About
The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Library is a learning and knowledge resource center for the academic community of NITIE, since 1965. Keeping in view of increasing collection and added services of the library, in 2016, the library had moved to institute’s new premises known as “Academic cum Library Building (ALB)”. The current library at ALB is spread over three floors and has more facilities. The entire area of the library is centrally air-conditioned with proper lights, adequate seating capacity, secured Wi-fi connection and other fundamental amenities. These all have made the library a happening place and comfortable for a long study.
The NITIE Library is enriched with intellectually stimulating collections of Technical Books, Reference Books, Journals (both print & online), Electronic Databases, Educational Software, etc. in the fields of Industrial Engineering, Management and allied disciplines. Since the Institute is with a residential campus, the library plays a vital role in providing information to staff, officers, besides the students.
Collection
The objective of NITIE library is to facilitate the creation of new knowledge through acquisition, organization, and dissemination of knowledge resources and providing value-added services. The total collection of the library is around 82384 which include Technical/ Reference Books, Bound Volumes of Journals, Light Reading Books (in Hindi, English & Marathi language) and Complimentary Books.
Library also has a rich coverage of 18 newspapers. Along with Hindi & English newspapers, it also subscribes newspapers published in regional language, such as Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Bengali
E-resources
NITIE library subscribes to some important databases and educational software:
- CMIE
- ProwessIQ
- Industry Outlook
- Economic Outlook
- States of India
- EBSCO: Business Source Complete
- Emerald 312
- EMIS & CEIC
- Gartner Database
- IEEE
- IMD (World Competitiveness Yearbook)
- Indiastat Database
- EPWRF Time Series
- Proquest
- SCOPUS
- EBSCO Discovery Search (Integrated Portal)
- E-view Software
- Grammarly Software: Writing Tool
- Turnitin: Anti Plagiarism Software
- Remote Xs
NITIE Library is one of the members of “eShodhSindhu Consortium for Higher Education Electronic Resources,” an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for the benefit of Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). Through e-ShodhSindhu Nitie Library gets the following e-resources:
- ASCE Journals Online
- ASME Journals Online
- Economic & Political Weekly
- Institute for Studies in Industrial Development(ISID) Database
- JSTOR
- Oxford University Press
- Springer Links 1700 Collection + Nature Journal
- Web of Science Lease Access
- World e-book library
- South Asia Archive (SAA)
- JGate plus (JCCC) – electronic gateway to global e-journal literature
Library provides access to the all online resources and Library catalogue, i.e. “OPAC” (Online Public Access Catalogue) 24 X 7 within the campus.
Library Services
Following are the Library services:
- Book Lending
- Reference Service
- Reprography Service
- Inter-library loan Service
- Overdue alert Service
- CD-Mirroring
- Emerald Cases
- HBS Case Studies
- IIM-A cases
- Textbook procurement & distribution to PGP students
- The Institute ID card for students are prepared by the library with the help of their LMS.
- Remote Access Facility
Library Management Software and Security System
The Library has upgraded its library management software into“LIBSYS10 – Web-centric Version”. For library security, the entire collection of NITIE Library is Barcoded enabled along with the 3M security system.
Library Timing
The library runs as per the below schedule:
- Monday to Friday - 9.00 am to 10.00 pm
- Saturday & Sunday - 11.00 am to 7.00 pm
- Library Holiday - Only on Institute’s Holidays.
Library Team
NITIE Library, which is headed by Library & Information Officer (LIO), currently has a team of 4 professionals including one Assistant Library & Information Officer (ALIO), 1 Library Clerks, 2 Administrative staff and 3 MTS. They collectively handle all library related activities like Collection Development, Collection Maintenance, Circulation, Reference, and other information services. Besides, a team of NITIE Faculty members (known as Library Committee) advises LIO on some key issues including procurement of resources for the library.
Contact
For any library related query, please contact LIO in the following email id: