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The library is accommodated in a separate building with three floors. Main stack is in cellar, while the ground floor has the main reading area for about 40 users, and first floor presently has individual cubicles for 8 research scholars. First floor now houses back volumes of periodicals besides reference material and statistical collection. Ground floor is air conditioned and it displays current periodicals, and few workstation facilities provided for library users. |
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The acquisition of books and periodicals for the Library started right from the inception of the Centre. It has a collection of over 28,000 plus in a span of almost thirty years. The Library receives about 150 Indian and foreign periodicals. There are 2735 back volumes, which include most of the Indian Economic Journals. The library subscribes to JSTOR which enables the users to search and download journal articles from an archive of mainly foreign journals. |
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Data sets, which are the staple of scholars engaged in socio-economic research, find a place on the shelves of the CESS Library. These include NSS reports, Population censuses, Agricultural censuses, ASI, CMIE data volumes. A collection of Doctoral and M.Phil dissertations is also available for reference. The statistical collection also includes CDs for unit level data of NSSO surveys on consumer expenditure, employment and unemployment, etc. |
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The Library maintains liaison with Development Research Institutions in India and abroad. The list of such institutions includes World Bank, UNCTAD, OECD, Asian Development Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute besides many of the ICSSR funded institutions in the country. As a result, the Library has been able to build a collection of working papers, constituting the 'Grey Literature'. The library is also making use of the internet and tracking grey literature in the areas of interest to the Centre and has already built up a sizeable collection of working papers, policy documents in electronic format. |
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The library is partly automated. It has created databases for books, World Bank depository collection, statistical serials, theses and dissertations’ collection using WEBLIS software. Library has enabled the users to search the library catalog from their desktop on CESS Local Area Network. Users may find the interface friendly and one can use Boolean logic in search language. |
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Librarian: G. Vijaya Kumar, Asst. Librarian: P. SudhakarLibrary Hours : Open Monday through Friday between 9.30 AM and 5.30 PM |
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