Library, Lumami Campus

The Central Library supports the University in its mission and objectives and aims to serve the academic community in the best possible way. The Library stocks printed books, journals, magazines, newspapers and provides access to electronic journals and databases. It is even equipped with special collection such as Ph.D. Thesis, Braille, North-East Section, Medical and Sports collection, etc., to meet the information needs of its users. The Library building at Lumami covers a floor area of 1662 Square meters. It is spacious, reader-friendly and adequately furnished. The Library also advanced its web activity with the subscription of high impact e-journals, e-books, etc., and, via the E-ShodhSindhu Consortium & the DELCON DBT-Electronic Library Consortium through which thousands of e-resources are available for access. Access to the E-resources is made available through both the Campus Area Network and via the Remote access facility.

The Library is fully automated using Software for University Libraries (SOUL 2.0) developed by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been successfully integrated with SOUL software to enhance security and library efficiency. Inventory control, automated check-in/check-out using the kiosk, anti-theft detection system at the entry, exit, stock reporting, access control etc. is fully automated.

The Central Library also promotes open access to e-resources. Our success lies in its use by the academic community of Nagaland University. We are regularly conducting orientation programme and make efforts in generating tutorials to equip our users with the proficiency to use our resources and the web. The Library also aims to meet the information needs of its users at the right time by facilitating the use of Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). For additional safety, the Library is monitored through CCTV cameras installed at strategic locations.

Circulation Service: A Circulation desk is located at the main entrance of the library to direct the library visitors towards the circulation section whereby the function of lending library materials is carried out using the self-check-in and self-check-out kiosk. Library Circulation also includes renewing the borrowed items, check for damaged books at the time of return, receive payment of fines and other related services.
Access to E-Resources: The Central Library is a member of the E-Shodhsindhu Consortium & the DELCON DBT-Electronic Library Consortium through which thousands of e-books, e-journals, e-conference proceedings, etc., are being made available to its users for access via Campus Area Network and Remote access. The Library also subscribes to various e-resources to supplement the requirements of its user’s information need (Click here).
Remote Access to E-Resources: The Off-Campus access service is provided to the faculty members and students to seamlessly access the scholarly e-resources from outside the University campus. Username and password have been provided to all the faculty members to access library e-resources 24x7 through identity providers. For further info (Click here)
Reference Service: The Library is equipped with a separate reference section which houses variety of collections such as the Ready reference service; General Encyclopaedia, Subject-specific Encyclopaedia, Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc. In addition to electronic databases available for the use of patrons, the Library also provide access to print journals (Click here for the list of subscribed print journals). A dedicated reference staff is available to assist users in locating information for queries received in person.
Computers Labs & Wi-Fi Facility: The Central Library, Lumami provides multiple computer terminals with high-speed internet access to its users. The Library is also equipped with Wi-Fi network for its library users.
Open Access Directory: The Library also promote open access to e-resources by launching the Open Access Directory which includes: Open Access E-Books; Open Access E-Journals; Institutional Repositories; Electronic Thesis & Dissertation. These Open Access Resources are research and reference materials which are made available by the site owners/publishers/aggregators, etc., to the general readers, to use freely for teaching-learning, and research purposes with proper acknowledgements.
User Education: Central Library being the service provider, arranges the user orientation/education programme for the fresh Students and Faculty of Nagaland University every year at the beginning of new semester. In this orientation programme, Central Library educates its users about the system and services of the library. The library also prepares video tutorials from time to time on different topic related to Library services/users’ research / academic work. These videos are uploaded to the official YouTube channel (Click here) of Nagaland University.
Plagiarism Service: For fair conduct of research and prevention of academic misconduct, the Library offer plagiarism detection services to its users by registering each faculty member into DrillBit and iThenticate Anti-plagiarism software. These are software that searches the Web for duplicate textual content.
Reprography Service: Central Library provides a photocopying facility within the Library which is located in between the main stack area and circulation section. A user can get the photocopy of desired documents on payment basis at a fixed rate.
E-Thesis in IR/NDL/Shodhganga: Nagaland University is a contributing member of Shodhganga (Click here), the national portal for Electronic Thesis and Dissertations. The library also uploads all of its Ph.D. thesis into the National Digital Library (NDL) (Click here). The library maintains an Institutional Repository (IR) (accessible within University LAN only) using DSpace software (Click here) which hosts the various research documents of the University.
Special collection: In addition to the subject-specific collection and reference collection. The Library also offer special collection such as the Braille collection; PhD Thesis; North-East Collection and few collections from other specialised fields such as Medicine and Sport, etc.
Reading Room – The reading facility is located in three locations. Individual reading carrels are placed in the stack section; Group reading and Individual carrels in the Circulation section; and reading facility in the reference section. These reading facilities are spacious, reader-friendly and adequately furnished.
Digitization Service: A digital scanning section was set up to convert the hard copies dissertation and thesis into electronic copies. The section is located next to the reprography section and its main goal is to enhance access and improve the preservation of library materials for posterity.
OPAC – The Central Library provides an interface of an information retrieval system that assist information searchers to access printed resources that are available in the library for access. The OPAC(accessible within University LAN only) (Click here) is placed at several access points for ease of access. The Library OPAC is based on the Local Area Network which means that users can search for books using the Central Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) within the campus network.
NU_IRINS: It is a web-based Research Information Management (RIM) service developed by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre in collaboration with the Central University of Punjab. A project approved by MHRD/Ministry of Education to create instance for Centrally Funded Academic Institutions. The IRINS is available as free software-as-service (SaaS) to Nagaland University. Users can find out the scholarly communication activities and scholarly network of faculty and departments within Nagaland University (Click here).
Ask a Librarian: The Central Library provide users with virtual reference services via a webform (Click here). This webform is placed on the library’s official website to save time and resources by answering queries related to the library system and services.
Grammarly software: To promote academic writing, the library subscribed to ‘Grammarly,’ software to spell check for grammar and punctuation. It detects clunky sentences, paragraphs and passages, thereby, rendering effective writing style to its users. It also offer a plagiarism check tool to detect the similar sources in the writings.
Bibliographic Compilation: The central library, lumami, also provides a bibliographic compilation of research sources (listed from reputed databases like WoS, Scopus, etc.) so that researchers can allocate and identify the relevance of this bibliographic list with their work. The library makes this service available to PhD research scholars on a request basis.

Department	Year
Anthropology	(2012-2013) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Botany	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Centre for Biodiversity Studies	(2022-2023)
Centre for South East Asian Studies	(2020-2021) (2022-2023)
Chemistry	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Children's Book	(2022-2023)
Economics	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Environmental Science	(2016-2017) (2018-2019) (2019-2020)	(2020-2021) (2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Forestry	(2016-2017) (2018-2019) (2019-2020)	(2020-2021) (2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Geography	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Law	(2020-2021) (2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Library	(2012-2013) (2020-2021) (2021-2022)
Mass Communication	(2012-2013) (2013-2014) (2014-2015)	(2016-2017) (2018-2019) (2019-2020)	(2020-2021) (2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Mathematics	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Physics	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Political Science	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Recreational and useful books	(2020-2021) (2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Sociology	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)
Sports	(2020-2021)
Tribal Research Centre	(2020-2021) (2022-2023)
University Health Centre	(2020-2021) (2021-2022)
Zoology	(2013-2014) (2014-2015) (2016-2017)	(2018-2019) (2019-2020) (2020-2021)	(2021-2022) (2022-2023)

(Download Library Rules)

1. Eligibility for Library Membership.

The following shall be eligible to become members of the library.

1.1 Teachers, Students, Officers and other employees of the university.

1.2 Any other person whose name is recommended by the Head of a Department and approved by the Administrative Officer.

2. Procedure for Enrolment.

2.1 All Categories of members shall fill in the prescribed membership form available at Central Library and make necessary deposit, if any, to become members of the library. Members will be given Library Smart Card for borrowing/transaction of books.

3. Conditions of Loan.

3.1 Post Graduate students shall be entitled to borrow 4 (four) books for a period of 15 (fifteen) days, thereafter the books have to be returned to the library.

3.2 Books can be issued only through the smart card and have to be returned within the due date.

3.3 Books shall not be issued through another person’s smart card. The library smart card is non-transferable.

Conditions regarding issue of Book/s:

Category of Members	No. of Volumes	Loan Period
Teachers	20	6 months
Teachers (Contract)	10	1 month
Research Scholars	6	1 month
PG Students	4	15 days
Non-Teaching Staff	2	15 days

4. Fines for Late Return.

4.1 Books returned after the due date will be fined Re.1/- per book for each day of delay. The return of textbook issued for overnight use will be fined Re.1/- per book for each hour of delay. Further the Librarian shall have the power to refuse the issue of books to a frequent defaulter.

5. Loss of Book/s or Smart Card/s.

5.1 Loss of Smart Card should be reported immediately in writing to the Librarian. A duplicate Smart Card will be issued upon payment of a fine of Rs.110/-(Rupees one hundred and ten) only through SBI Collect portal of the University.

5.2 In case of loss of book/s, the same is to be replaced by a copy of the said book/s by procurement or replacement cost paid (Three times the cost of the book).

6. Responsibility of Borrower.

6.1 A borrower shall take utmost care of Smart Card/Books and for the return of the same to the library without damage.

7. Re-issue of Book/s.

7.1 Books can be re-issued to the borrower for another period provided those books have not been requisitioned/reserved by any other member. However, re-issuing will be done only after the book/s has been first returned and return entry made in the card.

8. Reservation/Holding of Book/s.

8.1 The Library provides the facility of reservation of books issued by another member of the library. Users have to issue the reserved books within the holding period. On expiry of the holding period the reserved books will be made available for issue to other members.

Conditions regarding Reservation/Holding of Book/s:

Category of Members	Maximum No. of Volumes Allowed for Reservation	Holding Period
Teachers	5	3 days
Teachers (Contract)	5	3 days
Research Scholars	3	3 days
PG Students	2	3 days
Non-Teaching Staff	1	3 days

9. Reference Section.

9.1 Journals (inclusive of popular periodicals) newspapers and those documents which are marked Ref are not meant for issue, but for consultation in the library.

10. Damage of book/s.

10.1 If any member of the library is found guilty of mutilating or defacing a book, writing in the margin or on the print or destroying or damaging library property, such members shall be required to replace such books or properties damaged.

10.2 If such books belong to a set or series and the volume cannot be obtained singly, the member shall be asked to replace the entire set of series.

10.3 Such member/s may also be fined for the offence/s and debarred from further use of the library.

11. Issue of Clearance Certificate.

11.1 Clearance Certificate shall be issued only when a member returns his/her Library Card.

12. With-Holding of results.

12.1 The graduating students are required to produce a clearance certificate from the Librarian in the absence of which the results of their University Examinations are liable to be with-held.

13. Stock Verification.

13.1 All materials (documents) on loan irrespective of the normal due date shall be returned within a fortnight in the event of an annual stock verification.

14. Special Power.

14.1 The Librarian shall have the power to refuse the issue of a book, or to recall any book/s from a borrower if it is considered necessary in the interest of the institution

Central Library

Nagaland University, Lumami Campus

Lumami-798627, Zunheboto, Nagaland

1) Dr. T.Temjen
Deputy Librarian
E-mail: dlib@nagalanduniversity.ac.in

2) Dr. Chanlang Ki Bareh

Assistant Librarian

E-mail: asst.librarian@nagalanduniversity.ac.in

3) Mr. Ochentsungba Ozukum

Information Scientist

E-mail: infos@nagalanduniversity.ac.in

Staff Distribution:

SL.No	Name of Employee	Designation	Section
1	Mrs. Jacqueline Kinny	Professional Assistant	Reference Section I/C
2	Mrs. Nungsangpokla	Semi-Professional Assistant	Technical Section I/C
3	Mrs. Jailei Konyak	Semi-Professional Assistant	Circulation Section I/C
4	Mrs. Shantitoli Yeptho	Library Assistant	Technical Section
5	Mr. Joseph Patton	Library Assistant	Technical Section
6	Mr. Imtikumzuk Jamir	Library Attendant	Circulation Section
7	Mrs. Elizabeth	Library Attendant	Circulation Section
8	Mr. Hutton Kinimi	Library Attendant	Circulation Section
9	Ms. Imnajungla	Library Attendant (Contingency)	Circulation Section
10	Mr. Kulimo Apon	LDC	Library Office
11	Mr. Vitoshe Sema	Gestetner Operator	Reprography Section
12	Mr. Takotemshi	MTS
13	Mr. Vikishe Kinny	MTS (Security Guard)
14.	Ms. Alivi	MTS (Daily Wage)

1.How do I find books from the Library?

Once you have identified the required books from the OPAC, write down the call number to locate the item on the shelf. If you need help finding an item, please take the help of the library staff member.

2.What does "OPAC" mean?

OPAC is a library acronym for "Online Public Access Catalog." When library staff uses the term, it means the Libraries' Catalog. Use the OPAC (Link) to locate the types of items that are physically available in the library.

3. Where do I check out books?

Books may be checked out from the circulation section. Once you have located the books from the shelf, kindly make use of the self-check-in and self-check-out kiosk using the library smart card. Please take the help of the library staff members to help you with the check-in and check-out kiosk.

4. Can I re-issue books?

Books can be re-issued to the borrower for another period provided those books have not been requisitioned/reserved by any other member. However, re-issuing will be done only after the book/s has been first returned and return entry made in the system.

5. Can I check out reference books?

Not all books can be checked out, for example, reference works listed as “REF” do not circulate and must be used in the library's reading room only.

6. What are the types of reading items available in the reference section?

Most print periodicals are located on the corner (left side) of the library building. Reference books are not allowed to check-out from the library. Reference work housed periodicals- items which are published on a regular basis, such as print journals, print magazines, print newsletters, and print newspapers. "Serial" is another term sometimes used.

7.How are books arranged on the shelves?

The Central Library, like most academic libraries, arranges books on the shelves according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). Materials are shelved subject-wise using the DDC class number. A system that is based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups, with each group assigned 100 numbers.

For example:

Overview of 10 groups

000 Generalities
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
600 Technology (Applied sciences)
700 The arts
800 Literature & rhetoric
900 Geography & history

Overview of 300 group (main class)

300 Social sciences
301 Sociology & anthropology
302 Social interaction
303 Social processes
304 Factors affecting social behavior
305 Social groups
306 Culture & institutions
307 Communities
308 Not assigned or no longer used…

8. How to obtain the library smart card?

To obtain a Library smart card:

PG Students/Research Scholars: Please submit the online form (Link)
For Teaching/Non-Teaching Staff: Go to the student corner section and download the hardcopy membership form (Link). Kindly submit the filled-in form to the library for ID card processing.

9. What if I lost my library smart card?

Fill in the duplicate form-download form from the student corner section (Link) and a duplicate smart card will be issued upon payment of a fine of Rs.100/-(Rupees one hundred) only through University challan.

10.For how long may I check out a book?

Checkouts as indicated below:

Category of Members	No. of Volumes	Loan Period
Teachers	20	6 months
Teachers (Contract)	10	1 month
Research Scholars	6	1 month
PG Students	4	15 days
Non-Teaching Staff	2	15 days

11. Are there fines on overdue books?

Books returned after the due date will be fined Re.1/- per book for each day of delay. The return of textbook issued for overnight use will be fined Re.1/- per book for each hour of delay. Further, the Librarian shall have the power to refuse the issue of books to a frequent defaulter.

12.Where do I pay the overdue fines?

Visit the library and contact the library circulation staff to clear the late fine charges.

13.How to obtain my library clearance certificate?

For students/teaching and non-teaching, a clearance certificate shall be issued by the circulation staff only when a member clears all the pending dues and returns his/her borrowed library books/card.
For PhD research scholars, a clearance certificate shall be issued by the circulation staff only when a member clears all the pending dues and returns his/her borrowed library books/card. Additionally, he/she will also have to submit the soft copy PhD thesis for upload into the National repository -Shodhganga

14.How to find E-Resources?

Locating e-resources (eJournals/eBooks/Bibliographic databases, etc) involves two steps:

Browse through the library e-resources portal (Link) and select the required resources/databases. (This type of access is available using the University’s network only).
Use the remote access (Link) to get off-campus access to e-resources using a single sign-on facility. For remote access account creation, kindly refer to the remote access portal (Link)

15. How to locate the Master’s dissertation and previous year’s question paper?

Masters dissertation and previous year’s question paper are currently not available in the central library. Kindly consult your respective departments regarding the availability of these resources.

16. How to locate Nagaland University Ph.D. Thesis?

Locate Nagaland University Ph.D. thesis from these two platforms:

Browse from the Nagaland University Repository (Link)
The Shodhganga @INFLIBNET (Link) Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access.

17. How to conduct “Plagiarism” checks for Ph.D. manuscript?

Submit your Ph.D. manuscript to DrillBit software for similarity check through your Ph.D. supervisors. Kindly refer to the plagiarism webpage (Link) for further information.

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