Rules for the use of this Library

• Anybody wishing to enter the library to access books etc. will have to sign his/her name and address in the register kept at the security gate counter for the purpose
• The attendant at the entrance is authorized to examine everything that passes into and out of the Library. (Sticks, umbrellas, bags, brief cases, over-clothes jerkins, wind cheater etc.) and books not belonging to this library, should be left with the attendant at the entrance.
• Silence should be observed in the Library.
• Smoking in the Library premises is prohibited
• Cases of incivility or failure in service should be reported immediately to the librarian or his/her deputy.
• Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am. to 8.00 pm. & Saturday 7.30 am. to 3.00 pm. for members (annual, institutional and staff of the institution.). Monday to Friday 10.30 am. to 6.00 pm. & Saturday 7.30 am. to 12.00 pm. for casual members

• Persons wishing to make the use of library should apply to the librarian on the prescribed form. The librarian will have full discretion in accepting or rejecting such applications.
• As a general rule under-graduates are not admitted to library.
• Membership is not transferable. Members will present themselves personally with their admission card or borrowers ticket.
• Membership should be renewed every year by paying a renewal fee according to the Readership Category allotted to a library member. The library year is from the 1st of April to 31st of March.
• Books, not more than five, may be taken out from the stacks to the reading hall, after entering the details of the same in the register at the issue counter.
• Books from each floor should be referred to on their respective floors only.
• Before leaving the library, the reader should leave on the reading table any books etc. taken from the stacks, for the week only, or return them at the issue counter.
• No person shall write upon, damage, or make any mark upon any book, manuscripts, map or any material belonging to the Library.
• No tracing or mechanical reproduction should be made without the express permission of the Librarian.

• Books, not more than two, can be borrowed, on borrower’s tickets, against a deposit of Rs.500/- per book.
• Deposits will be refunded only after checking outstanding dues, if any. Borrower’s tickets will have to be surrendered before applying for refund.
• Casual members shall not have home lending facility.
• Deposits not claimed within three years of the expiry of membership will be forfeited.

1. Reference material which would not be possible to lend out will comprise the following :

1. Old and rare books
2. Books of reference section which are likely to be required for use in the library at any movement
3. Reports of Committees and Commissions
4. Dictionaries, Directories, Year Books, Encyclopaedias, Gazetteers, Census Reports, Bibliographies etc.
5. Publications of international organizations, and such other material received on depository and exchange basis
6. Bound volumes or loose issues of periodicals, debates of legislatures, other important material, and anything also classified as reference material.

2. No sub-lending of books borrowed from the Library is permitted.

3. Before leaving the counter, the member shall satisfy himself/herself as to whether the book lent to him/her is in a sound condition. If the book is found defective in any respect, he/she should immediately bring the matter to the notice of the Librarian or his/her deputy. Should the book be found damaged when receiving it back, the member returning it will be held responsible for its replacement at his cost. If one book out of a set is spoiled or lost, the whole set will have to be replaced by borrower at his cost.

4.All books on loan must be returned within a fortnight from the date of issue. An overdue charge of Re.1/- per book per day will be charged on overdue books. Loan may at any time be terminated by order of the Librarian.

5. A loaned book may be re-issued for a further period of a fortnight provided :

1. The renewal application reaches the Librarian not less than three and not more than six clear days before the date on which the book is due back in the library and
2. No other reader has put a claim on the book in the meantime.

7. Loss of Ticket :If a member loses the borrower’s ticket, a new ticket will be issued only after one month from the date on which the application intimating the same has been received, on charging a fee of Rs.5/- per ticket.

The Library offers three types of membership as follows :
 

1. Annual Membership Rs. 150.00 per annum

2. Casual Membership Rs. 10.00 per day

3. Institutional membership Rs. 1500.00 per annum

The membership fee for foreign nationals and non-resident Indians will be five times of those for Indians

Those who wish to become a member of the library are required to get the recommendation of any of the following mentioned designators
 

• Head of a University Department
• Employer of the applicant
• Principal or Vice-Principal of a College
• A member of the Research staff of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics