CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY STATUS REPORT 2010-2011 1. Collection in the Library:-- Books CSL has procured 2818 new books during 2010-2011 for the Departments. The emphasis was on procurement of Text-Books prescribed in the syllabi as the strength of M.Sc students has increased due to 54% additional intake. Researchers and Faculty demands are being met by an extensive collection of periodicals databases. 2. e-books:-- Library is helping students in reading e-books available on public domain and has a plan to acquire e-books collection from publishers like Springers, Wiley, Elsiver press etc. 3. Periodicals :--CSL has subscribed to Cold Spring Harber Protocols Journals, World Scientific Computer Science Journals, ASP-ISP Nanotechnology Journals. This has been made possible after deletion of print journals which are available online. The library has saved Rs.1.20 Crore on this account during 2010-11. 4. Membership CSL membership is gradually increasing. This year 2,040 PG students, 5,50 PhD s and M.Phill students became member of the CSL. A special drive to enroll teacher as member is being taken by the CSL. 5. Visitors DU and the CSL has been the Centre of Excellence. A large number of researchers visit DU and CSL to access print and online facilities available. This year 48, 323 visitors other then members of the library took advantage of the CSL. 6. e-journals A record number of 27,088 Journals in Science discipline are available Full-Text on DU campus wide network. A Remote login facility is under implementation by which users would be able to access journals from home. 1
7. Information Literacy Programme: CSL has complete setup of e-information resource centre with 90 computers and trained staff. We have conducted literacy programmes for teachers at ILLL, Departments and in the library. From 21 st July, 2011 daily orientation will be arrange for the M.Sc students and Research Scholars. 8. National Level Participation: CSL has participated extensively at national level with different forums e.g. UGC INFONET, INDEST, DELNET, University Forum etc. and has availed their services for the benefit of the faculty, students and scholars. CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY WEB SITE WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://CSL.DU.AC.IN
CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DELHI-110007 ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AT A GLANCE FULL TEXT RESOURCES S. No. Name of the Publisher No. of Journals Web Site Address 1 ABI/INFORM (Pro-quest) 4093 Journals http://proquest.umi.com/login/ipauto 2 ACM Portal Journals, http://portal.acm.org/ Transaction, Proceedings etc. 3 American Chemical Society 31 Journals http://pubs.acs.org/about.html Publications (ACS) 4 American Geophysical Union Journal 13 Journals List of Journals (AGU) 5 American Institute of Physics (AIP) 11 Journals http://www.aip.org/ 6 American Journal of Science http://www.ajsonline.org/ 7 American Physical Society (APS) 8 Journals http://publish.aps.org/ 8 American Phytopathological Society 3 Journals http://www.apsnet.org/ 9 American Science Publishers 10 Journals http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ asp;jsessionid=340v2kbuece4d.alice 10 American Society for Microbiology 11 Journals http://www.asm.org/ (ASM) 11 American Society of Agronomy 5 Journals List of Journals 12 American Society of Plant Biologists 2 Journals http://www.aspb.org/ (ASPB) 13 American Statistical Association 3 Journals List of Journals 14 Annual Reviews 29 Reviews http://www.annualreviews.org/ 15 Anthroresource 22 Resources List of Journals 16 Applied Probability Trust http://www.appliedprobability.org/ 17 Australian Mathematical Society 2 Journals List of Journals 18 Bentham Science Publisher Organic List of Journals Chemistry & Biotechnology Journals 19 Blackwell Synergy (Merged into Wiley InterScience) 1100+ Journals http://www.blackwellsynergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=sho whome&type=journals&action=1 20 Botanical Society of America 1 Journal List of Journals 21 Cambridge University Press Journals 189 Journals http://journals.cambridge.org/ (CUP) 22 Canadian Mathematical Society 1 Journal List of Journals 23 Cell Press 1 Journal http://www.cellpress.com/ (Only Cell) 24 Chicago Manual of Style http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ 25 China Core Newspapers http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index. htm 3
26 Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory http://www.cshlpress.com/ Press 27 Company of Biologists 2 Journal List of Journals 28 Credo Reference Indexing & http://www.xreferplus.com/ 29 Discover Magazine http://discovermagazine.com/ 30 Early English Books Online http://eebo.chadwyck.com/ 31 EBSCO Full Text & http://search.epnet.com/ 32 Ecological Society of America 5 Journals List of Journals 33 Econlit http://search.ebscohost.com/ 34 Economic & Political Weekly http://www.epw.in/ 35 E-jurix http://www.ejurix.com/portalpage.aspx 36 Emerald Management Xtra 190 Journals http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ 37 Encyclopedia and Dictionaries 38 Endocrine Society 4 Journals List of Journals 39 Genetics Society of America 1 Journal List of Journals 40 Geological Society America 3 Journals List of Journals 41 Geological Society of London 1 Journal List of Journals 42 Geo-Science World (GSW) & GeoRef 30 journals http://www.geoscienceworld.org/ s 43 Grove Art Online Over 3,000 http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ Thumbnail art Images etc. 44 IEEE Xplore Single User http://www.ieeexplore.ieee.org/ IEEE Journals 45 InderScience Online Journals 8 Journals List of Journals 46 India Journals.com http://www.indianjournals.com 47 Indian Academy of Science (IAS) http://www.ias.ac.in/ 48 Indiastat.com Socio-economic http://www.indiastat.com/ statistical data about India 49 INDLAW Indian legal, http://www.indlaw.com/ tax, business and regulatory issues 50 Informa Health Care 2 Journals http://informahealthcare.com/ 51 Institute of Mathematical Statistics http://imstat.org/en/index.html (IMS) 52 Institute of Physics (U.K) (IOP) 36 Journals http://www.iop.org/ej 53 Institute of pure and applied 3 Journals List of Journals physics, Japan 54 IOS Press 27 Journals List of Journals 55 ISI Emerging Markets CEIC Asia http://site.securities.com/cdmweb/ 56 ISI Emerging Markets EMEI Asia http://site.securities.com/ 57 ISID http://www.isid.org.in/ 4
58 JCCC@UGC-INFLIBNET http://www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in/ 59 Journal of Chemical Education http://pubs.acs.org/loi/jceda8 60 J-STOR 650 Journals http://www.jstor.org/browse 61 Kamla Raj Enterprises http://www.krepublishers.com/ 62 Keesings World http://www.keesings.com/ 63 Lecture Notes In Computer Science (LNCS) One Journal http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id =105633 64 Legalpundits www.legalpundits.com 65 Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe One http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe (35,000 papers) 66 LISA http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?user name=delhi&access=delhi46 67 Making of Modern Law http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/mo ML?locID=unidelhi 68 MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews Online) Indexing & http://www.ams.org/mathscinet 69 Minerralogical Society of America http://www.minsocam.org/ 70 National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) www.niscair.res.in/ 71 Nature Publishing Group Journals 26 Journals http://www.nature.com/nature 72 New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/d ictionary 73 New York Review Children's http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/children Collection 74 New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/ 75 NYRB Classics http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/classics 76 NYRB Collections http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/collection s 77 Oxford DNB (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ) 125 most relevant http://www.oxforddnb.com/ 78 Oxford University Press (List of Social Science Journals Archive) documents 250 Journals http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/online/ 79 Physical Society of Japan 1 Journal List of Journals 80 Proceedings of the National Academy http://www.pnas.org/ of Science (PNAS) 81 Project Euclid http://projecteuclid.org 82 Portland Press 8 Journals http://www.portlandpress.com/ 83 Project Muse (John Hopkins) 222 Journals http://muse.jhu.edu/journals 84 Public Library of Science (PLoS) 7 Journals http://www.plos.org/journals/index.php 85 PubMed Central http://pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ 86 Royal Society of Chemistry 23 Journals + 6 s 87 Sage Journals Online more than 256 journals, 360,000 articles http://www.rsc.org/ http://online.sagepub.com/ 88 Science Direct http://www.sciencedirect.com/ 5
89 Science Magazine (AAAS) 1 Journal http://www.sciencemag.org/ 90 SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Services) (Three User Access Only in CSL) Indexing & 91 SCOPUS (Elseviers) Abstract and Citation Indexing & http://www.cas.org/scifinder/schol AR/index.html http://www.scopus.com/ 92 SEPM Society for sedimentary 1 Journal List of Journals Geology 93 SIAM (Society for Industrial and 13 Journals http://epubs.siam.org/ Applied Mathematics) 94 Society for Endrocrinology 1 Journal List of Journals 95 Society for General Microbiology 4 Journals List of Journals (SGM) 96 Society for Neuroscience 1 Journal Journal of Neurosciene 97 Society for Reproduction & 1 Journal List of Journals Fertility 98 Society for the Study of 1 Journal List of Journals Reproduction 99 Society of Economic Geologists 1 Journal List of Journals 100 Soil Science Society of America 8 Journals List of Journals (SSSA) 101 Springer Link ( Kluwer Journals ) 1400+ Journals http://www.springerlink.com/ 102 Statesman's Yearbook Online www.statesmansyearbook.com/ 103 Taylor & Francis 1030 Journals http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/ 104 Thieme ejournals 4 Journals http://www.thieme.de/connect/en/ 105 UGC-InfoNet http://unicat.inflibnet.ac.in/scon/mindex. htm/ 106 UMI Doctoral Theses http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?rqt=3 06&cfc=1&DBId=G647 107 University of Chicago Press http://www.press.uchicago.edu/index.htm l 108 University of Houston Press http://www.houstonpress.com/ 109 Wayne State University Press http://wsupress.wayne.edu/ 110 Web of Science Indexing & http://isiknowledge.com 111 Westlaw International www.westlawinternational.com 112 Wiley Inter Science (Blackwell 1100+ Journals http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/ Synergy) (Backfile List) & (Current Subscription List) and 2 Reference Sources 113 Women's History Gerritsen http://gerritsen.chadwyck.com/ Collection 114 World Bank Online Resources http://publications.worldbank.org/online 115 World Intellectual Property Search http://www.wipsglobal.com/ 116 World Scientific Publishing Co. pte Ltd. 10 Journals http://www.worldscinet.com 6
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FROM 2006 TO 2011 Activity 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-2011 Library Membership 1,761 2,050 2812 3199 2847 Books Circulation 1,13,186 1,34,710 1,55,809 1,59,735 2,15,569 Readers Visited 1,80,175 1,95,250 2,10,560 2,43,376 2,78,175 Readers from other the DU 11,139 18,750 20,162 31,071 48,323 Books Acquired 1,843 2,395 3,190 3,926 2818 Amount spent on books 37,21,349 41,99,874 80,80,394 72,84,902 51,91,141 Average cost of books 2019 1754 2533 1856 1842 Periodicals subscribed 366 420 449 385 387 + Amount spent on Periodicals Average cost of Periodicals 2,58,11,880 2,52,20,395 2,92,80,000 2,72,61,506 2,12,27,555 70524 60049 65,212 70,809 54852 7