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Foundation of Library and Information Science

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Sections
All the libraries have periodical section, circulation section, reference section, textbook
section and SC/ST book bank.
Acquisition
The majority of the libraries (55.2%) are acquiring books from local distributors/agents.
The majority of the librarians (89.7%) replied that their libraries are procuring periodicals
directly from publishers. The majority of the libraries (51.7%) are fulfilling the norms of
AICTE with regard to the subscription of periodicals.
Classification and Cataloguing
Most of the librarians (93.1%) replied that they are classifying books and their libraries are
using Dewey Decimal Classification scheme for classification of documents. All the
librarians opined that Dewey Decimal Classification scheme is more suitable to classify
the engineering documents. Most of the librarians (96.6%) informed that the books are
catalogued in their libraries, and the majority of them (16 out of 28 librarians) informed
that their libraries are using AACR-II for cataloguing of books. A high percentage of the
librarians (44.8%) informed that their libraries are using computerized catalogue.
Circulation

A high percentage of librarians (41.4%) informed that their libraries are issuing 2 books at
a time to undergraduates for a period of 10 days. The majority of them (60.0 %) informed
that their libraries are issuing 3 books at a time to postgraduates for a period of 10 days.
The majority of them (50.0%) informed that their libraries are issuing 5 books at a time to
research scholars for a period of 15 days. The majority of them (51.7%) informed that their
libraries are issuing 2 books at a time to teaching staff for a period of 7 days. The majority
of them (75.9%) informed that their libraries are issuing 1 periodical at a time to teaching
staff for a period of 7 days. The majority of them (86.2%) informed that the books are lent
on all the working days in a week. The majority of them (89.7%) informed that their
libraries are collecting overdue charges from the users for not returning of books within
the due date.
Services
All the libraries are providing circulation, reference and reprographic services. The majority
of them are providing Internet facility (86.2%), referral service (75.9%) and newspaper
clipping service (68.9%). A high percentage of them (41.4%) are providing document
reservation facility. More than one-third of them (34.5%) are providing Abstracting/
Indexing service. More than one-third of them (34.5%) are offering CAS/SDI service.
User Education Programmes

The majority of the librarians (58.6%) informed that their libraries are conducting user
education programmes.
Physical Facilities

The majority of the librarians (79.3%) replied that their colleges have no separate buildings
for their libraries concerned. All the libraries have display racks, water cooler and
reprographic and electronic equipment, and computers.
Budget
About two-thirds of the engineering college libraries (65.5%) have spent more than 3
lakhs of rupees on books during the academic year 2005-2006. A high percentage of the
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