VIVEKANANDA LIBRARY

Maharshi Dayanand University came into existence as an autonomous body in 1976 by an Act of State Legislative Assembly. Though the establishment of this Library coincides with the establishment of Regional Centre of Panjab University Chandigarh in 1966, the year 1989 is a land-mark in its history, as the present library building was officially dedicated to the University community in particular, State in general and the country at large in this year. Vivekananda Library, named after Swami Vivekananda - the illustrious son of the country, has carved a niche for itself in the University firmament. The magnificent library building - a blend of functional structure, elegance and exquisiteness - is centrally located within easy reach from all the Departments/Institutes/Directorates, hostels and residential areas. The building - with a floor area of 84,000 sq. ft. - has the capacity to accommodate more than 4 lakh volumes of books and bound journals in its stack areas, Reading Halls with capacity for 1313 readers including a 24-hour Reading Hall with capacity for 250 readers, 13 Scholars’ Rooms, a Committee Room-cum-Videoconferencing Hall, and so on. The Library has five satellite libraries – Hotel & Tourism Library, IMSAR Library, Law Library, Math Library and UIET Library.

Library Committee - the governing body of the University Library System - formulates library policies for the guidance of the University Librarian. This Committee has Vice-Chancellor as its Chairman and University Librarian as its Member-Secretary. Dean, Academic Affairs, Dean of Colleges, all Deans of Faculties, Heads/Directors of Teaching Departments, and Registrar are its ex officio Members. Two Research Scholars are nominated as its Members by the Vice-Chancellor for two academic years. The organogram of the Library is displayed below.

The University Library has well qualified staff with adequate strength, though many of the sanctioned posts are vacant. The staff position is reflected in the table below: 

Staff Position

Post	Strength	Remarks
University Librarian	01	Filled
Dy. Librarian	01	Vacant
Asstt. Librarian	10	3 filled; 7 vacant
Information Scientist	01	Filled
Professional Asstt. (Maintenance)	1	Vacant
Sr. Library Asstt.	11	11 Filled
Jr. Library Asstt.	04	Filled
Catalogue Typist	01	Filled
Library Attendants	26	5 Filled; 21 vacant
Library Cleaner	06	3 Filled; 3 vacant
Asstt.	02	Filled
Stenographer	01	Filled
Clerk/Typist	08	2 Filled; 6 Vacant
Steno Typist / Jr. Scale Stenographer	01	Vacant
Peon	04	1 Filled; 3 Vacant
Peon-cum-Mali	01	Vacant

Senior library Staff 

Post	Name	Post	Name
Univ. Librarian	Dr. Satish Kumar Malik	Asstt. Librarian	Balvinder Kumar
Asstt. Librarian	Asha Malik	Information Scientist	Sunder Singh Tanwar
Asstt. Librarian	Roop Kishore

Besides, housekeeping, security, maintenance of electrical fittings and public health services of the library has been outsourced.

The University Library possesses a very rich collection of 4,78,823 volumes of books, bound volumes of journals and other reading material, as per details given below, to cater to the informational and scholarly requirements of its patrons.

Total  Resources (As on June 30, 2018)

Category of document	Total
Books	3,67,433
e-Books	25,018
e-Journals	14,529
Periodicals	54,797
Theses	16,972
Video tapes	300
Total	4,78,823

Besides, 366 Indian and 74 Foreign Journals are subscribed in print form for 2017-18. Library provided Online Access to 25,018 e-books purchased from the international publishers; 14,529 e-journals, including 298 Emerald e-journals with content coverage as far back as 1898 (Vol.1 Issue 1), 200 Indian e-journals through the IndianJournals.com portal subscribed by library, complementary access to 37 Sage e-journals, 5,994 e-Journals through e-ShodhSindhu, 7,900+ e-journals through JGate Plus, and 100 Open Access Journals; Shodhganga – an Indian ETD Repository as its members; SCOPUS – an Elsevier database of abstract and citation from 22,800 Science and Social Science Journals and 1,50,000 books published by 5,000 publishers worldwide; Web of Science – having a broad coverage of 20,000+ quality e-journals selected from the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities; Indian Citation Index – a multidisciplinary research platform covering about 1,000 scholarly journals from India; Manupatra – a database of legal documents; four IP based CMIE databases viz., Economic Outlook, Industry Outlook, Prowess and States of India; MLA International Bibliography; DELNET IPC (Pharmaceutical Collection). The Library has taken one step forward to provide access to its users through Remote Access to subscribed contents using Ezproxy – connects library clientele remotely to subscribed electronic resources. Recently, Turnitin & Urkund – similarity check software, are added as a new feather in its cap.

 

Ever since the establishment of this University in 1976, a sum of approx. Rs.2905.85 lakhs has been spent on the development of learning resources. The funds for collection development are owed to Sate Govt., UGC, University’s own coffers and some other funding agencies.

The University is well set to spend a sum of Rs.354.94 lakhs on the addition of new books, subscription of print journals and e-Resources during 2017-18. Five yearly investment in collection development is reflected in the bar chart. 

LIBRARY PATRONS AND THEIR PRIVILEGES.

Membership of this Library is open to University teachers, non-teaching staff and students. The teachers are entitled to borrow 15, research scholars 10, M.Phil. 8, PG students 6, Officers/employees and UG Students 4, and Special Members 2 books each. Serving Teachers of the affiliated aided Colleges, serving scientists of other Universities, retired Teachers/Officers and other employees of Class II rank and above of MDU, aspirant scholars for admission to Ph.D. in MDU duly recommended by HOD/University Librarian, Ph.D. students of other Universities, and Class I Gazetted Officers of the Govt. of Haryana/Govt. of India based at Rohtak can also be enrolled as Members of the Library subject to surety of a serving University employee, refundable Library Security of Rs. 2500/-, and payment of Rs. 250/- as annual Library Fee with the permission of the University Librarian.

Reference Service Reference Service implies the provision of human beings as canvassing agents for the learning resources. It, truly, reveals the positive outcome of the library ethics, and is, in fact, a barometer of library’s reputation amongst its patrons. Reference Desk, headed by a senior library professional, is located on the ground floor at the central place. The Reference Librarian, assisted by other staff guides/helps the library users in the location and selection of documents/ information, in the use of OPAC, and to procure information from other libraries, if the need be. It is here that the fresher are offered orientation programmes to apprise them of the library organization and services.

The Library offers unmatched Reading Facilities. The Reading Halls, with seating capacity for 1063 readers, are located on all the three floors adjacent to the stack areas to maintain proximity of the library users to the books. In addition, there is an exquisitely renovated Reading Facility with seating capacity for 250 readers. It opens round the clock. A separate air conditioned Reading Hall with 85 seats is distinctively reserved for Research Scholars. Internet Facility was set up in 1999 with a few nodes. There are, as of now, 105 Internet nodes and 12 Wi-Fi Access points in the Library. These nodes are located in the separate Internet Lab. This service is offered to the bonafide library patrons free of cost.

Online Catalogue (Online Public Access Catalogue) is the representation of the library’s collection of learning resources. The Catalogue is accessible to the teachers/ students/ others from the PCs with linkage to the Campus Network.

The computerization of entire range of Circulation Functions - use of barcoded University ID-cum-Library Cards for check-out and check-in of reading material, calculation of overdue charges, printing of gate-passes, reservation of books, printing of reminders for outstanding books, checking of a book whether it is checked-out or is available on shelf, if checked-out to whom it is issued and when it is due, blocking of user account, statistical data, and all other circulation-related functions - is in the offing.

As of now, all the library operation (Acquisition of books, subscription of printed and e-journals, cataloguing of learning resources, display of new addition, barcoding of books, circulation of books and other reading material, linkage online Catalogue to the University website etc.) have been automated. Application of RFID technology for self check-out check-in with security gates has been implemented and the CCTV system for library security is in operation.

A hoard of ICT hardware and softwares - 4 servers, 108 PCs, 4 laptops, 7 Information Kiosks, 1 Book Drop with touch screen, 4 scanners, 23 Barcode Readers, 16 UPSs, 32 printers, 12 Network Switches, 20 Head Phones, and 66 Softwares (LINUX, LibSys7, MS-Office-2007, Windows 1998, Windows XP (pre-loaded in PCs), etc. – are available in the library for use by the library users and library staff.

Research and  Planning Division - set up in Oct. 2009 to grapple with and solve the existing library problems, prepare library modernization plans, and implement the same – gave impetus to its following modernization programmes at a cost of Rs. 50 lacs to actuate the dreams its management cherished :

Strengthening of Internet services with the addition of 30 PCs. Computerization of Library Catalogue. Automation of check-out check-in functions. Barcoding of collection. Data entry of entire collection. Replacement of traditional multiple library cards with a single barcoded  Library Card. Automation of Stock Verification. Replacement of paper correspondence with e-correspondence. Creation of Digital Library. Establishment of Multimedia Library.