Central Library

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Karn

Central Library HEAD

The Ranchi University’s Central Library (Estd. 1962) is playing a key role in development and progress of Ranchi University, Ranchi which is operating as a system of 9 sections which are as follows: Acquisition Section, Technical Section, Registration Section & Office, Administration Section, Computer/INFLIBNET Section, Reading Section, Circulation Section, Reference and Research Section, and Periodical Section. This Library caters to the information and knowledge needs of teachers; PG students; research scholars & Non-Teaching Staff of 30 RU departments & other associated Units (more than 5000 users). It has collection of more than 1.12 lakh volumes consisting of Textbooks, Theses, Reference Collection (Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Reports, Gazetteers etc.), Journals, and E-resources (more than 6000) comprising of e-journals and databases etc. The Central Library is the member of Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, Gandhinagar, and Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi. This Library is participating in the Library and Information Activities and programmes of these networks for boosting and maintaining the learning culture of our university. For the implementation of the mechanism of plagiarism detection for research theses of the University, the Central Library has played a great role in formation of the Plagiarism Detection Cell (PDC), RU, Ranchi. This library has also worked for implementation of the Shodhganga Project of the University. It is also guiding the Departmental Libraries.

The Central Library is an information and knowledge resource centre which has rich resources of textbooks as well as reference and periodical collection to fulfill the requirements of the faculty members, research scholars and students of 30 University Departments under the faculties of Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce, and Tribal & Regional Languages. The Library has a total area of 9290 Sq. Mts. (Approx.) spread over 3 floors in a separate building with ideal and friendly atmosphere.

Library Timing

Day	Monday to Saturday
Timing	8 AM to 10 PM (Reading Section) 10.30 AM to 5 PM (Other Sections) on working Days
Circulation	10:30 AM to 4.00 PM on working Days

Library Resources

Total Number of Print Collection (More than 1.12 Lakh)
Including Textbooks	More than 94,000
Reference Collection
Including Theses & Journals	More than 18,000

User Population

Total Users (More than 5000)
Teachers, Postgraduate Students, Ph. D., Postdoctoral Scholars and Non-Teaching Staff
No. of Departments/Units	30
External Users	Users from other institutions/ organizations
Access Policy	As per the requirement and under the library's policy

Library Timing

Day	Timing	Circulation
Monday to Saturday	8 AM to 10 PM (Reading Section) 10.30 AM to 5 PM (Other Sections) on working Days	10:30 AM to 4.00 PM on working Days

Library Resources:

1. Total number of Print Collection: more than 1.12 Lakh (including Textbooks- > 94,000; Reference collection including Theses, & Journals - > 18000
2.Total number of E-Journals through INFLIBNET’s eShodhSindhu consortia & DELNET: > 6000
3.E-Books through DELNET: > 10,000

User Population

This Library caters to the information & knowledge needs of more than 5000 users including teachers; Post Graduate students; & Ph. D. and Post Doctoral research scholars & Non-Teaching Staff of 30 University departments & other associated Units. It also serves the users from other institutions/organisations as per requirement in accordance with the policy of this library.

Library Services:

1. Reading room service with seating capacity of more than 700 students at a time.
2. Reference service
3. Internet facility
4. Online Services of Information & Library Networks, such as INFLIBNET (Information & Library Network), & DELNET (Developing Library Network).
5. Circulation service for Lending of books
6. Photocopying service
7. Documentation and Bibliographic services on demand

Technical Processing:

The documents of the Library have been Classified as per DDC scheme.

The Central Library also has:

• A well-equipped e- learning Centre developed with 30 computers for the purpose.
• Water Purifiers (RO/Cooling facility)
• WI-FI
• Pest Management Solution (Under process)
• Library Management Software SOUL
• Special Zone for Teachers & Research Scholars (For access to E-Resources).
• CCTV Surveillance
• Fire Extinguishers (under process)
• RFID Implementation (under process)