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HISTORY |
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The
history of IISER Mohali Library started along with history the institute
in 2007 to meet the academic and research information needs of the user
community. It provides a conducive environment for intellectual enquiry by
providing user-focused services to obtain and evaluate scholarly information
and knowledge. The library was started in single medium sized hall with
around 500 books on 13th Aug 2007 at Institute transit campus,
MGSIPA building in Sector26, Chandigarh. On 1st May 2011, it was
shifted to transit Building located in Institutes own campus Sector 81,
Mohali . Finally the library has taken its own (present) place in Informatics
Centre from 1st January 2015 with theme LEARNING COMMONS. |
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Situated
in the Informatics Centre, IISER Mohali library epitomizes the spirit of the
institute, i.e., the pursuit of knowledge. The library is a space for
creative and innovative exchange of scholarly information and also a place
for peaceful learning and collective voice reading. The library houses
electronic and print versions of books (general, text, and reference books),
journals, databases from various fields of study, namely, Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Earth/Environmental Sciences
and Humanities and Social Sciences. The library provides unfailing access to
essential and specialized library resources which aid teaching, learning, and
research activities. In tune with the recent advancement in the field of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), IISER Mohali has set up a
library with state of the art technology and world class infrastructure. The library space of IISER Mohali is
applauded not only for its aesthetic ambience but also for its astonishing
infrastructure. This exemplary building implements the theme “Learning
Commons” with the mission to provide effective, informal, and efficient use
of the library resources. The user friendly space of the library helps the
users to be creative and collaborative with their peers, and such an
atmosphere inspires students to be industrious and efficacious. IISER Mohali
is proud to introduce the first library in India to implement the theme, “Learning Commons.” Readers are allowed with Personal
Books, Library Issued Books, and Laptops in library for peaceful reading and effective
learning MISSION: The
library’s mission is to provide access to rich, relevant and high quality
resources in all available formats to the IISER community. In doing so, the
library aligns itself to teaching, learning, and research missions of the institute
which is committed to excellence and innovation. VISION : The
Vision for IISER Mohali Library is to provide seamless access to science
information to its users in a networked environment. COLLECTION: The library currently houses the following
documents: Monographs:
12000+ E-Journals:
6000+ Print
periodicals: 20 Online
full text databases: 17 Bibliographical
Database / Software = 10 CDs/DVDs:
200+ E-Books:
60+ online databases of 2 million books Scientific
magazines: 24 Newspapers:
8 General
magazines: 11 Members are requested to :
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