NOTICE

Members are hereby requested to note that physical access to the library can be available from 10 AM to 8 PM (on working days) and they can also access the library from 10 AM to 6:00 PM in holidays, including Saturday and Sunday. || So the library is now open for seven-days in a week || The requirement of a prior appointment for visiting the library has been removed, as the library re-opened for normal operations without any covid protocol.... [By Order]

International Conference on Future of Libraries (FoL) to be held at ISI Kolkata.  More details are coming soon (Click here) || QuillBot - A paraphrasing tool for academic writings (Click here)

About the Library

The Library, Documentation and Information Science Division occupies a unique place in the academic and research activities of the Institute. Over the decades, it has attained the distinction of being one of the richest libraries in the country. The Library maintains a network of four branch libraries located in major cities of the country (Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Tezpur in the North-East region). It also acts as the Eastern Regional Library of the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India since 1989.

The ISI library, since its inception, has been providing a variety of library and information services to its users. Originating in a small room inside the Baker Laboratory of Presidency College, the Library took more than forty-five years to get well integrated and was moved to its present premises in 1978. It has been serving as one of the resourceful libraries in the area of mathematics, statistics, and allied disciplines; thus catering to a wide vista of academicians and research communities.

Currently, the library is occupying five floors measuring about 56000 sq.fts 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.

The Library remains open seven days in a week throughout the year, (except four national holidays on 26th January, Holi-day, May-day, 15th August, and 2nd October); from 10 AM to 8 PM (on working days) and 10 AM to 6 PM (in holidays, including Saturday and Sunday).

Vision

Empowering research and learning community with enriched collections, innovative services, and state-of-art technologies strengthened by strategic partnerships with national and international library networks.

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 the 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 the 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.

 

 


News

ISI Library has been introducing the QuillBot AI-Powered Platform that enable researchers to enhance their academic writings through various tools such as Paraphraser, Grammar Checker, Plagiarism Checker, Citation Generator, Summarizer, and many more...

11/29/2022 to 12/31/2023

 
What's New @ ISI-Library

 

Elsevier Foundation Project Grants for Women Scientists: the Elsevier Foundation is partnering with TWAS – the World Academy of Sciences to provide research grants for projects led by women scientists that address concrete problems in climate change through collaboration and interdisciplinary research... (Click here)

Improve your search through J-Gate Discovery Service, a single-window platform for browsing subscribed eResources of the Library - (Click here)

ISI has become a member of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) to promote collaboration with the academic institutions of Canada through exchanges and different fellowships. This bi-national network (SICI membership) brings forth several benefits and opportunities to the faculty and students of ISI. (Click here)

International Conference on Future of Libraries (FoL2021) to be held at ISI Kolkata in December 2021. (Postponed due to COVID-19, The new date will be announced soon)

ISI Library Signs Read and Publish Agreement with CUP to Promote Open Access and Open Science Click here

Result of the Event - OPEN UP IN LOCKDOWN: EXPRESSING WITH ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Click here

Find the World’s largest online Newspaper & Magazine collection - Click here

Get access to archival collection of the ISI Library, Click here

RECRUITMENT OF PROJECT-LINKED PERSONNEL AT ISI-LIBRARY KOLKATA: Applications are invited from eligible Indian nationals for recruitment of one project-linked personnel purely on temporary basis to work in a research project (Scientometric Review of Mathematical Sciences Research at ISI) of the Library, Documentation & Information Science Division of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Potential candidates, interested to work in the project, may submit their signed application (via email) in the prescribed format on or before 12 December 2022. Applicants should submit their current resume (with a photograph) along with the necessary documents (in a single PDF file) and to be submitted through Email. More details, find the attached file or visit at: https://www.isical.ac.in/jobs (Click here)
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