WHAT COULD MAKE YOUR LIBRARY WORLD CLASS

WHAT COULD MAKE YOUR LIBRARY WORLD CLASS

Library

Indian Institutions have to take giant strides to make the libraries, the sought-after knowledge center for research.

Only a handful of libraries in elite institutions qualify for the world class categorization. Before according digital status or considering libraries as world class, there are quite a few factors to be kept in mind. When I was stayed at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) as a visiting scholar, I have observed certain things. They are:

Book drop in boxes.

Photocopying and Printing facilities in every floor(self operation with smart cards)

Good number of high-tech computer terminals

Automatic issue and full RFID(Radio Frequency Identification)

A fool-proof unmanned exit gate.

A dedicated floor for Music Library

Individual and presentation rooms

Typewriters

Silent zones and

Appealing furniture

The user-friendly CSUN library in spacious settings, for instance, contains 1.4 million volume collections with three million microforms. The library provides extensive electronic data bases, full text journals and books and services through its web presence. It also contains an automated storage and retrieval system which houses 700,000 volumes. Few of the databases are Lexis Nexis database, Thomson Gale database and Chicano database.

It’s Music and Media wing holds a collection of printed music scores and books and sound recordings on CDs, audio cassettes and laptops. Besides books on music, over 9,400 music tapes and DVDs for faculty or class room use are kept in this area. Listening and viewing facilities are available for a variety of media.

Three new state of the art microfilm and microfiche self-service, digital laser printers are available in the microform room. Viewing carrels are available for individual study, and a group viewing room provides preview and discussion space. Students could also bring their own video tapes, DVDs, audio tapes, CDs or Slides for viewing or listening.

The library has access to over 28,000 electronics full-text journals, magazine or news paper titles from the databases to which the library subscribes.

Photocopying, printing and scanning services are available in all the four floors of the library. This is a boon to researchers. Most visitors utilize a value added debit card. In addition coin operated machines are also available. Color-photocopying, facsimile services, drop-off photocopy services, and color scanning including scanning with paper print scanning to file, transparency page creation, and color printing are available.

The library has three large rooms namely presentation room that has a seating capacity of 200, built-in sound with microphone, a video projector and built-in screen. There is also a conference room with conference tables and a built-in screen. Administration conference room has in addition to the above facilities, a smart board.

Quiz zones are available where in study rooms are built. Group study rooms with white boards are open to the users. Manual typewriters for patron use are located in one floor. Pay phones and ‘campus only’ phones are at the disposal of the users.

DR.S.RAGHAVAN
SENIORMOST FACULTY IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING,
NIT TRICHY

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