B.C. Roy Memorial Library
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta
Orientation Program
for
47h PGDM, 17th PGDCM and 2010
Fellow Program Students
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Welcome
We, the staff members of the library of
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta, extend a very warm welcome
to the students of 47th batch PGDM,
17th batch of PGDCM program and
2010 Fellowship program.
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Our Location
We are surrounded by:
- Computer center on our right;
- Forthcoming 4-storied building in
the front;
- Lake on the backside;
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Working Hours
• Monday—Friday
9:30A.M.—1:00A.M
• Weekends/Holiday 10:00A.M.—1:00 AM.
• Fully closed 26th January/15th August &
2nd October
During mid-term/end-term exam, we remain open till
3 AM
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Important Contact
•Contact - Users’ Assistance Desk
•Where - 1st floor, behind the book
issue/return counter
•Whom - Mr. Chanchal Pal
•Phone - 419/418
•Email - chanchal@iimcal.ac.in
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Your Representative
• PGDM/PGDCM students send their representative
every year to the Library Committee. Current
representative is Ms. Lakshmi Menon
lakshmim2011@email.iimcal.ac.in
• FP students also send their representative to the
committee. Current representative is Mr. Sourav
Saha souravs08@iimcal.ac.in
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Guided Library Tour
• Dates – From June 21, 2010 – July 16, 2010;
• Time – 11:30 AM and 4:00 PM;
• Sign up – at Users’ Assistance Desk and report
accordingly
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Our Collection
• Print collection
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• Electronic collection
Books
Reference collection
Journals
Theses
Summer project reports
Working papers
Govt reports
– E-Journals
– E-Books
– Database
• Audio-visual materials
– CDs
– DVDs
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Glimpse into the strength of our
collection
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Printed books Bound journalsPrint journalsE-journalsE-booksDatabasesOther reports Other E-resources CD/DVD -
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1,25,000
45,000
300
450
100
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5,000
40,000
1,400
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Location of Books & Journals
• Books are arranged according to decimal notation. It is easy
to track a book in the shelf, if you can locate the same in
the catalog. We call that notation class number.
Stack-1 -
covering class numbers 000—349
Stack-2
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covering class numbers 350—999
Stack-3
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Bound journals
Ground floor -
Current journals
Please take a library tour to become familiar with this important facility
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Your facilities
Reading facility;
Borrowing facility;
Photocopy facility;
Computing facility;
Access to all electronic resources;
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Reading facility
• There are several reading areas inside the library.
You have to observe silence in most of the areas. If
you want to study in groups or discuss with your
colleagues, please move to Group Study Area (firstfloor reading hall).
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Borrowing facility
• PGDM/PGDCM student • FP student
– General books – 5 books for
15 days
– CD accompanying book – 1
for 15 days
– Overnight books – 1 book for
13 hours (to be issued
between 11PM and 12:30
AM and same to be returned
before 11:59 AM)
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– General books – 20 books
for 90 days
– CD accompanying book – 1
for 15 days
– Overnight books – 1 book for
13 hours (to be issued
between 11PM and 12:30
AM and same to be returned
before 11:59 AM)
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Photocopy
• You can avail our photocopy service against
payment;
• Photocopy service is available from 11AM –
7 PM on working days only;
• You will be charged 70 paisa per exposure;
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Computing facility
• We have a computing facility room which houses
several desktops. Besides, there are few more
computers in different locations of the library.
Please ask Users’ Assistance Desk to know the
locations. The library is also wi-fi enabled.
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Access to electronic resources
• Our electronic resources include
– Online, web-enabled catalog;
– Web-enabled databases;
– Resources hosted on LAN
– E-journals and books – both web-enabled
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An important note on accessing eresources
• Most of our e-resources are hosted on various
websites;
• According to the new security policy of the institute,
only authorized users can have access to the
Internet;
• Your iimcal email-id and password should be used
for authorized access to the Internet;
• This implies that you must get your email acount as
soon as possible.
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Library Portal
• Library portal is the place which you should consult
to know about the library as well as accessing our
electronic resources.
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Institute’s Website
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Library Portal Interface
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Library Portal
• You can also go to the library portal directly using
the address below.
• http://library.iimcal.ac.in
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The catalog
• In addition to help you find if we have a document
in our stock, our catalog will also assist you on the
followings:
– To check the books that are overdue;
– To make a reservation for a book that is currently issued
out;
– To renew books online (once only);
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Please note
• You have to submit your iimcal email id, to us, within a
month. This will help us generate automated reminders
and/or intimations to you. If we do not receive your email id
latest by July 18, 2010, we will block your account
temporarily;
• To submit your iimcal email – please send a mail from your
iimcal account with subject line “updating library account” .
Please write your registration number and full name in the
body of the email. Please send the mail to
librarian@iimcal.ac.in
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Our Electronic Collection
• We have a large collection of electronic resources
– databases, journals and books. When you are
within the campus, you can just click on the title to
connect to any resource;
• When you are away from campus, you can still
access these resources. Please consult “Electronic
resources” on our portal.
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CMIE Help Desk
• We have a Help Desk for all CMIE databases. For
any help required for any of the CMIE databses,
please contact:
Name: Ms. Sampurna Majhi
Location: Next to Users Assistance Desk
Mobile: +919830491248
Email: smajhi@cmie.com
Internal Extension : 129
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If you want to receive….
If you want to receive information, regularly from the
library, in your personal mail account, I suggest
you create a group of email and let me know the
same so that we can push each notification from
the library to your account.
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More….
• Even though we are open for nearly 15 hours, limited
service and reading/computing facilities are available after
5:30 PM and on holidays. If you have any query, please
contact Users’ Assistance Desk between 9:30 AM to 5:30
PM or use LibraryHelpDesk facility of our web portal.
• Please deposit your bags at the security counter while
entering the library. Please allow the security people to
check your belongings, including files etc. while you are
leaving the library.
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Questions/Comments?
Please write to
librarian@iimcal.ac.in
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Thank You
I am
Swati Bhattacharyya
Librarian
On behalf of IIMCAL Library
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