DIT

Central Library:-

Library is a very important component in the infrastructure of an academic institution. It plays a key role in the overall development of a student of that institution.

DIT management has a long vision and farsightedness for planning and establishing a Library for its students, which is well equipped with the latest technologies of today world and so comparable to all other sophisticated modern Libraries.

The various study resources available in DIT library can be divided into two major groups: Printed material and electronic material; printed material includes books, magazines, journals, project reports of final year students and newspapers whereas electronic material includes floppies, CDs and audio cassettes of books, magazines, soft wares and other study material related to different competitive exams.

About:-

Our Team

Name	Designation	Qualification	Experience
Udya Chandra Shukla	Librarian	M. Phil in Lib. Sc. & M. Sc. in Comp. Sc.	8 years
Kishor Bhatt	Asstt. Librarian	M. Sc., M. Lib.	4 years
Madhav Garirola	Library Assistant	M. Sc., M. Lib.	4 years
Sumeet K. Handa	Library Assistant	M. Com., M. Lib.	3 years
Shivjash Kumar	Library Assistant	M. A., B. Lib., DCA	3 years
Amit Prakesh	Library Assistant	M. Lib., PGDCA	3 years
Sameer S. Negi	Library Assistant	M. Sc., B. Lib	5 years

Working Hour’s & Holiday’s

The library remains open round the clock on all days of the year except on National Holidays.
Circulation Hours
Monday to Saturday 1000 hrs – 1600 hrs

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Library services:-

Book Section of Central Library Facilities

Library of the Institute contains a collection of books, periodicals, e-resources and non-print materials, which have been acquired and prepared for the use of students, faculty and others library members. Library of the institute is one of the most wired and technology structure in the state.

• Books: DIT Central having approximately 30,000 books.
• Magazines and Journals: At present, Central Library subscribing 19 different magazines and around 58 journals as a hard copy of various disciplines and more than 211 online technical journals through INDEST-AICTE consortium.
• Floppies, Audio cassettes and Compact discs: At present, there are around 250 floppies of different books, nearly 3500 CDs of books, magazines, soft wares & other study material.
• Automated circulation of books through ERP (SIM) software.
• Database of more than 30,000 vol. of books access through OPEC search facility.
• Digital Library suite containing more than 270 server based Learning resources, which can be accessed in the digital library
• CD bank section contains a collection of CD-ROMS of books and 270 learning resources.
• Library with a fine collection of reference books which includes dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopedia, handbooks, proceedings, standards, data compilations etc.
• Rich collection of books on Entrepreneurship development cell.
• Book bank facility to students for the entire semester against nominal refundable fee.
• Special book bank facility for students of reserve category under the scheme of TEQIP.
• Photocopy facility provided within the library to the students and library members.

DIGITAL LIBRARY SECTION

Library of the institute has a huge collection of textbooks, reference books, periodicals, reports, standards, dissertations etc. Besides this separate digital library, section exists having 20 computers, connected through LAN with the facility of 24 hours internet service. This section has also the facility to access multimedia-based Learning resources with a comprehensive study of various engineering subjects. Its visual simulation is more convening than words; emphasis has been given on line diagrams, charts, animations, 3D models and video clippings of engineering process. This help to the students in understanding the topic in the most convenient and effective manner.

All are server based Learning resource covers many core subjects taught as per university curriculum for B. Tech and subjects useful for major projects. This software also includes testing skill for learning.

There are 20 PCs available for students in the digital library for accessing the following on-line resources-

24 x 7 hours Internet/ Intranet connected library through WI-FI technology.

Digital Library suite containing more than 178 server based Learning resources, which can be accessed in the digital library.

Subscribing e-journals viz. IEEE, IEE and ASME can be accessed in the digital library.

Supplementing and supporting classroom made up with the help of EDUSAT in the digital library.

Special Feature of Library

Installed 3M Library security system for round-the-clock protection of library materials, media (print and non-print) etc.

INDEST CONSORTIUM

THE Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has set up the “Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science & Technology” (INDEST) consortium and it provides subscription of Electronic resources. Dehradun Institute of Technology (DIT) has joined the AICTE-INDEST consortium for online journals of IEEE/IEE and ASME with the financial support from World Bank “Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme”.

IEEE/IEE online covers:

The IEEE/IEE electronic library (IEL) covers almost one third of the world’s current electrical engineering and computer science literature. The resource covers more than 1082760 documents from over 12000 publications, including 211 journals, transactions, conference proceedings, IEEE standards.

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ASME online covers:

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) covers 19 journals Applied Mechanics review (AMR). This can be simultaneous accessed in un-limited users.

Reference Book Section:

As the name suggests, this section is meant for easy and quick reference. This section contains minimum two books of almost all the titles available in general book section. You are not entitled for getting reference books issued in your name. You may study those reference books inside the library, which are not available for time being in the general book section. This section also contains study material in the form of Compact discs, Audio Cassets, Floppies and final year project reports of your seniors. You are free to refer all this study material within the library.

In special circumstances, these items can be issued to you if requests are sent through proper channel i.e. your request should be strongly recommended and forwarded to chairman library committee by your faculty advisor, faculty coordinator or by your subject teacher.

Xeroxing Facility:

DIT Library provides you this facility for xeroxing certain articles/pages from those magazines, textbooks and journals that are not issued to the students in ordinary case.

You can avail the Xeroxing facility in DIT Library at a reasonable rate of Rs.1/- per copy. From this session onwards, you are required to fill up the requisition slip meant for this purpose indicating the title of book/Author, name of article and page number i.e. from this page to that page. After filling up the requisition slip, you have to deposit it along with the Xerox charges to Asstt. Librarian. After one or two hours you can collect the Xeroxed article from Xerox facility in charge.

Other Facilities:-

1. Online Book Search:

DIT Library is equipped with online search units. Two PCs have been installed inside the Library exclusively for this purpose. By using on line search, you can quickly find out the location and availability of a particular book in the DIT Library.

You can search a book online in many ways by selecting different fields in the SIM Software. You can search a Book:

By it’s Title
By it’s Subject
By it’s Author/Authors
By it’s Publisher
By it’s Accession Number

Online searching procedure is very simple and whole procedure is written and pasted, on the wall just beside the online search units. Still if you face any difficulty in following the on line search procedure, feel free to contact any Library staff member for help.

2. Recommendation/Suggestion of new Books/More copies of existing Title:

Last Session onwards, DIT library is maintaining a Suggestion cum Recommendation Register in the DIT Library in which you can recommend new books and make suggestions for more copies of any particular title in the Library.

DIT management is kind enough for allocating sufficient budget to DIT Library every session for the purpose of procurement of new books or extra copies of existing title for the Library. But all such books/titles will be procured after thorough consultation with the subject Teachers or Faculty coordinators.

Current Periodical Section :-

Periodical Section:
All the newspapers, magazines, journals come under this section. DIT library is subscribing 7 daily newspapers (5 English & 2 Hindi), 1 weekly newspaper, 19 magazines and more than 211 Journals (58 hard copy journals) of various disciplines. These periodicals are available to you for easy reference during all the working hours within the library. In special circumstances, these can be issued to you with prior permission of Chairman-Library Committee, Registrar or Director. But all such requests should be strongly recommended by the subject teacher, faculty advisor or faculty coordinator.
You are also entitled to refer the CDs of different magazines, which in special circumstances can be issued by following the same procedure.