Library Services

All categories of members except the short-term users (on special permission) are entitled to borrow books from the Central Library as well as the Departmental Library.

Koha 21.05 Version is utilized in library automation. Databases of books, journals and theses etc. are created and being updated. Those databases are also available in Internet. Facilities for searching Databases and Internet are also available to all users in the different floors of Central Library. OPAC and WebOPAC services are available.

There are five reading rooms in the Central Library of the main campus. The main reading room is on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a reading room for the current journals. For reference books, students are advised to consult the reading room of the Reference Section which is in the second floor. For consulting, the bound volumes of journal, thesis and dissertation, there are separate reading rooms.

Library Services at a Glance

• Issue-Return of books 
• Web Scale Discovery Service (based on EBSCO Discovery Service)
• Web OPAC service
• Access to E-resources (beyond campus via RemoteXs)
• Internet search
• Access to back volumes of print journals and other periodicals
• Access to Theses (Digital Collection in Shodhganga)
• Access to Old & Rare collection
• Institutional Repository (IR@JU based on DSpace software)
• Display of new arrivals
• Current Awareness Service (CAS)
• Document Delivery Service through J-Gate@e-shodhsindu
• Reading Room/Reference Service
• Referral service
• Reprography service