Library occupies an important place in the framework of the Academic system. It is not a mere storehouse of books, but is a dynamic instrument of education. It is a central place for study and research.

KIMS as a wing of KIIT has access to a well-stacked library, reference section and online journal facilities. KIMS library housed in a four storied building has an initial stock of 1184 titles of reference and textbooks with more than 150 number of journals, CDs aimed at keeping the students and faculty abreast with the modern technology and progress made in the field of Medical Sciences. Library provides the following services;

  1. MEDLARS SEARCH
  2. INTERNET FACILITY
  3. REPROGRAPHY SERVICES
  4. CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICES (CAS)
  5. SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SERVICES (SDI)
  6. NEWSPAPER CLIPPING SERVICES
  7. AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES

Library is in the process of being automated through a corporate edition of Web Centric 'LS Premia' in Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition 5.0 platform and RDBMS backend in MY SQL.

     
 
INFORMATION GUIDE
Working Hours : 9 am-9 pm (on all working days & Sundays (9 am-2 pm)
Issue Hours : 9 am-9 pm (on all working days & Sundays (9 am-2 pm)
Help Desk : Email - ranjitkdas@kiit.ac.in, Phone : 0674-2725472 Ext - 2099
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LIBRARY RULES & REGULATIONS

According to Rules of Orissa Universities Act 1989 with some desirable deviations

TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
1. These rules and regulations are may be called the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences Rules and Regulations. They shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. All words and expressions in these rules and regulations shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act and Statutes of the Orissa Universities Act 1989.

CONSTITUTION OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE

The committee consists of three nominated members from among the senior faculty members by the Principal and the senior most professor will act as Chairman of the Library Committee and the Librarian as Convenor. The library committee meeting is to be convened by the librarian.

Committee Meetings : The Committee shall meet as and when required as per the discretion of Chairman.
Functions of Committee :

  1. To allocate funds for expenditure on purchase of books, journals, etc. and furniture required by the Library out of the Annual Budget.
  2. The Librarian shall consult the Head of the Departments regarding their requirement of books, journals and non-book materials etc. and their suggestions shall be duly considered by the Library Committee while making final allotments of funds for the different departments.
  3. To arrange for proper enforcement of Library Rules and Regulations.
  4. The Library shall be under over-all supervision of the Library Committee. The Library shall remain open in such hours as the Chairman may, from time to time decide, but it may in exceptional circumstances, be closed by the Librarian.

Membership : Eligibility

  • Faculty members
  • Undergraduate students (M.B.B.S.)
  • Tutors / Sr. & Jr. Residents / Demonstrators
  • Medical officers of the Hospital

Every user of the Central Library must register his/her name in the Library.(Form for registration to be supplied by the Library office).

All the users of the Central Library except the eligible users shall pay Rs. 2000/- (Rupees Two thousand only) for individuals for three years, which is non-refundable and they will not be issued any book out of the Library Reading Room. In this regard Librarian should provide adequate information to the surrounding institute.

For retired faculty member from this institute are welcomed to utilize the library facility inside the library.

Current Awareness Service is to be provided in the Library.

One book shall be issued to the users for a period of fifteen days.

Members shall appear in person to take books on loan.

Circulation of informational documents will be provided daily to its users.

If a book or informational document is not returned by a borrower within fifteen days of issue of the book/informational document, a retention fees of Rs.5/- (Rupees five only) per day up to a maximum limit of fifteen days shall be charged on borrower. In case this informational document is not returned within that period, other disciplinary action would be taken against the borrower as deemed fit by the Chairman, Library Committee.

When the due date for the return of the book falls on authorized holiday, it may be returned on the day, the library reopens.

A borrower against whom any overdue or the other charge is outstanding shall not be allowed to borrow book from the library.

No book shall be issued to a borrower who has lost a title until such time the lost title is replaced or paid for.

A borrower shall be responsible for all books issued on his/her library card.

Handle the books and journals with care. Do not disfigure these documents by writing or making underline in the pages and do not tear out of any page from the book. In this case full present cost will be charged.

If an informational document is lost by its borrower, then ten times the price of the said document will be collected from the borrower.

A student shall cease to be a member of the Library if he/she ceases to be a student of the institute.

Informational documents are not transferable.

Journals, Magazines, Newspapers and other reference materials are to be used strictly inside the Library Reading Room.

If any reader damages the furniture or removes or attempts to remove from the Library, an informational document that has not been duly made over to him/ her by the Library personnel, appropriate action shall be taken against him/ her.

A list of recent arrivals of informational documents is to be noticed in the Reading Room Notice Board.

Suggestion for procuring the books, suggestion slips are provided in the Library.

The reservation facility for informational document is provided in the Library for the users.

Silence is the golden rule in Library. Use of Cell phone and smoking are strictly prohibited in the Library. All who happens to be inside the library are expected to observe strict silence and maintain the discipline in the library.

The checking counter Attendant is authorized to examine every thing that passed into or goes out of the library.

Every user shall be supplied with a library card affixed with his/her photograph.

Loss of library card issued to a borrower must be reported to the Librarian immediately and a duplicate card will be issued on payment of Rs. 50/-(Rupees Fifty only)

Library Cards are not transferable.

All readers should read the library rules. Ignorance of library rules will be of no excuse.

Do not bring food or drink of any kind in to the library.

Do not keep feet on the furniture or spill ink in the floor.

Sticks, Umbrellas, handbags, and articles are prohibited inside the reading hall. These can be kept in property counter. Library staff are not responsible for missing of any personal belongings.

The staff who shall leave the college on proceeding to higher studies or training either inside the country or abroad/retirement from the service or otherwise are to furnish the clearance certificate from the library before they are relieved.

All users who take books from the library shall return before going on leave.

No book from the library shall in any circumstance be taken into the dissection room or the postmortem room.

The readers should not reserve the seats in the reading hall. When they will go out of the library, they should return the library books in the counter and take back their personal note along with them, otherwise the library staff will not responsible for the personal books and would remove the library books to the respective places.

Borrowers are advised, in their own interest, to inspect informational documents issued to them at the time of issue and to call attention to any damage or defacement detected by them. Any damage or mutilation of a book noticed at the time of returning shall be ascribed to the borrower.

Xerox facility is to be provided free for faculty members for academic activities with the recommendation of HOD. For personal use, they have to pay fifty paisa per page for the users (staff and students)
A sum of Rs.5000/-(Rupees five thousand only) shall be placed at the hands of the Librarian towards emergent and incurring miscellaneous expenditure.

There shall be a stock taking of the Library under the guidance of Librarian.

The library committee have to frame additional rules and regulations with the approval of the Principal as may be necessary from time to time for smooth management of the Library.

Copy of the Central Library Rules and Regulations shall be made available in the Reading Room Notice Board and Library Notice board.

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