Book Drop Box Facility

Vikram Sarabhai Library primarily is a very critical resource for the students as well as the faculty alike. I as a faculty mainly use the library mostly for my research activities especially for the journal articles that I need to access. Most of the journal articles that I need for my research activities are generally available from the library. For very few cases where the journal articles are not subscribed by the library, I find the staff members very eager to procure them very promptly through the services like inter library loan facility. Apart from that, I often use the library facilities for reference books for the courses that I teach. In very few instances where the books that I am looking for are not available, the library is very prompt in procuring them for me. In particular, I would like to commend the very dedicated team of staff members who are supporting this library. For any paper that I need for my research, they are very prompt in procuring them from other sources if they are not available.

I think the best part of this library is you get what you want and that you get quickly than you expected sometimes. Suppose if you are looking for a new book just send one line email and you get it quickly or may be in a three - four days' time and it's not just an information storehouse it's just the way the library shares the information across every stakeholders of the institute. Like for example, if a data is added they arrange a detailed seminar about the data, how to access the data at the same time they share if a new book is arrived and not only they keep on sharing the list of books but the contents of the book. Now it gives a feeling all the time to look around the message that we are receiving from the library and you really feel like at least in a day once you visit the library and this has happened not just because it is a reputed institute library. This is all possible because of a set of people who oversee it, they are extremely good, they are competent, they are always smiling, they are always there to help you out. You go and ask I want this they are ready to help you.

Talking about the library, I think we have a wonderful library staff who are highly professional, they are highly courteous. It's a very good library being taken care by competent staff. One of the outstanding features of the library is we have a very efficient website through which you can search for books, place hold on books, suggest new books, renew books and all of that can be done just by a click of the mouse, so it's a very useful tool. Another thing that is again very helpful is we keep getting very frequent updates, mailers from the library staff informing about new additions in the library, on the website, what new books have been purchased, what new databases have been subscribed by the library. Hence, there is a mutual exchange of communication that happens from the library to the users. In terms of usefulness, in terms of ease, there is a very useful, very good service that we have at the institute.

Overall, I do not feel shy to say that we have one of the best libraries.

The Vikram Sarabhai Library has a special place in the campus and in the life of students here. There are three important aspects or parameters for a library. Vikram Sarabhai Library is one of the most conducive places for doing research. Second is the regular library service. As far as my knowledge goes, the library has more than 2 Lakh titles and several copies of each of the titles so you never fall short of accessing or finding a certain book. The third most important and crucial aspect that links up the whole thing is the staff. The staff at Vikram Sarabhai Library is not just knowledgeable; they are very helpful and very cooperative. In terms of professionalism, I would definitely rate them at least 9.8 on 10 if not 10 on 10.

Vikram Sarabhai Library has something for everyone that is the best part of the library. The staff create a conducive environment for you to do research or gain knowledge. How innovative Vikram Sarabhai Library is, thinking ahead of time, the Library has bring in Kindle Lending because in the future it will be more about digital access, e-library so now itself the Vikram Sarabhai Library is moving towards digital lending.

The best aspect of IIMA community is that everyone here enjoys reading using the many facilities that the VSL has for every generation. The staff is highly dedicated to operate VSL for 24x7. The absolute best thing is the online catalog and the option to hold a book thereafter. The latest books added to the shelf are also notified regularly keeping in mind the interest of the reader. The IIMA community is lucky to have VSL.

The kind of facilities Library provides really encourage students to come and read. I appreciate the initiatives like provision of putting a request to purchase any book, theme based display of books, the intimation of new arrivals and provision of finding books on basis of frequency of issuing. The whole library staff is very cordial. I really appreciate the Institute for extending such a facility.