Library Facilities

Sikkim University endeavors to establish a world class library with up-to-date, contemporary academic and general books, journals, magazines, research publications, manuscripts, reports and other documents in various disciplines and subjects. In its mission to provide the basic reference and research infrastructure to the students and faculty members of the University, Sikkim University started a Library at 6th Mile, Tadong with an area of about 1000 sq ft in May 2008. In a very short period of over about two years, the University Central Library has spread into more than 9000 sqft and has acquired over 10000 books from across the disciplines/subjects including Pharmacy, Library Science, Microbiology, LLB, Economics, International Relations, Political Science, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Sociology, Psychology, Physics, Floriculture and Horticulture, Mass Communication, Geography, Research Methodology and others. University has also procured about 1200 Braille books in various disciplines.

In order to promote research activities and broad based teaching practices, University library is in the process of acquiring the publications of various multilateral and national institutions. So far the library has procured the latest publications of UNO, UNU, ILO, UNESCO, WTO, WB, OECD, FAO, WB, IMF and various Governmental Institutions/ Ministries.

The library is also in collaboration with Inter-University Centre (IUC) of UGC and Information and Library Network Centre, connected with Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), a network that allows free access to e-journals published from India and abroad. Through INFLIBNET, now the Library can access journals listed in e-resources like American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Annual Reviews, Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Economic & Political Weekly, Elsevier Science, Emerald, Institute of Physics, ISID, JCCC, JSTOR, MathSciNet, Nature, Oxford University Press, Portland Press, Project Euclid, Project Muse, Royal Society of Chemistry, SIAM, Springer Link and Taylor & Francis. Apart from these e-resources, University is also enlisted in DelCON, a e-resources consortium for biological sciences in North East India under Department of Bio Technology, Govt of India.

Under this INFLIBNET and DelCON connectivity, University has got access to more than 5000 e-journals available in Microbiology, Bio-Technology, Zoological, Chemical, Environmental, Social, Humanities and Life Sciences. About 10 computers in the library are solely dedicated to access INFLIBNET based e-resources. University is in the process of extending this connectivity to other academic buildings for maximum utilization by various stakeholders. The University Library is also subscribing leading international, national journals, magazines, news papers in various disciplines.

The University is also has an institutional membership with American Library, Kolkata and in the process of getting memberships in various libraries across the country.

In order to meet urgent need of books to the faculty and students of its affiliated colleges, Sikkim University has established satellite libraries in all its affiliated colleges. These satellite libraries are part of University library network being established in colleges in three phases. University is providing books enlisted in the syllabi of all the subjects offered by these affiliated colleges. University plans to connect the satellite libraries to the central Library with a network which facilitates online browsing of books, journals available in the University library.

University Library is open for all academia, students, intelligentsia and general public in all working days from 9.30 am to 6 pm. The Central Library has all facilities including photocopy section, news paper & magazine section, reading room, canteen and a conference hall. The entire Library is connected with wireless internet network.

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