About Central Library
The Central Library is housed in a two-storied building in the Golapbag campus.
Being in the middle of the campus it is easily accessible from all departments of the university.
It has a carpet area of about 12,000 sq ft. The library opens from 8 am to 7 pm except Saturdays
and Sundays. On Saturdays, it remains open from 10 am to 5 pm. Library remains closed in Sunday. There are 19 departmental libraries in the
Golapbag campus attached to the respective departments. The library provides consultation facilities
to out side scholars, teachers of the affiliated colleges and students of other universities as well
as ex-students of our university on the basis of the Library Rules.
Useful Links
Faculties
| Name | Designation | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| University Librarian | M.Com.,M.L.I.S.,Ph.D. | |
| Assistant Librarian | M.L.I.S. |
Officers
| Name | Designation | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Information Scientist (Inflibnet Programme) | M.C.A.,Ph.D. |
Librarian, Central Library
Name:
Prof. Sumanta Bhattacharya
Designation:
Professor
Department:
Chemistry
Qualification:
M.Sc.,Ph.D.
Profile:
Address:
Department of Central Library
The University of Burdwan
Golapbag, Bardhaman - 713104
West Bengal, INDIA.
Email : librarian@buruniv.ac.in
The University of Burdwan
Golapbag, Bardhaman - 713104
West Bengal, INDIA.
Email : librarian@buruniv.ac.in
Membership related Information
The University offers membership to the teachers, scholars, students, officers,
non-teaching staff and retired persons of our University, academic staff of affiliated colleges,
ex-students of ours and other Universities, and other academicians. Individual membership can be
obtained by presenting proper identification in case of ex-students of other universities,
other academicians and teachers from affiliated colleges on payment (Rs.100=00 for ex-students,
Rs.2000=00 for other categories). They will be entitled to get library services according to the
Rules of the Library.
Library Collection
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Books | 1,58,962 |
| Books (Research/Project) | 8,170 |
| Journal (Bound Vols) | 24,812 |
| Reprints | 918 |
| Thesis/M.Phil dissertation | 2,365 |
| Reports | 1,983 |
| Microfilms | 500 |
| Rare Books (Raj Collections) | 8,000 |
| Donation of Books (gifted) | 20,794 |
| CD ROMs | 1,111 |
Periodical Section
300 Indian & foreign journals are subscribed by the University.
Online E-Journals & CD ROM Searching
Under the INFLIBNET project of the UGC access to online E-Journals through
UGC Infonet Programme as well as offline CD ROM searching of abstract databases are provided
to the users. At present E-Journals of the following publishers are available under the
UGC-Infonet.
Reference Section
This section has a rich collection of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, handbooks, year books, atlases,
directories etc. Readers can consult these books to meet their queries. It has also a display board where
new arrivals are displayed regularly.
Thesis Collection
In this section the theses of Ph.D/D.Sc/D.Lit. degrees and M,Phil dissertations
awarded by the university are kept for reference use by researchers and others.
Report Section
Census reports, World Development Reports, Govt Publications, Reports on
Education, Reprints of research papers published by the scholars and teachers of our university,
NET, SLET, GATE preparatory documents are available.
Archival Cell
The present acquisitions by the unit are 2500 nos. of very old and valuable
Sanskrit Manuscripts and 8000 nos. of old and rare books received from the Burdwan Raj Family
Library.
EJournals subscribed by UGC-Infonet
| No. | Name of the Publisher | Journals count | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | American Chemical Society(1876) | 29 Journals | https://www.pubs.acs.org |
| 2. | American Institute of Physics | 18 Journals | https://www.aip.org |
| 3. | American Physical Society | 10 Journals | https://www.aps.org |
| 4. | Annual Reviews | 33 Journals | https://ajournals.annualreviews.org |
| 5. | Blackwell publishing | 489 Journals | https://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| 6. | Cambridge University Press | 224 Journals | https://journals.cambridge.org |
| 7. | Economic & Political Weekly | 1 Journals | https://www.epw.in |
| 8. | Emerald (LIS Collection) | 29 Journals | https://www.emeraldinsight.com |
| 9. | Institute of Physics Publishing | 46 Journals | https://www.iop.org/EJ/ |
| 10. | (Institute of Studies in Industrial Development) ISID | 1 Database | https://www.Isid.org.in |
| 11. | JCCC | 1 Database | https://jgateplus.com/home |
| 12. | JSTOR | 1401 Journals | https://www.jstor.org |
| 13. | Nature | 1 Journal | https://www.nature.com |
| 14. | Oxford University Press | 202 Journals | https://www.oxfordjournals.org |
| 15. | Project Muse | 389 Journals | https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ |
| 16. | Royal Society of Chemistry | 26 Journals + 6 database | https://www.rsc.org |
| 17. | Springer Link | 1389 Journals | |
| 18. | Taylor & Francis | 1365 Journals | https://www.informaworld.com |
| 19. | Web of Science | 1 Database | https://www.wokinfo.com |
| 20. | J-Gate@UGC-INFONET | https://www.jgateplus.com |
EJournals subscribed by University
| No. | Name of the Publisher | Journals count | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EPWRF India Time Series Database | https://www.epwrfits.in | |
| 2. | MATHSCINET | https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/index.html | |
| 3. | Scopus | https://www.scopus.com | |
| 4. | Ecological Economics | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ecological-economics | |
| 5. | Aquatic Toxicology | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/aquatic-toxicology | |
| 6. | EBSCOHOST BUSINESS SOURCE ELITE DATABASE | https://search.ebscohost.com/ | |
| 7. | IEEE ASPP collection | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/periodicals/title | |
| 8. | Capitaline AWS | https://awsone.capitaline.com/ | |
| 9. | India Data Portal | https://indiadataportal.com/ |
Free EJournals
| No. | Name of the Publisher | Journals count | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Internationally Indexed Open Access Research Journals | https://www.ijrcm.org.in |
Automaton related Information
Computerized library activities and networking of the central library has been
undertaken under INFLIBNET Programme of the UGC. The Central Library has started automation of the
library activities using SOUL Package, a user’s friendly software developed by the INFLIBNET Centre.
The library has its own local network connecting different sections of the library to the SOUL server.
BUCL has migrated its data from SOUL software to Koha software during further course of innovation.
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) service of the library provides databases of books, list of
journals, theses. The OPAC service is extended to all the departments in the campus through LAN.
Databases of library books, theses:
List of journals subscribed:
Library Collection
| Ground Floor | First Floor |
|---|---|
| Librarian's Room | Reference Section |
| Assistant Librarian's Room | Periodical Section |
| Library Office | Study Centre |
| Property Counter | Thesis Section |
| Controlling Gate | Acquisition Section |
| Membership Registration Counter | Processing Section |
| Old and Rare Book Collections | University Publications Display |
| Main Book Stack Area | Back Volume Journals |
| Reading Room | System Room |
| Manuscripts Section | Computer Section under INFLIBNET Programme |
| Circulation Section |