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At Nirma, it is a belief to facilitate production & dissemination of knowledge, information, insights & intellect in all communities. Be it an academic program or a business program, the participants are facilitated with the latest reading resources from all over the world.
The Library at Institute of Management houses more than 27,000 volumes of books (including e-books) and about 7,000 Journals (inclusive of e-journals) which have been selectively chosen for reading and reference. The collection includes resources relevant to teaching, learning, training, research and consultancy needs of the Institute.
The strength of the library collection are it’s electronic resources that include online databases like EBSCO’s Business Source Complete & Academic Search Premier, ABI Inform, Elsevier’s Science Direct: Business Management and Accounting, ProQuest Entrepreneurship, Emerald Management Extra, JSTOR, ISI Emerging Market, OUP e-Bundle, CMIE’s Prowess, Industry Analysis and SAS, Capitaline Plus, NAV and CSS, INDIASTAT.COM. All the databases are IP-authenticated which makes them easily accessible from anywhere on the campus. Moreover wi-fi enabled campus adds to the comfort level of users.
The library functions on a comfortable annual budget of Rs. 75 lakhs and has over the past few years evolved into an excellent b-school library. In fact the 2005 B-school rankings by the leading business magazine – Business World (October 3, 2005) has rated the library No. 4 in the country.
An user-friendly library software called Alice For Windows (AfW) has been adopted at the Library Resource Center so as to make it fully automated. This internationally popular software facilitates automated circulation (issue & return) of the books and speedy access to bibliographies, locations and availability information of the books stocked in the library. A web based catalogue is also available on the internet for inquiring about the books. In addition to this the software facilitates biometric identification of users, provided efficient resource management system and generates useful management information for effective decision making.
Apart from this, the center has also adopted latest information technology mediums like CD, DVD, Multimedia Kits, Bar-Code Scanners, Text as well as Graphic Scanners and biometric readers for the convenience of the participants.
The library portal facilitates access to digital resources like journals, magazines, videos, CDs, etc and also provides all relevant and useful information about the library in addition to linking the Central Library Resource Center of the University.
Services
The Library Resource Center offers the following services :
 Reading Facilities
Reference
Photocopying
Circulation
Video Viewing
Computerized Information Search
Library Orientation Programme
Newspaper Clipping
Current Awareness Services
Selective Dissemination Services
New Arrival List
Must Read
Case Study
Inter-Library Loan
The Library has a Must Read section for MBA students and also established a Book Club called – SUMANTRA for the students of the Institute.
Professional Expertise
The library is also a sought after training ground for library professionals to get exposure in various library technologies. In addition to organising Indian Library Association’s Annual Conference in 2000 and INFLIBNET’s International CALIBER in 2003 and
MANLIBNET [Management Library Network] Annual Convention 2006, the library also organized a training workshop for professionals from the Library of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
