Library Membership Form - Guidelines
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- Post Graduate Students / Doctoral / Post-Doctoral scholars, Faculty members, Non – Teaching Staff, Writers, Freelancer, and Journalists etc. can become the members of the library.
- Prospective student members are required to forward their applications through Head of the Department/Principal of the college. Others are required to produce their valid identity card.
- Theses, Research Project Reports or Reference Books will not be issued to any member.
Library Membership Fee (Effect from 1 August 2024)
|
S.No. |
Category of Membership |
Membership Period |
Existing Membership Fees |
Change in Membership Fees |
|
1. |
ICSS Officials |
Till their Service |
No Fees |
No Change |
|
2. |
ICSSR Beneficiaries (Project/Fellowship Awardees) |
One Year |
Rs. 800 |
No Fees |
|
3. |
Institutional Members |
One Year |
Rs. 10,000 |
No Change |
|
Consulting Members |
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4. |
Annual |
One Year |
Rs. 900 |
Rs. 1,200 |
|
5. |
Half Yearly |
Six Months |
Rs. 500 |
Rs. 800 |
|
6. |
Monthly |
One Month |
Rs. 100 |
Rs. 200 |
|
7. |
Guest |
1 or 2 days |
No Fees |
No Change but cannot repeat the visit later. |
|
8. |
Scholar/ Faculty affiliated to any of the ICSSR’s Institutes |
One year |
No Fees |
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(Security deposit will remain same, i.e., Rs. 1000 for one book and max of 2 books)
Membership privileges
- ICSSR officials (Maximum five books at a time for a period of 2 weeks). No Security Deposit Needed.
- Institutional Members (Maximum five books at a time for a period of one month) No Security Deposit Needed.
- Other Registered Members against a deposit of either MRP of the book to be loaned OR Rs. 1000 per book, (Refundable Security) (Max 2 books) for 15 days.
- Remote Access facility to access ICSSR Subscribed e- resource by 24*7 outside campus. (Only for Individual Members)
- Advance payment is required to be made by Cash / NEFT / RTGS / Demand Draft in favour of Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
- Bank Details for Online Payment: Amount may be credited through Online NEFT/RTGS. Name of the Beneficiary: ICSSR, New Delhi, Acc. No: 8474101050001, IFSC No: CNRB0008474
- Please send DD to the Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), ICSSR, 35, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi-110001.
- In case of online payment, please send the screenshot of the payment made with one photograph and ID proof to icssrnassdoc[at]gmail[dot]com . No need to send the form by post in case of online payment.
Membership for Union Catalogue
Membership to the Union Catalogue is open to ICSSR Grant In- Aid-Research Institutes Libraries only. As a member of the Union Catalogue, it is expected that:
- Each member mandatorily provides the holdings as per the template of the description for the item's type.
- Libraries may import their patron accounts into the database or allow their patrons to register themselves.
- The turnaround time to honor an ILL request is 48 hours, and the courier charges are to be paid by the requesting library.
- Bye-laws, Governance, and extension of the memberships to other Social Science libraries are in progress.