About the Library

The Library, Documentation and Information Science Division holds a distinguished position in the Institute’s academic and research activities. Over the years, it has become one of the country’s richest libraries, with four branch libraries in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Tezpur (North-East). Since 1989, it has also served as the Eastern Regional Library of the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.

Currently, the library is occupying five floors measuring about 56000 sq. ft area of a ten-storied building in Kolkata. As it stands today, the library has nine functional units including Reprography and Photography. The Memorial Museum and Archive after the name of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (founder of the Institute) is also an integral part of the Library.

Vision

Our Vision is to empower the research and learning community with enriched collections, innovative services, and state-of-art technologies strengthened by strategic partnerships with national and international library networks.

 

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Mission

ISI Library promises to promote the organization of resources keeping in view of disseminating the knowledge to larger academic communities. It also engages with ongoing technological transformations to deliver high-class content and services for strengthening research, education, and outreach.

Objective

The primary objective of the library is to support the educational and research programs of the institute by providing access to information resources. Thus it meets the informational needs of potential users by providing timely access to print and electronic resources. It also envisages functioning as a centre of learning and research that contribute towards the advancement of knowledge and progress of the country.

Library Opening Time: 10 AM to 8:30 PM on Working Days (all the floors of the library are accessible); 10 AM to 6:00 PM on holidays, including Saturdays and Sundays except four national holidays on 26th January, Holi-day, Mayday, 15th August, and 2nd October (only the first floor will be accessible for reading purposes). 

Circulation Time: 10 AM to 6:30 PM on Working Days.

 


Library Services

Online Catalog

Online Catalog

Faculty Profile

Faculty Profile

Faculty Publication

Recent Faculty Publications

Reading Room

Reading Section

Reading Room

Collection

Research Space

Collaborative Research Space

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Library Events

Library Events

Reserach Tools

Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism Check

Discovery Tools

Discovery Tools

Reference Manager

Reference Manager

Tutorials

Tutorials

Library Repositories & Resources

e-Resources

e-Databases

Off-Campus Access

Off-Campus Access

Digital Commons

Digital Commons (Institutional Repository)

DSpace

DSpace (Institutional Repository)

Micro-Census Data

Micro-Census Data

Sankhya Journal

Sankhya


Direct Link to e-Resources Platforms

                                                                                                                                                                 


Online Open Access Courses


News

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Library, Documentation & Information Science Division
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road,
Kolkata 700108, West Bengal, India

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