any person desiring to make use of reading room facility may be admitted at the discretion of the Librarian.
  2. The reading room card shall be produced for scrutiny at the time when so requested by the Library staff.
  3. Each member belonging to the category G & H shall have to produce on identity card on demand for verification.
  4. Books and journals requisitioned by the members shall be issued on presentation of a requisition slip duly filled in and handed over to the person In-charge, who shall thereafter procure the same for the member.
  5. A person found mutilating the pages of a book or a periodical or otherwise damaging them shall have to make good the loss and he/ she shall be debarred from the use of the library in future.
     
• Late Fee
  1. A member who fails to return the book/ books issued beyond a date on which it is returnable, shall be required to pay a late fee of Rupee 1 /- per day per book. Subject to a maximum of two times the original cost of the books.
     
     
• Damage of Loss of Books
  1. Every member taking a book out of the library and every Reader within the library shall be responsible for its safe custody and shall return it to the library.
  2. In the event of book being lost or damage, he/ she shall either replace it or pay not less than 3 times cost of the books he/ she shall be required to pay such compensation as Librarian may think proper.
  3. Reader shall not write on the book, damage, tear off pages or make any mark either with pencil or in ink, on any book, manuscript, or map, belonging to the library. He/ she shall not erase any mark or stamp of the library on any book, manuscript or map belonging to the Library. Any reader observing such things done by any person shall bring it to the notice of the Librarian immediately. 
  4. No tracing and no copy of any map or manuscript shall be done without express permission of the Librarian.
  5. In case of a book belonging to a set or series is lost of damage by a member/ reader and a new volume is not separately available, the whole set or series shall have to be replaced by the borrower/ reader.
  6. Before leaving the counter the borrower should immediately point out any mutilations in the book to Library Assistant on duty or otherwise the borrower shall be held responsible for replacement of the book or payment of such compensation as may be fixed by the Librarian.
  7. It shall be the duty of the Library Assistant on duly at the counter to examine each book returned by a member and to check if it is mutilated or damaged and if any, bring it to the notice of the Librarian immediately.
• Penal Rules

Unauthorised removal of books, mutilation, theft, damage; misbehaviour with library staff, abuse of the facilities warrant penal action against such members by the Library Committee. Pending decision of the Library Committee, the Librarian may take one or more of the following actions :

a) Cancellation of membership;
b) Forfeiting library deposit;
c) Recovery of the cost of damage; etc.

Library staff have the right to ask users for evidence of membership.

The Librarian may at any time recall any book before expiry of the period of loan and regulate the issue of any book.

• General Rules
  1. A person entering the library shall record his/ her name, membership number & address in the register maintained for the purpose at the entrance counter.
  2. While entering the library, all personal belongings such as umbrellas, sticks, books, parcels, hate, handbags, purses, attaché cases, flat and file covers, etc. shall be deposited with the Attendant at the entrance counter and a numbered taken obtained in lieu thereof. This facility for depositing personal belonging at the check counter can be enjoyed only for the period the depositor is in the library.
  3. All reasonable care for the safe, custody of the articles will be taken. The administration shall not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss for the same.
  4. If a token issued to a reader/ member for depositing his/ her belonging at the gate counter is lost, he/ she will have to pay Rs. 10/- towards its replacement cost.
  5. The staff member of the Library at the entrance is authorized to examine every thing that passes into or out of the Library.
  6. Taking chewing pan, spitting, eating food, sleeping, smoking or any behaviour to disturb other readers or the discipline of the library is strictly prohibited.
  7. Dogs and other pets shall not be taken in by member or visitors. Vehicles should be kept at the vehicles stand only.
  8. The Librarian shall have the power to suspend the use of the ticket and card of any member or to refuse admission to any one, infringing any rules of the library and/ or to suspend or cancel the use of the Borrower’s ticket and Reading Room card of any member.

  Note : The member are requested to note that all Library Rules could not mentioned here, because, we have already display on our notice board. If any member required the information of our Library Rule, they may be contact to Incharge, Lending Section of Main Library, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur.

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Library Timings

Main Library

• Office Hours : 10.00 to 5.40 p.m. ( on all working days)
• Library Hours : 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. ( on all days excluding holidays)
• Extended Hours : 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.(One month prior to commencement of
  university examinations till last post graduate examination)

Campus Library

• Office Hours : 10.00 a.m. to 5.40 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
                        10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. (Every Saturday)

Loan Counter
The Loan counter will function on working days only as under

Main Library
* The loan counter will be open from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
on all working days.

Campus Library
* The loan counter will be open
from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
( Monday to Friday)

* 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. (Every Saturday)

Sections Of The Library

Main Library
Librarian’s Office, Server Room, Acquisition, Processing, Internet & OPAC, Lending, Theses, Rare Books, Maps, Reading Room, Newspapers, Career Literature, Registration of borrowers, Fee counter, and photocopying.

Campus Library
Server Room, Internet & OPAC, Lending, Reading Room, Reference, Periodical, manuscripts, Newspapers and general magazines, photocopying and AV material.

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Resources

Library Automation

The University Library started automation in 1995-96. the housekeeping activities computerized are : (a) Acquisition of Books & other documents; (b) Cataloguing; (c) Journals Management including Bound Volumes; (d) Circulation of Documents; (e) Data Conversion. The computerized services are as under : (a) OPAC; (On line Public Access Catalogue); (b) Current Awareness Services; (c) Online Databases; (d) Internet/ E-mail.

E-Resources

The V-SAT is existing in the Physics Department. Hence, all V-SAT services under the control of coordinator V-SAT. Those research scholars are interested to know that how many e-resources ( journals ) are freely access through V-SAT, they may obtain the information under website : http:// www.inflibnet.ac.in

Inflibnet/ IUC Facilities

Since incept, the University has been very actively participating in the various programmes/ services of INFLIBNET initiated from time to time. These are as under :

1. Contributing our computerized books database and Current Serials Data to the Union Catalogue build by INFLIBNET Centre every year since 1996.
2. Contributing data to Experts Database built by INFLIBNET Centre
3. Active participation in the various training programmes conducted at INFLIBNET Centre and also at our University.
4. Hosted CALIBER, annual convention of INFLIBNET Centre, at our University 1999
5. Encouraging our library users to access INFLIBNET website and their various Online databases.
6. Since past 2 years, the University has been very actively involved in the UGC_Info Net programme.

Library Collection

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Services

Services Of The Library

The University library is providing following types of services for user of the university registered members.

1. Registration of Members
2. Issues & Return
3. ILL (Inter Library Loan)
4. Access to current issues and back volumes of periodicals
5. Access to Manuscripts and rare books
6. Reference and information service
7. Audio-Video Unit
8. Reading Room facility
9. Document Supply Service (JCCC@Inflibnet Digital library Consortium)
10. Bibliographical Service
11. OPAC (On-Line Public Access Catalogue)
12. Web OPAC (Web based On-Line Public Access Catalogue)
13. CD-Rom Database Service (Online /Offline )
14. Internet & Email Services
15. Exhibition of New arrival of books and journals
16. Daily Newspaper & its Clipping Services
17. Photocopying
18. Library Orientation to Users
     

On-Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
Alongwith the traditional card catalogue a computerized On Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of the Main & Campus Library is operational. Work on converting the catalogue of the collections of departmental libraries is in progress.

The OPAC allows search by author, title, subject and title keywords, as well as through several other access points.

E-Mail and Fax
E-mail facility is available both at the Main and Campus Library Panasonic-Plain Paper Fax has been installed at the Main Library for providing the facility to users.

Inter Library Loan Facilities

1. Books and other publications which are not available in the Library may be procured by the Librarian on loan from other libraries or Institutions for the benefit of the members of the library. The packing and postal charges for getting such publications on loan and return them to the respective libraries shall be borne by the member concerned. When the book is returned by post it shall be returned under registered cover at the risk of the borrower and he/ she shall be responsible for any damage to the book cause during transit.

   Provided, that in case of Research Scholars and Teachers working in the Department of the University, the postal charges incurred in getting and returning the book/ books on Inter Library Loan facility, be borne by the University Library, if the Guide or the head of the department concerned as the case may be, certifies the same.

    

2. All such book/ books received on inter- library- loan basis shall be read in the Reading Room and shall not be issued for use outside the library.
   

Reservation of Books
A book which is lent out to a member may be reserved for borrowing by another member or filling of a self addressed stamped reservation card at the counter. The card shall be dispatch to said member when the book is received. Such a book shall be kept reserve for him for a period of 3 days only and shall be issued strictly according to priority a demand to the members.

A-V Unit
Two TV sets and VCRs alongwith 189 educational video cassettes on diverse subjects selected from UGC’s Country-wide Class Room and IGNOU’s programs were acquired by the library. Users may contact the Incharge, Campus Library Lending & Reference Section for use.

Manuscripts Collection
The manuscript section of the University was set up on the 14th April 1945 and later on it was attached to the University Library. The manuscript Library is very rich in its collection and rarity. At present the total number of manuscripts stands at 14313.

Career Literature
Realising the need for marketing our products, the University Library is paying special attention in building-up career literature and guides for various competitive examinations. Digests and competitive periodicals are also being added display at university main library for the benefit of users.

Monthly Book Display
Since 5 September, 1995 (i.e. the Teachers’ Day) The University Library has started the ‘Monthly Book Display’ of new additions to the University Library and Departmental Libraries from 3rd to 11th of every month at the Campus Library

Other Information
Catalogue : Dictionary ( in a alphabetical sequence )
Classification Scheme : Dewey Decimal
                                 : OPAC Database

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UGC-INFONET Digital Library Cosnortium

• http://www.pubs.acs.org
• http://www.aip.org
• http://www.aps.org
• http://arjournals.annualreviews.org
• http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
• http://journals.cambridge.org
• http://epw.in
• http://www.sciencedirect.com
• http://www.emeraldinsight.com
• http://www.iop.org/EJ
• http://isid.org.in
• http://www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in
• http://www.jstor.org
• http://www.ams.org/mathscinet
• http://www.nature.com
• http://www.oxfordjournals.org
• http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/default.htm
• http://projecteuclid.org
• http://muse.jhu.edu/journals
• http://www.rsc.org
• http://epubs.siam.org
• http://www.springerlink.com
• http://www.informaworld.com
• http://apps.isiknowledge.com
   

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Contact Us
Librarian : (0712) 2524903
Main Library : (0712) 2525939
Fax : (0712) 2520420
Campus Library : (0712) 2500430
                             (0712) 2500323
E mail : kishorbkale@yahoo.co.in

Note : Readers can ask any queries on above mail.

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