LIBRARY DETAILS

Library Collection

Total collection of Print books:

24924 Titles,
70785 Volumes
399 Print periodicals
14183 Multimedia collection
Approx. 7000 Bound Periodicals / Back volumes

Kindles 14 altogether

About the E-resources

NPTEL Video Lectures 9 TB data copied from IIT Bombay and 7

EJOURNALS

IEEE ASPP

The IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery of and access to scientific and
technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its
publishing partners.

IEEE Xplore provides web access to more than three-million full-text documents from some of the
world's most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.
More than two-million documents are in robust, dynamic HTML format.

SCIENCE DIRECT ELSEVIER

Engineering + Computer Science (275 journals):This specific journal package has been established
to extend researchers access to full text in the fields of security, computer programming, optics,
thermal energy, construction and building material and electricity.
This package is specially created for the following Course Levels and AICTE Courses
Course Levels
Bachelor of Engineering;Bachelor of Technology;Master of Engineering;Master of
Technology
AICTE Courses
Aerospace Engineering;Artificial Intelligence & Robotics;Biomedical
Engineering;Chemical Engineering;Computer Aided Design;Construction
 Engineering;Mechanical Engineering;Civil Engineering;Computer Science
Engineering;Structural Engineering;Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

J-Gate Engineering Technology (JET) & Social and Management Sciences (JSMS)
It presently has a massive database of journal literature, indexed from 41,125 e-journals with links
to full text at publisher sites. J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature.It
presently 6700 Indexed, free full text 2000

E-journals accessible under the NLIST PROGRAMME

American Institute of Physics

Founded in 1931, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit scholarly society
established for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of
physics and its application to human welfare. Mission of the AIP is to serve the scientific
community in the field of physics and astronomy through its member societies, individual scientists,
students and the general public.

American Physical Society

The American Physical Society (APS) was founded on May 20, 1899. The APS is committed to
provide high-quality service and products to its members and the scientific community. APS is
active in public and governmental affairs and in the international physics community. APS has
fourteen divisions and nine topical groups covering all areas of physics research. There are six
forums that reflect the interest of its over 50,000 members in broader issues, and nine sections
organized by geographical region. The PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) search engine
(which indexes all APS journal material published from 1893 to present) is freely available to all
users. Access to the full-text of articles and other online journals features restricted to members
only.

Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive
academic resource in 33 scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews saves time by synthesizing the vast
amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions. Editorial
committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for
review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual
Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) occupies a special position amongst academic publishers. It is a
not-for-profit organization offering long-term stability and total commitment to academic
excellence. The CUP is publishing since 1584 continuously in subject areas like humanities, social
studies, archaeology and anthropology, nutrition, religion, biomedical sciences, law, physical
sciences, medical sciences, etc. The CUP currently publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic
journals for the global market.

Econamic and Political Weekly (EPW)

The Economic and Political Weekly, published by the Sameeksha Trust, a registered charitable trust
since 1949, is one of the Indian publications that enjoy a global reputation for excellence and
scholarship. It occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. It publishes
analysis of contemporary affairs and academic papers in the social sciences. The focus of the EPW
is economic issues, but it is truly a multidisciplinary publication covering sociology, political
science, history, gender and environment studies. EPW publishes both research in social sciences in
the Special Articles Section and informed comment on current affairs in the Commentary
Section. EPW publishes minimum of 70,000 to 80,000 words on a variety of issues. The articles
are contributed by leading academicians, well-known public commentators, young social scientists
and political activists who seek a platform to publish their views.

Indian Journal.com
Indian Journals.com is a vast collection of interdisciplinary Indian journals and research
publications providing easy access to more than 186 journal titles through a user friendly search
engine from 2007 onwards. Indian Journals.com covers 17 subjects mainly Agriculture Science,
Animal Science, Applied Science & Technology, Business, Economics & Management, Library and
Information Science, Medical Science etc.

Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics, popularly known as IoP, is a well-known dedicated resource of high quality
information in physical sciences. The Institute has a world-wide membership and is a major
international player in scientific publishing and electronic dissemination of physics, setting
professional standards for physicists and awarding professional qualifications, promoting physics
through scientific conferences, education and science policy advice. The IoP electronic database
comprises of journals on various topics like bio-inspiration, biometrics, biomedical materials,
astronomy, astrophysics, chemical physics and theoretical physics.

Oxford University Press

As a major international publisher of academic and research journals, Oxford University Press
publishes well over 200 journals, many in partnership with the worlds leading prestigious learned
societies. OUP collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social
Sciences, Humanities, and Law.

Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a professional body for chemists and a learned society for
chemistry. RSC, a not-for-profit scholarly society, is one of the most prominent and influential,
independent scientific organizations in Britain. Through its 45,000 members, including academics,
teachers and industrialists, the RSC promotes the interests of chemists and the benefits of chemical
science. The publishing activity dates back to 1841 and today it publish a wide range of journals,
magazines, databases and books.

JSTOR
JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use
digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in
sustainable ways.

EBOOKS
Cambridge Books Online (1800 titles)
Cambridge Books Online is available to libraries worldwide under a number of attractive and
flexible models, ensuring instant access to the best research available. Cambridge University Press
is one of the largest and most prestigious academic publishers in the world and we are widely
respected as a world leader in publishing for subjects as diverse as astronomy, Shakespeare studies,
economics, mathematics and politics. Cambridge Books Online offers predefined or bespoke
collections of content within a richly functional, fully searchable online environment. Access to
Cambridge Books Online is available to libraries worldwide under a number of attractive and
flexible models, ensuring instant access to the best research available. With online access to unique,
indispensable and extensive scholarly content, Cambridge Books Online will offer all levels of user
a new dimension of access and usability to support and enhance research.

E-brary (125000+ titles)

Need authoritative information? Your library offers ebooks from trusted publishers in all academic
subject areas along with powerful research tools as part of the Academic Complete collection For
more than a decade, ebrary has served over 2300 libraries and other organizations, serving more
than 16 million people worldwide, with the most flexible content products and powerful technology.
More than 350 leading publishers contribute to ebrarys growing collection of e-books, reports,
journals, and other authoritative content including Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Oxford
University Press, Springer and Taylor & Francis. It offers multidisciplinary collections including
business and economics, community and career colleges, computers & IT, education, engineering
and technology, history and political science, humanities, interdisciplinary and area studies,
medicine, psychology and social work, sociology & anthropology. Members of N-LIST Programme
will can access to growing collection of more than 83,024 electronic books from 250 different
publishers.

EBSCoHost-Net Library (936 titles)

EBSCO offers five free resources accessible to any researcher at any time Our newest addition,
American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 1955, is an essential index of leading dissertations that you
can easily add to your profile.

Hindustan Book Agency (65+ titles)

The iGroup (Asia Pacific) Limited, is a Hong Kong registered multinational organisation with
offices spanning 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region and with a total staff force of over 1000.

Institute of South East Asian Studies(ISEAS) Books (382+ titles)

The iGroup (Asia Pacific) Limited, is a Hong Kong registered multinational organisation with
offices spanning 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region and with a total staff force of over 1000.

Oxford Scholarship (1402+ titles)

Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is an online library offering access to thousands of academic
works from the celebrated scholary list of Oxford University Press. OSO covers subjects across the
humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast
and rapidly-expanding research library. Launched in 2003 with four subject modules, Oxford
Scholarship Online is now available in 20 subject areas and has grown to be one of the leading
academic research resources in the world. Oxford Scholarship Online offers full-text access to
academic monographs from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine,
and law. With its inclusion in the wider UPSO platform, users are provided with access to further
subject areas, including African American History, Asian Studies, Film Studies, Latin American
Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Television Studies. Members of N-LIST program can have
access of 1,402 e-books from Oxford scholarship Online. The Home Page allows the user to
navigate content quickly and intuitively. Search and Browse options are available on every page, as
well as access to an advanced search option for more direct searching.

Springer eBooks (2300 titles)

Throughout the world, we provide scientific and professional communities with superior specialist
information produced by authors and colleagues across cultures in a nurtured collegial atmosphere
of which we are justifiably proud. We foster communication among our customers researchers,
students and professionals enabling them to work more efficiently, thereby advancing knowledge
and learning. Our dynamic growth allows us to invest continually all over the world. We think
ahead, move fast and promote change: creative business models, inventive products, and mutually
beneficial international partnerships have established us as a trusted supplier and pioneer in the
information age.

Sage Publication eBooks (1000 titles)

The premier social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference, and video content. .
Thousands of carefully selected titles by world-class authors on hot topics across the social sciences
including academic and supplementary titles, foundational books in core areas of research and
debate, accessible student reference, and numerous practical professional titles in education.

Taylor Francis eBooks (1800 titles)

Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries
worldwide to bring knowledge to life. The Taylor & Francis eBooks platform contains over 40,000
eBook titles across the Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, STM and Law from
leading imprints, including Routledge and Garland Science. Taylor & Francis Group partners with
researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As
one of the worlds leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, eBooks, reference works, and
databases, our content spans all areas of the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences,
science, technology, and medicine. The Taylor & Francis Group includes the following renowned
imprints: Taylor & Francis Routledge CRC Press Psychology Press Garland Science Focal Press.

Myilibrary-McGraw Hill (1124 titles)

MyiLibrary is an industry-leading e-content aggregation platform for public, academic and
professional libraries around the world.Our platform offers institutions the ability to acquire and
access digital content on an individual title, publisher-specific or subject collection basis, based on
their unique requirements and resources.

South Asia Archive

Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities, and libraries
worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As one of the worlds leading publishers of scholarly journals,
books, ebooks, and reference works, we publish content spanning all areas of humanities, social
sciences, behavioral sciences, science, and technology and medicine. The name of Routledge is
equally well known as the social sciences and humanities imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. As
global scholarship advances, Taylor & Francis embraces new tools and novel approaches to satisfy
scholars in a digital world. Thinking digitally means more than putting paper products online; it
means reconfiguring our approach to source material and structuring collections of rare and hard to
find material in a way that makes the content more discoverable, more relevant, and much
semantically richer. The digital products thus become almost more powerful than the source
documents themselves, while being infinitely more accessible, and linking seamlessly with other
library resources. From our network of offices in Oxford, New York, Philadelphia, Boca Raton,
Boston, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Johannesburg, Taylor
& Francis staff provide local expertise and support to our editors, societies, and authors and
tailored, efficient customer service to our library colleagues .

World eBook Library

The World Public Library Association is the worlds largest aggregator of eBooks. Founded in 1996,
the World Public Library Association is a global coordinated effort to preserve and disseminate
historical books, classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and
other heritage works in a number of languages and countries around the world. World Public
Library is a IRC 501(c)(4) Organization, organized Not for profit, but operated exclusively for the
promotion of social welfare. Our mission is to serve and aid the public, students, and educators, by
providing the world's most complete collection of electronic books, documents, and articles online,
as well as offer a variety of services and resources that support and strengthen the instructional
programs of education, elementary through post-baccalaureate studies.

Digital Library / Institutional Repository with Dspace

The digital library / Institutional repository has been designed using the Dspace software and at this
point of time we are publishing the Students publications(Project Report) and faculty research
publications along with Patents and Pressnotes, and Institutional Newsclips.
Greenstone(Online Digital Repository E-magazine)
Atmiya Group Of Institutions comes out with different e-magazines,institute wise viz.We have
SPANDAN from Shree M.N.Virani Science College,ATMIYA ACCENT from Atmiya Institute
Of Technology & Science, NINAD from Atmiya Institute Of Technology & Science Diploma
Studies. This webpage will give you an interface to look in the article of these e-magazines title
wise as well as author wise.
IUCEE Webinar Collection
Atmiya Group of Institutions is a Member of IUCEE- Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering
Education.
The Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) program was conceptualized
by over 150 leaders of engineering education and businesses from US and India in 2007 to help
create good quality engineering talent in order to find solutions to the global challenges facing
humanity such as energy, environment, health and communications.
IUCEE is aiming to build a solid base for engineering education and research by strengthening the
four pillars of education:

learner-centric teaching
research excellence
outcomes based quality supported by accreditation
innovation and entrepreneurship
Library Automation
Library has been automated using NewGenLib Software which is a Open Source Software
following all International Standards for data import and export. The OPAC is available on LAN
and the Union Catalogue is available online through the Library website.
In house softwares developed

LLC MIS System - For MIS data of usage (Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly ad yearly
Reports)

Acquisition System - for Acquisition reports

Stock Verification System - For stock verification as per rack no.

Data Correction System - for curation of data

Cirulation Management System - For Incoming periodicals

Periodical Mangement System - for reminders and issue level data entry

LLC Report System - For Collection reports as per NAAC, AICTE, LIC

Library Collection Report - From Acquisition

Library Staff Log System - For our Library Team Appraisal

Faculty Detail System - For knowing faculty library usage for appraisal

Journal Management System - for back volumes and issue Front page and TOC

Serial Management System - For entering the periodical subscription data

Library Web presence
Library website : http://library.atmiya.net
The Library website is very simple and provides easy and intuitive nevigation through library
servcies and collection. The Webiste also provides resources such as Study Guides, Writing Guides,
Reading Guides and also Research Guides. It is regulary updated to keep the users informed.
Research Commons
A web page that provides access to every support related to quality resoruces in teaching, learning
and research. Such as teaching aids and online LMS tools; for learning links to MOOCS and for
Research links to research guides and tools for data analysis and reporting.
CILCS
A website to provide integrated library services for individual departments, department wise with
linking to subject collection, NPTEl videos, Question papers, Syllabus, Multimedia collection and
useful websites.
In house softwares developed

Title :LLC MIS System - For MIS data of usage (Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly ad yearly
Reports)
Language of Implementation: Php,HTML5 ,JavaScripts
Backend : PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title: Acquisition System - for Acquisition reports

Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)
 Title Stock Verification System - For stock verification as per rack no.
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Data Correction System - for curation of data

 Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Circulation Management System - For Incoming periodicals

Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5, Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Periodical Management System - for reminders and issue level data entry
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)
 Title LLC Report System - For Collection reports as per NAAC, AICTE, LIC
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Library Collection Report - From Acquisition

Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)
 Title Library Staff Log System - For our Library Team Appraisal
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 , Jquery ,Ajax,PDO
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Faculty Detail System - For knowing faculty library usage for appraisal
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax ,PDO
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)
 Title Journal Management System - for back volumes and issue Front page and TOC
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Title Serial Management System - For entering the periodical subscription data
Language of Implementation: Php, HTML5 ,Jquery ,Ajax, PDO
Backend: PostgreSQL (Open source DB)

Facebook pages
Atmiya Library Events
This facebook page gives updates to the readers on the Library events and upcoming programmes.
Atmiya Library Makerspace
This facebook page updates the users about the Libray Makerspace activities and useful links to
Innovation and Idea.

Library Facilities

Media Library
THE LIBRARY AND LEARNING CENTRE HAS MADE AN ARRANGEMENT OF MEDIA
LIBRARY ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE LLC. The Media Library can serve the following
purposes:
Lecture room to conduct lectures where classroom strength is maximum 40.
Presentation Practice room for students and faculty who want to practice before going for
paper presentation or presentation of project/ dissertation/ thesis etc.
Library Lectures/ Information Literacy Programmes are also conducted in this room for
special groups.
Video lectures relay such as NPTEL video lectures during off lectures
Movie shows extension activities of Library
Special lecture series for Library Clubs
Video Conferencing room
Live TV connectivity with recording facility

Reading Hall
The reading hall on the second floor of the Library is having a seating Capacity of 450 readers at a
time; it has the following sections:
General Reading Section
Group Study Rooms (6 in nos.)
Individual study carrels
Bookshop (Coming Soon)
Coffee shop (Coming Soon)
Exhibition Hall

Staff Reading Room

Staff reading room is situated in the ground floor of the Library and is a exclusive sitting
arrangement for Faculty of the institution.

Video Conferencing/Webinars
In the Media Library there are facilities for Video conferencing using Skype for academic purpose
only. We also have faculty and students attending Webinars conducted by publishers such as
ScienceDirect on aspects of Research; sessions of Advanced technology in different fields of
Engineering by Companies/ Universities/ Organizations; we had also coordinated the GTU PhD
Modular Programme through Webinars at our Library. The Media room is according alloted to the
requesting group with required ICT accessories.

Earn While You Learn

This scheme was started by the Library and Learning centre as we wanted some students too to
work in the department so that we can understand their information requirements. The objective
was to create a sense of responsibility, improve their skills, get inputs for types of services that will
be useful for students and faculty on the campus and all this not for free but with a stipend which
would be of Rs. 36/-per hour. The students are given the jobs of newspaper article documentation;
Good reads from Magazines and other trade literature for faculty and also notice boards; website
designing and other modules programming for the library. We have so far 33 students who have
taken the benefit of the scheme. The outcome is they understand the value of money; we get
genuine inputs for the services and their needs of information helping us in marketing the library
services

Library Services

Circulation and Newspaper Clippings

Online Article Request
E-Library and E-learning Resource center
Reprography Services (Scanning, Photocopying and Printing)
Current awareness service (CAS) (Digital Access)
Selective Dissemination of Information
Library Tours for Faculty & Students (User Orientation and Education)
Information Literacy Programme
Inter Library Loan (ILL)
Article & Information Search
Ready Reference Service
Online Information Services (Facebook, Youtube, Blog, Twitter etc.)
Library Network Memberships INFLIBNET, DELNET, IIT Gandhinagar, ADINET

Information Literacy Programmes

Sessions conducted for Faculty are :
1. Teaching tools that a college teacher can use especially (STEM teaching tools for elearning etc.) .
Sessions on Moodle, Edmodo etc. Some sessions are also conducted with the support of Spoken
tutorials, IIT Mumbai on Camatasia studio , Virtual Labs by Amrita University and MOOCs
-Swayam.
2. Resource literacy on resources for teaching especially the Sage Ebooks on teaching, learning,
Pedagogy. Especially Case studies on pedagody for teaching specific topics in the curriculum.
Sessions on existing Opencoursewares and creating one.
3. Social-structural literacy Especially how to search for resources from countries that have
English as a Foriegn Language and how the teachers have developed the competencies of the
students in the context despite the language Barriers.
4. Research Literacy Regular sessions along with PG students in Literature search and survey. A
exclusive session on deep web and the resources userful for the research in the specific discipline.
5. Publishing literacy - The Faculties are supported with Author Webinars with the help of
Publishers on How and where to publish Good research? Sessions on Impact factors, H-Index,
Choosing the journal appropriate for the research, information on Author guidelines and also
interpreting the same. Concept of Landmark papers and Article networks, teh citation analysis and
its importance. Sessions on Plagiarism are also conducted along with Ethics in Research.
6. Emerging technology literacy Sessions on Use Apps the faculties can use, the case studies on
BYOD (Bring your own device), Softwares that can support created CMS and LMS and also on
Mobile apps usefule for communication with Students (e.g. Moodle)
7. Critical literacy We conduct sessions on trend analysis for teaching tools and methodology.
Case papers on implementation and evaluation to help them assess the methodology. We also
provide them literacy on conducting research on the internet for support related to developing
Systems for Quality assessment in the teaching learning process. E.g. TQM in TLE. This sessions
are conducted with the core team who basically decide the policies of the college on TLE.

Sessions for students Learning

At our college we have studnets mostly coming from Gujarati Medium with medium digital literacy
skills. Thus this provides us an opportunity to conduct various Information Literacy Programmes
for them as follows:

1. Tools Information Literacy on using tools such as Microsoft Office Powerpoint, Excel for
Analysis of Data and Graphical Representation, Internet Basics, Search Engines like Google and
Bing and various tools of Google for 1st year Students.
2. Resource literacy From 2nd year resource literacy on NLIST eresources, Ebooks search and
usage. How to use Deep web Google Scholar, and various Publisher websites. Also indepth
resource literacy on various search options and details abouit fields of search. Especially focus on
Html page to show them the linking of references and various support provided for image, table and
support documents.
3. Social-structural literacy As the library is also coordinating the Gandhian Study Centre, during
our first year sessions we do let them know about Ethnographic studies and Gandhian thoughts and
Indian Innovation needed through TED videos of Anil Gupta, Dr. Marshelkar, Bunker Roy and
various websites such as Honeybee network, IGNITE, NIF, techpedia and so on. Talking about
Social Innovation through Human Values perspective. Books of Rashmi Bansal specially on Social
Innovations and also Indian authors like Sudha Murthy talking about the Culture in her stories.
4. Research Literacy The PG students and 4 semester UG Students have sessions on Literature
search and survey and Literature review writing. A exclusive session on deep web and the resources
userful for the research in the specific discipline with special emphasis on areas of research of the
department. The Research Methodologies are briefly discussed and a indepth resource has been
made available on our Library website Research Commons. Sessions on Reference Management
tools such as Mendely, Zotero are conducted. The Sessions are also conducted with teh help of
Spoken Tutorial, IIT Mumbai support on Latex and other research tools.
5. Publishing literacy These sessions are parellelly conducted as How to read a research paper
and how to write one with special emphasis on the domain. Academic writing related resoruces are
also informed in one of the sessions along with print documents available for support. The Session
on types of Research papers concept paper, Review paper, Proposal papers, Case study etc are
explained with examples. Publishers are invited in board for some sessions on what to take care on
choosing a journal. Sessions on IPR are also conducted with the help of Faculty on campus.
6. Emerging technology literacy These sessions for students are conducted in collaboration with IT
faculty on campus, Technology Vendors and also in the form of Webinars and video shows.
Especially for Presentations, Data representations, Data Analysis and Note taking.
7. Critical literacy As mentioned by (Grafstein, 2002) [12] about the Generic Information Skills
as Searching skills and Generic Critical thinking skills as understanding the timeliness, authority,
bias, verifiability and logical consistency as far as source evaluation skills are concerned. We also
help them understand the concepts of Landmark research and its network of articals and how the
field has developed. Also some detials on the controlled vocabulary teh taxonomy to understand the
relationship between concepts and so on.

Sessions for conducting Research

Along with all the sessions as mentioned in the For Learning section, a indepth homework is done
by the librarian in collaboration with the faculty and the sessions are customized depending on the
broad areas of research for instance, in Medical Lab and Medical Digonostics course we do a
session seperately for student working on Oral Oncogology, Breast Cancer and so on and provide a
indepth information literacy on National Websites they should visit, specific research laboratories,
Centres of Specialization in the field, researchers they can trace, institutes on research in this areas,
library and resource pages they should explore regularly and Ethics for this area of research.
Protocols to maintain, Diagonostic methods and technologies in place, Virtual Labs or Softwares
for calculations or simulations in this aspect. Funding agencies and Hospitals specialized in this
areas in the region, state, Nation and Internationally. Useful contact information for Collecting data
and communication strategies are also provided.

About the Library Makerspace

A makerspace is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work
on projects, network, tinker, wonder , explore, invent, rethink, design, create, share, problem
solving, collaborating, brainstorming and build. This space is open to everyone. Its maker mindset
of creating something out of nothing and exploring ones own interests thats at the core of a
makerspace. These spaces are also helping to prepare those who need the critical 21st century skills
in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They provide hands on learning,
help with critical thinking skills and even boost self-confidence. We conduct Peer learning
sessions, workshops, and actual Making of teh projects decided with the help of Interdisciplinary
team.

Best Practices at Libraries of Atmiya Group of Institutions

Management and Administration of Library

1. Special service areas & tools for proper navigation

2. Student participation - Friends of Library (FOL)

Human Resource (HR) activities

3. Official visits and Lectures by Other Librarians from Benchmark Libraries

4. Training team Library in ICT Skills
5. In-house Seminars for Team Library

Collection and Services

6. Collection development in different formats

7. Organizing Publishers Meet
8. 24/7 Reading Room
9. Extended Library Hours
10. Joining Networks DELNET, INDEST
 Extent of use of Services

11. User Education Library Orientation Programme

12. User Education - Information Literacy Programme
13. Information Products CAS Bulletin
14. Information Products Documentation of Newspaper Articles
15. Library Usage Statistics
16. User feedback

Use of Technology

17. Web based Multilingual Integrated Library Management System

18. Web-OPAC
19. Database creation using International Standard formats
20. E-Library
21. Library Portal
22. IP based access to Subscribed E-resources
23. Institutional Repository using DSpace
24. Document delivery service on the Net.

Extension activities by the Library

25. Revenue generation activities

26. Cultural programme
27. Celebrations of different days

28. Makerspace

29. Vasant Panchami Awards for Best Readers and Best researchers

Conclusion

Library is committed to serve its readers and also to the quality of services, collection and use of
technology for increasing the efficiency and reach out. The Library is also making efforts to
generate revenues to support new services and student community. The Team library is also updated
regularly through development programmes to educated and train them with latest trends and
technologies. The team also attends National and international Conferences and Workshops to stay
update and interact with the community of Librarians. There are many case studies made on the
Libraries and Published in National conferences. The Library has also recently received the ISTE
Best Knowledge centre Award for the year 2017.