Library Services

24x7 accessible online Catalogue of the library collections, books, journals, magazines and other materials. From this, one can know the list of books borrowed and their due dates.

It can be accessed at http://bwu-opac.blacloud.in

These are services that deal with the lending activities of library books and other resources to all library users along with payment of library dues as per the library rules. The users’ privileges are as mentioned below:

BWU library has separate and varied collection for references which include dictionaries, career guides, periodicals, newspaper, text books, general books, rare & valuable books etc. The library users can approach the library desk in order to access reference and reserve materials for their requirements inside the library premises. However, they are not eligible to carry those materials outside the library premises under any circumstances.

Keeping up with the sustainable practices, Brainware University discourages students to take printouts of any material required by them, if it is available freely electronically or online. For print materials, however, photocopying is allowed and library has photocopying services for students and staff at reasonable rates. Photocopying of such print material are only allowed which will not be damaged due to handling.

BWU library users can reserve a book online, if the particular book is not available for borrowing at that point of time. Upon the availability of that particular book, notifications are sent to the user. However, if the user does not respond to the notifications, the book is issued to the immediate user who asks for it next.

Preservation of books and documents is very important in a library as they are comprised of organic materials (plant or animal based) which are in a constant state of deterioration. However, with proper storage, handling, and care, deterioration can be slowed down so that the documents and books are around for many generations to come and also prevent loss of informational content.

BWU library ensures protection of its documents and books through proper handling as follows:

To help the students to test their knowledge of any particular course they are studying, to enable them to understand the question patterns and also to boost their confidence ahead of the exams, past question papers are made available to the students.

Student project reports are important parts of library collections. The BWU library stores quality student project reports for archiving and also for future reference by the students’ junior peers for literature review and scope for further research.

BWU Library subscribes to various current print periodicals and newspapers for all students and staffs to keep them abreast with the current technological advancements, general knowledge, research and other areas of interest.

BWU Library subscribes to various current print periodicals and newspapers for all students and staffs to keep them abreast with the current technological advancements, general knowledge, research and other areas of interest.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has initiated the National Digital Library of India (NDL India) pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility.

All of our library users have the opportunity to become a member of National Digital Library of India simultaneously. The information regarding the registration to NDL is sent by the library following which the users can register themselves and get benefited from the vast repository of electronic learning resources.

NPTEL is an acronym for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning which is an initiative by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The BWU Library provides guidance through proper channel to our users to enroll in various courses the users are interested in. The users can also access the MOOC platform from the library. The video lectures are also stored in the library as learning resource for later reference for everybody.

Today's students are not merely comfortable with computers. Keeping this in mind, BWU Library provides access to various electronic resources to students no matter where they are located.

In order to avail any library service, one must become a member of our Library. Brainware University is also an institutional member of Chitrabani Society Library and British Council Library. Hence, our members automatically get the benefits of accessing the vast resources of these two libraries as well.

BWU Library has an Inter-Library Loan Service with other departmental libraries. Our users can access other libraries for reference as well as for borrowing services, and vice–versa.

The BWU Library organizes Library Orientation Programme for all the new students in the beginning of the academic year and also for new Academic staffs as per the University schedule. The objective of this orientation programme is to make the new members familiar with the various library resources, services and rules so that they can avail the services without any hiccup.

The BWU Library also organizes various awareness programmes, seminars, book fairs and workshops time to time especially for the students to grow the habit of reading in them, to make them discover of the varied facets of the world of books, to train them about plagiarism, to make them aware on the importance of journals and research articles in higher education and research.

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