1. Library membership shall be open to the following categories,

i) Academic staff at the main campus.

ii) Academic staff at the outside campus.

iii) Non-teaching staff at the main campus.

iv) Post graduate students of this University.

v) Under graduate students of this University.

2. Library Membership may also be made available to other member at the discretion of the librarian/ by the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor/ Dean/ Registrar Plus a cash deposit of 100 rupees which is refundable after the termination of library membership.

All the library members have open access to library documents. This facility is granted to library members to encourage their reading habits and to promote the maximum use of library documents.

Library admission shall be granted to members of the library provided that.

1. Each member shall sign the gate register in token of his acceptance to adhere  to the rules of the library.

2. Each student shall be required to produce the Identity Card or demand.

3. The member should not be under the influence.

4. The member shall be properly dressed.

5. The member shall not carry any belongings except purse, note book and reference cards and the same shall be deposited at the deposit counter against a token. The belongings should be collected while leaving the library. On no account the library staff could be held responsible for the loss/ damage to the property of the member while in temporary custody.

6. Library Assistant at the check counter is empowered to examination every thing that passes into/out of the library.

7. The member should keep silence within the library.

8. The member should not smoke nor spit in the library.

9. The member should not misbehave nor damage the documents or other properties of the library.

10. Library documents taken out for consultation form shelves should not be restored to the shelves ; they should be left on the reading tables in the library.

Any member not observing the above conditions is liable for refusal of admission and in such cases Librarian's decision is final.

Library documents can be borrowed for home use normally during the lending hours as specified by the Librarian from time to time. Books to be loaned for overnight shall be issued half an hour before the closing time and have to be returned within the first hour of the opening of the library on the next day.

The maximum number of books a member can borrow is as follows :

1. Academic staff at the main campus.

i) Professor or equivalent or : 10 books out of which 4 textbooks.

   above the rank

ii) Associate Professor/ Reader / : 6 books out of which 3 textbooks.

Assistant Professor or equivalent

iii) Teaching staff below the rank of : 4 books out of which 2 textbooks.

  Assistant Professor.

iv) Staff below the rank of Assistant : 3 books.

  Professor engaged in Research / extension

  Education activities at the main campus.

2. Academic staff at the outside campus upto : 3 books

The rank of Assistant Professor

3. Non-teaching staff at the main campus : 3 books

i) Assistant Registrar or equivalent or above

   the rank.

ii) Staff below the rank of Assistant : 1 books

Registrar upto Section Assistant or

Equivalent.

4. Post-graduate students : 4 books

5. Under-graduate students : 1 books

6. Other reader : 2 books

1) Text books:

i) Academic staff engaged in teaching               :                   1 semester.

ii) Academic staff not engaged in teaching  :                   Fifteen days.

iii) Student and other reader                         :                   One week.

2) Reference books:

i) Academic / Non-teaching staff                 :                   Fifteen days.

ii) Student and other reader                          :                   One week.

3) Reserved books:

i) Academic / Non-teaching staff / Student   :                   One book for overnight

4) Periodicals and Serials:

i) Academic / Non-teaching staff             :                   Three for overnight

Theses dissertations, books of plates, rare books, out of print, reprints, microfilms, reference books of general nature such as encyclopedia almanac, directories, hand books, reports, pamphlets, technical bulletins shall not be issued for home reading and can be consulted in the library.

Books shall be loaned subject to the following conditions.

1)Borrower should get satisfied that the library documents lent is in sound condition and the pages are neither missing nor torn. In case a library document is found to be damaged and the same has not been reported to the Library.   

  Assistant, the borrower shall be held responsible for such damage (s) and the borrower shall be required to replace it or pay the value thereof  as determined by the Librarian.

2) Library document should not be spiled by underlining or writing with pen, pencil, ink, or by any other means.

3) Library document loaned for the normal period may be renewed for one more loan period on production of the same provided they are not already clained by other readers.

4) Library document is non-transferable, nor shall any member borrow library document (s) on other member's account.

5) Member can borrow library documents only once in a day.

6) Library document which in the opinion of the Librarian are not in good condition shall not be issued for home reading.

7) Library documents to be taken on loan should be presented at the check/deposit counter with the gate pass issued at the Issue Counter for checking.

1. The following charges shall be recovered of or each library document retained more than the period of loan form the borrower.

i) Books : Ten paise per day during the first week of over due. Twenty paise per day for the second week of over due and one rupee per day for successive weeks.

ii) Library documents issued for overnight :

Fifty paise per hour of delay, 

In the above cases if the fine exceeds the value of the document, the rules framed for loss of books shall be applied,

2. The member shall report immediate to the Librarian loss of any library document (s) borrowed form the library. The following charges shall be recovered for the loss of library document (s)

  i) General book : Replacement or the current price plus Rs.5/- as fine.

ii) Text book, multi volumed book and reference book : Replacement or the current price plus Rs. 10/- as fine. The cost of the complete set shall have to be paid alongwith the  fine for the loss of single volume if it is not available separately.

iii) Bound volume of periodicals : Replacement or five times the coast of the volume plus Rs. 10 /- as fine.

3. Damage or mutilation : Replacement or repairs or the cost of  the document plus fine upto Rs. 50/-.

4. Unauthorized  removal of the library documents : Removing library documents without getting them properly issued is serious misdemeanor and Librarian shall have powers to impose fine upto Rs.50/- and / or to suspend library membership for a period upto six months. Cases warranting higher punishment than those prescribed above shall be referred to by the Librarian along with the recommendations to the Library Advisory Committee.