Q. What
are the opening hours of your library for the readers?
A. Our
library is open for the readers from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on all working days. It is closed on Second Saturday,
Fourth Saturday and Sunday.Q. What
are the telephone numbers for contacting the library?
A. You
can contact our library at 6081110, 6081124, 6081125 and 6086399. Library’s extension no. is 233.
Q. Who can make use of your library?
A. Our
library is primarily for the organisation’s reporters, writers and researchers. But
we welcome the use of its collections by other researchers, scholars, students,
institutions, NGOs, government officials etc.
Q. Whether
photocopying facilities are available in your library?
A. Yes,
photocopying facilities are available in our library @Rs.2/page.
Q. Which library software is used by your library?
A. We have
been managing our resources with the help of “LIBSYS”
software.
Q. Does the library have computers available for the public to use?
A. We
have single terminal meant for visitors. This terminal can be used for access to our
online catalogue of books, documents and articles available in our library. It can also be
used for access to online database of our fortnightly newsmagazine “Down To
Earth”. Internet access and word processing facilities are not provided for the
visitors. But we have plans of providing word processing facilites on visitors terminal
very soon.
Q. What is the membership fees of your library.
A. We do not have membership
facility. It is a reference library. You can refer the resources available with us and
avail of our photocopying facility @Rs.
2/page.
Q. Do you
have interlibrary loan facility.
A. We do not have this facility. But we plan to start it very soon.
Q. Can
you provide me a copy of an article available on your online catalogue?
A. Yes, we can send a copy of the
article requested by you. Please inform us about the title of article required by you
through e-mail/post and let us know whether you want to receive it through e-mail or post.
The article will be sent to you accordingly. Our service charges are as follows:
For sending an article through post: Rs.2/page + Postage.
For sending an article through e-mail: Rs.5/page.
Q. What are
the kind of services offered by your library.
A. Our library offers the following kinds of services:
i) Clippings
services: We have access to approx.
80-90 national and international newspapers and newsmagazines. Newsclippings on
environment and related issues are scanned by us and maintained under following
categories:
Environment, Land and Agriculture, Animal husbandry,
Mining and environment, forests, water resources, pollution, natural disasters,
ecotourism, habitat, tribals, health, industrial accidents, pesticides and hazardous
products, energy, living resources and industry
and environment.
Copies of clippings on these issues are provided at the
following rates:
For sending a clipping through post: Rs.2/page + Postage.
For
sending a clipping through e-mail: Rs.5/page.
ii) Reference and research services: You can ask us
questions on environment and related developmental issues.
Service
charges: Rs. 50/query.
Photocopying cost: Rs. 2/page.
Postage:
Actual expenditure incurred.
iii) Photocopying
services:
Photocopies of articles available in our online catalogue will be provided @Rs.2/page.
Postage charges extra.
iv) Photoservices: We
are a major resource centre for high quality images on environment and development issues
from all over the world. With over 50,000 transparencies, 15,000 B&W, and color
photographs and over 30,000 contact prints of color and B&W negatives we are
endeavoring to tell the environmental tale of the world.
We provide photo-services for all our
in-house publications and presentations. We also loan our images for publication purposes
to both print and electronic media as well as schools, NGOs and institutions. A list of
the subjects under which the pictures have been classified are as under:
1) Environment
2) Land, Agriculture & animal Care
3) Deserts
4) Agricultural Development
5) Farming Systems
6) Food Crops
7) Cash Crops
8) Agricultural Inputs
9) Grazing Lands & Fodder
10) Animal Care & Animal Products
11) Food & Nutrition
12) Food Storage & Distribution
13) Urban Agriculture
14) Mining and Mineral-Based Industries
15) Water Resources & Rivers
16) Water Pollution
17) Marine Ecosystems
18) Dams
19) Irrigation
20) Fisheries
21) Forest Resources and Management
22) Forest Systems
23) Forest Products
24) Afforestation and Social Forestry
25) Forest Movements
26) Watershed Management
29) Traditional Water Harvesting Structures
30) Urban Water Harvesting Structures
31) Air Pollution
32) Natural Disasters (Floods, Droughts and Famine)
33) Rural Settlements
34) Urbanisation
35) Migration
36) Water Supply and Sanitation
37) Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
38) Waste Disposal
39) Intra Settlement Transport
40) Urban Environment
41) Historical Sites and Monuments
42) Population
43) Artisans
44) Nomads
45) Fisherfolk
46) Tribals
47) Workers
48) Women
49) Children
50) Social Practices for Conservation
51) Personalities
52) Health and Family Planning
53) Medical Research and Diagnostic Methods
54) Traditional Medical Systems
55) Immunisation and Vaccination
56) Maternal and Child Health
57) Waterborne Diseases
58) Mosquitoborne Diseases
59) Infectious Diseases
60) Viral Diseases
61) Cancer and Cardio Vascular Diseases
62) Nutritional Diseases and Diabetes
63) Respiratory Diseases and Allergies
64) Oral Health Care
65) Eye and Ear Diseases
66) Skin Diseases
67) Venereal Diseases
68) Mental Health and Physical Disabilities
69) Health Effect of Smoking, Alcohol & Drugs/Narcotics
70) Health Effects of Radiation
71) Environmental Health
72) Vector Control
73) Modern Treatment and Care Systems
74) Genetic Disorders
75) Occupational Health and Safety
76) Industrial Accidents Involving Release of Gases
77) Bhopal Gas Disaster
78) Hazardous Products
79) Toxic Wastes
80) Pesticides
81) Energy
82) Efficient Chulhas
83) Coal
84) Oil and Natural Gases
85) Power and Electricity
86) Nuclear Power Plants
87) Wind Mills
88) Biomass
89) Firewood
90) Biogas
91) Solar Energy
92) Battery Powered Vehicles
93) Energy Storage
94) Fuel Cells
95) Wildlife Management
96) Specific Living Animals
97) Rural Development
98) Science and Technology
99) Himalayas
100) People of the Himalayas etc.
For getting images on any specific
topic/s covered in the list provided above, please feel free to write to kiran@cseindia.org OR ashwini@cseindia.org. For viewing selected images on the above topics,
please log in to http://data.cseindia.org/image/FMPro?-db=cs_image.fp3&-lay=WEB&-format=search.htm&-view
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