Library - Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune India

Library

Library


About

SSE Library is an intermediary body between students and faculty engaged in knowledge exchange within the institute. Its purpose to support the cause of education dissemination by creating an empowering pool of internationally acclaimed books, journals and repositories. Thus, it follows closely the footsteps of its Alma meter at SIU.

Library is divided in three areas i.e. stack area, reading hall, IRC section. Library has comprehensive collection in Economics and related subjects.

All the functions of SSE Library are being done through KOHA Library management software and it is being used to manage all administrative functions of the Library.

The member of the SSE library has access to more than 40,000 E-Journals, more than 7 E-Databases and more than 100000 E-Books through SIU Library portal.

Library has memberships of some well-known organizations like MCCIA, Gokhale Institute and British Council.

SSE library has subscribed E-resources such as CMIE ProwessIQ, CMIE States of India, CMIE Economic Outlook, Indiastat and EPWRF to access information in support to students, teaching and research and to enhance scholarly communication.

Collection

Print Collection

Sr. No.

Name of the Collection

Number of the Collection as on May 2021

1

Books

2993

2

Magazines

16

3

Journals

8

 

Non-Print Collection

Sr. No.

Name of the Collection

Number of the Collection as on May 2021

1

Online Database

4

2

E-Books

36

3

E-Journals

1

Databases: CMIE Prowess IQ, CMIE State of India, CMIE Economic Outlook and EPWRF India Time Series

Library Timings

Days

Library

Reading Hall

Issue-Return

Monday to Friday

9.00 am to 5.00 pm

9.00 am to 7.00 pm

9.00 am to 4.45 pm

Saturday

9.00 am to 5.00 pm

9.00 am to 5.00 pm

9.00 am to 4.45 pm

General Rules for SSE Students

  • Members shall observe silence in the Reading Hall.

  • Maximum of 2 books will be issued for 7 days at once.

  • Renewal of the books is mandatory on or before due date. Failure to renew / return of the books will imply a fine of Rs. 2 per day.

  • In case a book/magazine/Journal is lost; the borrower has to replace the same with the latest Edition/Version of the material. If the copy is out of print then the user has to pay the cost of the material along with the overdue amount of fine.

  • Borrowers are advised to make use of bookmarks to mark their reading and return the book in a good condition.

  • Member shall not write upon, damage or mark any book / resources belonging to the library.

  • Library staff has the authority to deny you the usage of library premises &/or resources in case he/she finds your behavior not appropriate in the library.

  • Member shall not smoke, or spit in any part of the library.

  • In case a member wish to bring his/her personal reading resources to the library premises; he/she has to inform the library staff and seek permission for the same.

  • Member leaving the library should stop at the exit so that the material borrowed or taken out by them can be checked by the person on counter.

  • Identity Card is mandatory for getting access to the library premises even for the in-house students.

  • Books removed from the shelves by students, if not required for reference, should be kept on the book trolley or on table nearest to them. Please do not try to shelve them by yourself. Please remember that a book misplaced is a book lost.

  • The newspaper(s) are available on the newspaper stand for reading. Do not cut any news or part of the paper.

  • Readers should not deface, mark, cut, mutilate or damage library resources in any way. If anyone is found doing so, he will be charged the full replacement cost of the resource. It is responsibility of the user that the books borrowed should be protected from RAIN, DUST, INSECT, etc.

  • Students are advised to issue books on their own cards only. Disciplinary action shall be taken if the staff finds the subscription rights being misused.

  • All users are requested to keep their mobiles switched off or in silent mode when they are in the Library. The staff has the right to confiscate if the mobile rings in the library premises or found someone using the same in the library premises.

  • Beverages and Eatables are not allowed inside the Library.

  • No photography allowed inside the library premises without prior permission of the Librarian.

  • Library reserves the right to call back any issued book/item at any time.

  • Students are advised to come to the Library in decent dressing. In case the library staff finds the attire not appropriate he/she may be asked to leave the library premises.

  • The Librarian reserves the right to suspend the membership of any member found misbehaving, abusing the library staff or behaving in an indecent manner.

Membership

Membership is by default extended to

  1. Faculty (Full time and Visiting)and staff of Symbiosis School of Economics

  2. B.Sc. and M.Sc. students of Symbiosis School of Economics

Rules for the Members

  1. Students, Faculty and Staff of SSE avail the facility by producing the Identity card of the SSE. I-card is the only mandatory criteria to avail SSE library membership.

  2. Members should adhere to the dress code of the institute.

  3. Reading Hall Members should carry their own material for study.

  4. Library will terminate the member in case of misbehavior / violation of rules.

Services

Library Services for in-house (SSE) Users

  1. Inter Library Loan (ILL):

    Library arranges to borrow Books that are not available in SSE library on Inter Library Loan from other Symbiosis libraries. This is done on an Institution-to-Institution basis. Such materials will have to be handled with utmost care and returned to the library well on time. This service is provided for academic and research purpose to the faculty, registered students of SSE and staff who are members of the SSE library.
    Members are requested to send a formal request to the library with complete bibliographic details of Book which can be accessed via the WEB-OPAC.

  2. Referral Services:

    Library offers individualized service to assist students, faculty, researchers and staff in locating the required information i.e. book or magazine/journal location in the library

    • Locate information in the library and elsewhere.
    • Answer specific information questions.

    In case of any quires, mail can be sent at library@sse.ac.in

  3. New Additions of Books:

    Library brings out a monthly list of books added to the collection. This list is sent to the library users over the email.

  4. Plagiarism Checking Service:

    Library offers Plagiarism Checking Service using a ‘Turnitin’ tool to its registered users. Turnitin is leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention web tool which allows researchers to compare their contents against the massive databases to ensure the work is original before submission. SIU Central Library has a paid license to this tool and given account to SSE Library.
    At the moment library is checking Plagiarism for students’ assignment and dissertation as well as for faculties for their research articles on prior base intimation.

  5. Document Delivery Service:

    SSE library provides Document Delivery Service to its registered users. If the required articles or research papers which comes in the journals is available in the subscribed database then SSE library send the full text to its users and if the required information access in full text is not available in subscribed database then SSE library coordinates with its mother concern to provide its users with the requested materials.

Borrowing Service

Category

Borrowing Facility

 

Books

Periodicals

Days

Students

2

1

7

Full Time Faculty

10

5

30

Visiting Faculty

2

2

15

Other Symbiosis Faculty

2

2

15

SIU PhD Scholars

2

2

15

Borrowing Rules

  • Books which are labeled / stamped as reference books are not for borrowing.

  • Library is authorized to declare/hold certain books as reference material according to the demand. The book may not be labeled as Reference material.

  • Old loose issue of magazines only can be borrowed. New/Latest issues and back volumes are for reference only.

  • Borrowing period for particular material can shrink according to the demand.


Institutional Membership

SSE library has tied up with the British Council, Maratha Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture and Gokhale Institutes of Politics and Economics under the Institutional membership. These memberships are beneficial for users through their online services or resources.

  1. British Council

  2. The British Council is recognized across India for its network of 9 libraries and cultural centers. They offer a range of specialized projects in arts, education, English language and society to audiences across India and more than 100,000 members. They also provide access to English language training and learning for both students and teachers and enable opportunities to study in the UK.

    • SSE Library has 10 membership cards of British Library.

    • SSE Students can get this card from SSE library.

    • SSE Students can borrow three books at a time for 21 days from the British Library.

    Website: https://www.britishcouncil.in/


  3. Maratha Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture

    • Access to Reference Library

    • Participation in the activities including workshops, seminars, courses, lectures, presentations of the 32 committees of the Chamber. If it charged activity, Members are given a concession for participation.

    • Interaction with other members through monthly meetings of the Committees.

    Website: www.mcciapune.com


  4. Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

    • Access to Reference Library

    • SSE Library has 6 Borrowing Cards of GIPE.

    • SSE Students will get one card at a time to borrow a book from the GIPE for 15 days.

    Website: http://www.gipe.ac.in/

Web OPAC

Web OPAC link http://symbiosis-koha.informindia.co.in/

Web OPAC is an Online Public Access Catalogue which allows library users avail the services of the library using Internet. Every library member gets the access of Web OPAC where he/she can check his/her circulation history, recommend new book titles to the library, create own reading list of favourite books etc.

E-Resources

Library Portal: https://library.siu.edu.in/

Library members can get the access of all e-resources on library portal. To access these e-resources you should have the login credentials for it. Every year newly admitted student’s registration is done according to their course duration by the librarian.

Once the registration is completed members get the access of all e-resources purchased by the SIU Central library. Also, all institutionally subscribed databases, e-books and e-journals can be accessed through this library portal.

Following e-resources can be accessed through the Library Portal:

  1. EBSCO & EBSCO Discovery Service
  2. Emerald
  3. Web of Science and EndNote
  4. Scopus
  5. Science Direct
  6. JSTOR
  7. Research Tool: QuestionPro
  8. Research Tool: Turnitin
  9. Pearson E-Book
  10. McGraw Hill EBook
  11. Grammarly
  12. Sage Research Method (SRM Core)
  13. CMIE Prowess IQ
  14. CMIE States of India
  15. CMIE Economic Outlook
  16. EPWRF India Time Series

Library Committee

Library consists of the following members:

Dr. Jyoti Chandiramani

Director

Chairman

Dr. Ishita Ghosh

Professor

Members

Dr. Niharika Singh

Professor

Members

Mr. Krishna Kant Roy

Professor

Members

Mrs. Deepashri Bhagwat

Senior Office Superintendent

Members

Shreyaa Malhotra

FY BSC 2020-23

Student Representatives

Pranav Soman

FY BSC 2020-23

Student Representatives

Shalini Mitra

FY MSC 2020-22

Student Representatives

Ravi Rathod

FY M SC 2020-22

Student Representatives

Dr. Sangeeta Paliwal

University Librarian, Central Library

Library Advisor

Urmila Mujumdar

Library In-charge

Member Secretary

Library Feedback

Feedback form only for SSE Users. SSE students can give their feedback with their logins.

Purchase Suggestions

To suggest or recommend a reading material (book/ Journal/ Magazine/ CD etc.) to purchase in the Library, you may submit your purchase request through ‘Koha Web OPAC’ (hyperlink with http://symbiosis-koha.informindia.co.in/) or you can send your purchase suggestions on urmila.mujumdar@sse.ac.in

Library Staff

Urmila Mujumdar - SSE

Ms. Urmila Mujumdar

Designation: Library In-charge

Qualification: B.A., M.Lib, M. Phil, UGC-NET

Experience: 14 Years

Contact: 020-25675406 Ext: 221

Email: library@sse.ac.in

Deepak Dhadave - SSE

Mr. Deepak Dhadave

Designation: Library Assistant

Qualification: B. Com., M. Lib.

Experience: 23 Years

Contact: 020-25675406 Ext: 235

Email: library@sse.ac.in

Contact Us

SSE Library

Address: 3 SCHC Building, Senapati Bapat Rd, Pune, Maharashtra 411004

Phone No.: 020 2567 2520

Email id: library@sse.ac.in

Useful Links

National Digital Library

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has initiated the National Digital Library of India (NDL India) pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. NDL India is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for leading Indian languages. It is being arranged to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular form of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is being developed to help students to prepare for entrance and competitive examination, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. 

https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/

Swayam

SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.

https://swayam.gov.in/

Shodhganga

The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET is set-up using an open source digital repository software called DSpace developed by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in partnership between Hewlett- Packard (HP). The DSpace uses internationally recognized protocols and interoperability standards. Shodhganga provides a platform for research scholars to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) submitted by the researchers.

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

FAQs

FAQs of the Library

  1. Who can access the library Services?

  2. Students, Faculty, Visiting Faculty, Adjunct Faculty and Staff of Symbiosis School of Economics can access the SSE library services. Also other institute’s users of Symbiosis can refer the books of SSE Library in the Library Premises only. Identity card is mandatory to enter SSE Library.

    Outside users who belong with other colleges’ apart from Symbiosis are allowed to refer the books inside the library premises. These users are requested to bring an official letter duly sign by their Librarian/Head of the Department/Guide/Principal and identity card of their college is mandatory to avail SSE services.

  3. Can I bring the personal book in the library?
    You can carry own books to the library by making necessary entries in daily log register.

  4. How many books a member get issued?

  5. Following are the details of books to each category of member

    Sr. No

    Category of Member

    No of Books

    Period

    1

    Director

    20

    60 Days

    2

    Dy. Director

    15

    60 Days

    3

    Faculty

    10

    30 Days

    4

    Staff

    4

    15 Days

    5

    Students

    2

    7 Days

  6. What are the issue return timings in the library?

  7. Days

    Library

    Reading Hall

    Issue-Return

    Monday to Friday

    8.00 am to 5.00 pm

    8.00 am to 7.00 pm

    8.30 am to 4.45 pm

    Saturday

    9.00 am to 5.00 pm

    9.00 am to 5.00 pm

    9.00 am to 4.45 pm

  8. What are the overdue charges against late return of the book?

  9. Over dues, as laid down hereunder, shall be charged from the students if they fail to return the book(s) on or before the deadline as indicated on the Due-Date-Slip in the book:

    Fine will be charged including all Sundays and Holidays.

    Rs.2.00 per book per day shall be charged

  10. I have lost the library Book, What I require to do?

  11. First you should immediately report to the circulation desk at the library. In case a book/magazine/Journal is lost; the borrower has to replace the same with the latest Edition/Version of the material. If the copy is out of print then the user has to pay the cost of the material along with the overdue amount of fine within 15 days from the reporting. Please download the form from the website and submit it duly filled to the Assistant Library In-charge.

  12. Where can I make a suggestion to the library?
    “Suggestion Box” placed at the entrance of the library where you can drop-in your valuable suggestion(s). You can also email the suggestions at  library@sse.ac.in

  13. How can I recommend a book for purchase in the Library?

  14. Students can give their recommendations through the Web OPAC . Login with your PRN fill the form and submit it.

  15. How can I access the E-Recourses?

  16. As it is mentioned on the web site under the E-Resources. You can access these databases through the login credentials of SIU Central library Gateway Portal which is been issued to all the registered students of SSE. Those who don’t know the credentials can contact to the library. Only Symbiosis students and faculty can access these databases through their own login credentials.