Membership Rules
The under mentioned categories of persons will be eligible to become the members of the library:
- All staff members of the Institute.
- All students of different courses conducted by the Institute.
- Scientific and Technical Libraries within the Union Territory of Delhi.
Number of publications that can be borrowed.
| S.No. |
Category |
No. of Publication |
| 1 |
Faculty (including Research Officers) |
10 |
| 2 |
Other staff members |
5 |
| 3 |
Students of MD and Diploma Courses |
10 |
| 4 |
One year course/Trainees of short term courses |
2 |
| 5 |
Other libraries |
4 |
Period of loan and responsibilities of the borrower:-
- Books can be returned by the members within 15 days from the date of
issue.
- The books issued for Departmental Libraries can be retained for one year from the date of issue.
- If any publication is required urgently by the Library, it will be recalled even before the due date.
- No Publication will issued to any member if there are any outstanding publication/publications against his/her name.
- If the outstanding publications are not returned/renewed, even after three reminders (issued normally within fifteen days from the due date) for return, the publications will be assumed as lost and the cost will be recovered.
- Publications kept as reserved category “For use in Library” can be borrowed on overnight issue system.
Estimation of the cost of publication lost:
The estimation of the cost of the publications lost will be as under:
- The actual cost of the publication as recorded in the library records plus Rs. 10/- handling charges.
- In case of publications where there is no record of the cost, the cost as determined by the Library Committee will charged.
- In case of out of Print/rare publications, the actual cost of making Xerox copy/microfilm will be charged.