Parija Library

Parija library

In India, the University Education Commission (1948-49) headed by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan describes, “The library is the heart of the University’s work; directly so as regards its research work and indirectly as regards its educational work, which derives its life from research work.”Libraries play an indispensable role in the dissemination of Information. Higher education is a process of learning and the students are to be provided with the necessary facilities for their self-learning process. The central library of Utkal University, named after its first Vice Chancellor, Professor Pranakrushna Parija, is one of the finest libraries in the state of Odisha. Set up in 1946 in Cuttack, it was shifted to the campus of Utkal University in Bhubaneswar in 1962. The building of the library, an impressive edifice, is spread over 28,000 square feet and comprises large reading rooms, periodicals, references, manuscripts, documentation and text-book, and administrative sections. The holdings of the library consist of more than two Lakhs of books and 5800 rare manuscripts. To serve the information needs of its large number of users in a globalized world the library, as part of INFLIBNET e-ShodhSindhu Consortium and OSHEC Consortium provides access to a wide variety of e-resources. The faculty, students, research scholars, and employees of the University find Parija Library a vibrant and welcoming learning space.

The Parija Library is fully automated using RFID technology with e-Granthalaya Library Management software. The Library provides Free WiFi service for all users.

• Library Timing:- 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM on all working days
• Circulation Timing:- 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM on all working days
• Library Print Collection:- 271500 Books, 200 current Periodicals, 5800 Manuscripts, 5600 Ph.D. Theses.

The Parija Library Website

All information of the Library is available in the Library webpage under the University Website. Links for Webopac and all e-Resources are accessible through the Library Website.

Reading Space Facilities:

Services:

Library Committee: A library committee has been formed for the maintenance of the Parija Library in Utkal University. The committee frames the rules and regulations of the library after approval from University authorities.

Staff Strength: Parija Library has 46 sanctioned posts and Library Office has 19 sanctioned posts. 

E-LIBRARY:

As an annex to the Parija Library an extensively rich and electronic resourceful e-library has been set up in the campus. It is well-designed and it has spacious and fully air-conditioned reading hall with smart class technology, Large Conference halls, Seminar rooms, DA room, Book Contribution Points, Special Reading room for Senior Citizen, Children and Visually Challenged Users, 76 seated Digital Library equipped with all modern amenities which provide the right ambiance for studies.

Library Timing: 9.00 AM to 7.00 PM on all working days

FLOOR PLAN:

Parija Library in Utkal University at Vani Vihar has its own building within the campus, an impressive edifice of Five Floor Structure. The library is situated in the heart of the campus. It occupies 28.000 sq. ft. The reading room occupies 7500 sq. ft. for 200 users, Periodical Section comprises 1800 sq. ft. for 60 users, Reference section comprises 1500 sq. ft., Administrative room occupies 2800 sq. ft., and Manuscript Section occupies 2500 sq. ft.

• Five Floor Structure.
• Carpet area of the library : 28000  ft

Ground Floor:

• Property Counter, Visitors’ Lobby, Security Check Area, Administrative Office, Reading Room Area, Textbook Section, Manuscripts Section, Acquisition Section, Current Journals, Divyang Reading Room, Research Scholars’ Reading Room, Newspaper Reading Room, Committee Room, Circulation Counter, Server Room, Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls and staff, Drinking water, First Aid.

First Floor:

• Stack Area, E-resource Access Center, Reference Section.

Second Floor:

• Stack Area, Anweshan Research Cubicles, Store Room, Binding Section, Binding Section

Third Floor:

• Bound Volumes and Stack Area

Fourth Floor:

• D. Theses Section, Bound Volumes

Fifth Floor:

• Manoj Das Reading Room

E-LIBRARY:

• E-Library has been located adjacent to the Parija Library. Carpet area of the library : 6000  ft

Ground Floor

• Property Counter, Reception Counter, Visitors’ Lobby, Security Check Area, Administrative Office, Reading Room Area, Divyangan Reading Room, Book Contribution Point, Newspaper Reading Area, Conference Hall, Server Room, Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls and staff, Divyangan Toilet, Store Room, Drinking water, First Aid.

First Floor

• Digital Library, Conference Hall, Server Room, Office Room, Seminar & Group Discussion Room, Drinking water, Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls and staff.

Journal Discovery Search Box

• EMERALD-2119 books 
• TAYLOR&FRANCIS–10,516 books
• IOP SCIENCE-325 books
• SAGE INDIA-1143 books

• E-journal-16000
• E-books- 200000

1. E-ShodhSindhu– All Journals of 13 Publishers (7091)
2. Shodhganga–5400(thesis)
3. EBSCO- 16000-Journal, 200000-e-Books
4. Shodh-Chakra

Parija library being the central Library of the University is works as a central hub of all the 27 Departmental Seminar Library. The different Sections of Parija Library are as follows:

Acquisition section:

Location : Ground Floor of Parija Library

The Acquisition Section collects book requisitions from the departments and places orders with the selected vendors, receive the books, Checking out Bills with Price proof, checking conversion rates, accessioned the procured books and transfers them to the Technical Processing Section for classification, cataloguing, indexing and database entry.
No of books – 271500 nos

Circulation Section:

Location: Ground Floor of Parija Library

Library Circulation is the function of lending library materials to the users of the library. The Parija Library is fully automated using RFID technology with e-Granthalaya Library Management software. Library Circulation includes checking out library materials to library users, renewing the borrowed items, reserving checked out items for the patron, checking in materials returned, checking the materials for damage at the time of return, if found damaged then giving that to responsible staff for repair and when repair is not possible then replacement, renewal of materials, receiving payment of fines for damaged and overdue materials and payment for subscription to the library and other charges, maintaining order in the stacks by re-shelving the library materials by call number given by Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. The Circulation Desk of the library carry out library circulation activities. It is the service point to register for the library card, check out, renew, and return library materials. Library staff at circulation desk also provides basic search and reference services in the use of library and placement of information resources. Circulation Timing: 10.30 AM to 5.00 PM on all working days. Download membership form and Library Book Issue Return Rules from Download page

Technical Processing Section:

After entered in to Accession Register the books sent to the technical processing unit. Thereby Classification of books has been done following DDC latest edition (presently using 22nd ed.), Cataloguing of books following AACR-II. And Database entry using e-Granthalaya 4.0 Library management software ,Pasting of RFID tags and Library LOGO, Classify books as Circulation, Textbook & Reference etc., Update database for the classified books also for Binding, Lost Books etc. Stamping and labelling, Generate list of new arrival of books which includes bibliographic details including Abstract Put hardcopy of new arrivals into display board (weekly).

Current Periodical Section:

Location: Ground Floor, Parija Library

The Current Periodical Section maintains a large collection of over 200 print journals and periodicals. Electronic Journals subscribed through the consortia are also maintained here. All user id and password for accessing the online journals managed by this section.

The bound Volumes were preserved in the 3 rd floor of Parija Library. There are 18000 Bound Volumes kept in the library from different subjects.

Digital Library:

Location: E-Library 1 st Floor

Fully air conditioned digital library with 76 latest version desktop computers with headphone, Speaker, Web camera available for users. 10% of systems reserved for Divyangan users with headphone and speaker facility and trained staff for audio visual material access. The Digital Library is also used as computer laboratory for students exam time.

Reference Section:

Location: Premamayee Hall. 1 st Floor Parija Library.

The Reference section of the library contains information-dense resources, such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesaurus, atlases, and reference handbooks. The basic purpose of a reference section is to assist clients to access information in the library’s collection and from other sources, and to make the best selection from the collection.The Reference section of the Library houses the Library’s reference books, which are those materials that are meant to aid research by providing quick and accessible information on any particular topic.
Special Attraction:

Summary:

• This book is one of 1,000 photolithographic reproductions of the Constitution of the Republic of India, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, after being approved by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. The original of this elaborate edition took nearly five years to produce. It is signed by the framers of the constitution, most of whom are regarded as the founders of the Republic of India. The original of the book is kept in a special helium-filled case in the Library of the Parliament of India. The illustrations represent styles from the different civilizations of the subcontinent, ranging from the prehistoric Mohenjodaro, in the Indus Valley, to the present. The calligraphy in the book was done by Prem Behari Narain Raizda. It was illuminated by Nandalal Bose and other artists, published by Dehra Dun, and photolithographed at the Survey of India Offices.

Collection of books on Mahatma Gandhi:

Manuscript Section:

Location: Ground Floor, Parija library
Parija Library is the proud owner of a rich collection of rare manuscripts which illuminates different aspects of the glorious intellectual collection of Odisha.

History: In 1943 with the establishment of University the then Vice Chancellor had appointed a person to collect valuable manuscripts from the different villages of Odisha. Many eminent persons like Artaballava Mohanty & Prof. Karuna Kar have donated all their personal collections to the university. Since then the manuscript section was built at Bardhaman Kothi, Cuttack and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Section of Parija Library, Utkal University. Digitization of manuscripts as means of protecting and documenting textual heritage has emerged as an important field in recent times. The First phase of digitization was successfully completed by NICSI. GOI and the major part of the estimated work has been done under the First Phase of Digitization. With the fresh digitization projects, the Library seeks to create a digital resource base for manuscripts to for documentation and preservation of original texts, facilitating at the same time, greater access for scholars and researchers.

Parija Library provides Manuscript services on the following subjects:

Text Book Section:

This section is situated in Ground Floor and only manages text books in different stacks of the library subject-wise. Currently there are 8000 textbooks kept in this Section.

Reading Hall

It possesses approximate 7500 sq ft and at a time 200 users can sit.

Newspaper Section
This section is situated in Ground Floor and is mainly responsible for the management of newspapers subscribed by the Parija library.

Section for the Visually Challenged:

Parija library has created a separate section particularly for the Visually Challenged users .This section is having a well-furnished room with two desktop computers, headphone speaker which is connected with internet with Audio Books facility. The computer with Windows11 operating system is installed with JAWS Screen reader which helps the visual impaired user for reading. JAWS is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display. Some Braille books are also available in the Section.

Special Provision for helping the Visually Challenged students to get free membership and free resources through the National Talking Book Library of National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, Dehradun.

Download Membership For at Download Section

Competitive examination preparation cell:

• Competitive Examination Preparation Cell This Section provides reading materials for various competitive examinations conducted at the State and Central levels.
• The timings of the Section are the same as that of the Library.
• Reading Materials: Competitive and General Knowledge Books and Latest magazines
• International Online Newspapers through EBSCO E-Resources.
• A total of 10 computer systems for accessing online competitive resources.

Property Counter:

Location: Library entrance

Users are advised to keep their personal belongings including handbags, hats, printed materials, umbrellas, etc. in the property counter which is at the left side of the entrance. Personal belongings kept in the property counter have to be taken on the same day.

E-Resources Section:

Location: 1 st Floor, Parija Library

This section is situated in First Floor and contains 30 nos. of PCs at present and is mainly used by the users for accessing e-resources of the library. Library provides online information resources covering bibliographic databases, electronic reference books, search engines for full text books, and digital collections of data.

Administrative Section:

Location: Ground floor, Parija Library

This section is responsible for the handling of the routine administrative works such as correspondence of receipts and dispatch works, bill processing, keeping records of various administrative activities etc. They also deal with the requisition of stationery and other infrastructure and other miscellaneous items required by the library.

The Library Office working Hour : 10.00 AM to 5.30 PM on all working days.

First floor:

First floor having subjects of :- Library & Information Science, Encyclopaedia & Dictionary, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Sociology-Social Anthropology-Cultural Anthropology, Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law-constitution, Public Administration, Military Art & Science, Social Pathology, Criminology, Education, Commerce & Trade Communication Transports, Customs & Folklore, Language & Linguistics.

Second Floor:

Second floor having subjects of : Agriculture, Anthropology, Archaeology, Bengali, Biology, Bio-Technology, Botanical science, Business Administration , Chemistry, Commerce, Engineering, English Literature, European History, Fine Arts, Geography, Geology, Hindi, History, Mathematics, Medical Science, Odia, Physics, Sanskrit, Urdu, Zoological Science. Anweshan Research Cubicles Houses 16 single sitter rooms for the PhD scholars in the second
floor.

Third Floor:-

Third Floor having subjects of :- Back Volume Section of Anthropology, Commerce, Economics, Geography, History, Labour Welfare Law, Library Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sanskrit, Science Sociology, Statistics.

Fourth Floor:-

Fourth Floor having Ph.D. thesis including Anthropology, Ayurveda,  Botany Business Administration (MBA), Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science & Application (MCA), Economics, Education, Engineering, English, Geography, Geology, Hindi, History, Home Science, Law, Library Science, Math, Music, Odia, Pharmacy, Physics, Philosophy, PMIR, Political Science, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Tourism, Women Studies, Zoology.

PhD Theses Upload Status in Shodhganga

5550 nos of Ph.D. theses has been uploaded in the INFLIBNET Shodhganga Website for use of the entire scholarly community in open access. To access the full text Ph.D. theses go to https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/8840

Automation & Services:

All operations and services of the library has been automated with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology using e-Granthalaya Library Management Software. (RFID Library Management & Security System) provides identification, tracking, security and automation handling to library items. The system enables accurate and fast multi item check-in and check-out, rapid shelf inventory and fast user friendly book return process.

An OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) has been created and about 10 terminals are provided to facilitate access. It is also made available via LAN in the campus.

The WEBOPAC facility provided to access the library resources through university website

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Manuscript Section:

Location: Ground Floor, Parija library

Parija Library is the proud owner of a rich collection of rare manuscripts which illuminates different aspects of the glorious intellectual collection of Odisha.

History: In 1943 with the establishment of University the then Vice Chancellor had appointed a person to collect valuable manuscripts from the different villages of Odisha. Many eminent persons like Artaballava Mohanty & Prof. Karuna Kar have donated all their personal collections to the university. Since then the manuscript section was built at Bardhaman Kothi, Cuttack and subsequently transferred to the Manuscript Section of Parija Library, Utkal University.

Digitization of manuscripts as means of protecting and documenting textual heritage has emerged as an important field in recent times.

The First phase of digitization was successfully completed by NICSI. GOI and the major part of the estimated work has been done under the First Phase of Digitization. With the fresh digitization projects, the Library seeks to create a digital resource base for manuscripts to for documentation and preservation of original texts, facilitating at the same time, greater access for scholars and researchers.

Parija Library provides Manuscript services on the following subjects:

For More Go to This Link:- http://parijalibrary.nic.in/

EOI Parija Library : Inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) for Empanelment of vendors for supply of books

Membership Form:  Download Form 

Library Books Issue Return Rules: Download 

Application Form For Membership of NIVH: Download

Short Quotation Call notice of Parija Library: Download