1. Smt. Hansa Mehta Library
University Library of
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

2. Smt. Hansa Mehta Library www.hmlibrary.ac.in
Established on May 1, 1950
Named after Smt. Hansaben Mehta, first Honorable
Vice Chancellor of this University
Library started with a collection of 25,000 books
Total Present collection of books - 5,11,444
Using Library of Congress Classification scheme
University Library System comprises of all the Faculty Libraries in the University
Present collection of books in University Library System - 8,16,931

3. Vision & Mission
Provide seamless and reliable access to scholarly, peer reviewed electronic resources to academic community
Strengthen ICT infrastructure with value added services
Create a virtual network of people and resources with an aim to provide effective and efficient access to knowledge.
Increase awareness for use of e-resources available
Develop resource guides for effective use of e-resources
Create a digital collection of rare collection for posterity

4. Automation Using SOUL 2.0 software in all library functions
8 Libraries offer Library operations through a smart card
Use of Bar Code Technology.
Centralized Distributed Database Management System on a single server
First University Library in the state to become Wi-fi compatible 

5. Collection(as on )
No of books – 5,11,444 (Smt. Hansa Mehta Library)
No. of Books – 8,16,931 (University Library System)
Journals subscribed – 287 (Smt. Hansa Mehta Library)
Journals subscribed – 508 (University Library System)
Journals received as Gratis – 188+
Theses and Dissertations – 12,804
300 plus daily transaction of books

6. Prof T K Gajjar Library Book Collection – 1,00579
Journals subscribed – 122 (74 Indian & 48 Foreign)
Registered users – 3379
Average daily transactions – 90+
Can accommodate – approx – 475 readers
Internet surfing centre – 42 nodes

7. Special Collections Baroda (State) Collection
BARODA (STATE) COLLECTION of Smt. Hansa Mehta Library is a unique historic collection of Administrative, Legal, Educational & other documents and publications of the Baroda State of Pre-Independence Era. This collection is of prime importance for the study and research of the history and functioning of the various States of the Pre-Independence period, especially the Baroda State of Gaekwads. It contains some of the rare Administrative documents of the British Era. The available books are in printed form from early 19th century to the 1950’s.

8. Special Collections contd..
Prof. Balvantrai Kalyanrai Thakore (B.K.T.) Collection
It is unique collections of 3985 titles of Prof. Balwantrai Thakore, an eminent literary figure in Gujarati Literature. This collection includes variety of literary forms such as Bhasha Shastra, Old ejoyanati, Kavya, Natak-Natika, Novels, Lekh-nibandh,Criticism,Vivechan, Praveshak, Charcha-Patra, Avlokan, Nivedan, and letters etc. by Prof.B.K.Thakore.
Rare books Collection
Rare books include books as old as dated back to Sixteenth Century. Approximately 3,500 books are preserved in this precious collection, which comprises of some noteworthy titles, which are Out of Print.

9. Journal Collection
Journals - 60% foreign and some as gratis including Indexing and Abstracting Journals
Rich collection of bound journals out of which some are as old as nineteenth century like :
Journal of Royal Asiatic Society Vol 1 (1834) – 2004
Annals - American Academy of Political and Social Science
Vol 1(1890) –Till date
Economic Journal Vol 6 (1896) – 2004
Geographical Journal Vol 2 (1893)  
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
Vol – 1991 till Vol. 91

10. Noteworthy Indexing and Abstracting Journals
Biological Abstracts
Current Contents: Life Science
Dissertation Abstracts International Section A
Chemical Abstracts (Now Scifinder)
International Political Science Abstracts
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Section A
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Section B
Physics Abstracts
Psychological Abstracts
Physical Reviews A
Physical Reviews B
Physical Reviews C
Physical Reviews D
Sociological Abstracts

11. Databases : Journals/Encyclopedias/Dissertation & Theses
More than online full text journals accessible across the campus(24x7)
UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium
Journals through INDEST Consortia
EBSCO
6085 open access full text journals
100+ Online Encyclopedia (Sage Reference online Collection)
2.4 million E-thesis through PQDT (ProQuest Dissertation and Theses)

12. E- DATABASES Bibliographic Databases SciFinder MathSciNet
(Through UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium)
SciFinder
MathSciNet
Royal Society of Chemistry
(6 Databases)
Web of Science

13. CD ROM Databases Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)1965-2007 on DVD
MathSci on DVD
Wilson Social Science Abstracts ( )
EconLit ( )
ERIC ( )
CABSAC ( )
IBID ( ): India Business Insight Database

14. E- Resources Web version) MathSciNet(UGC-Infonet)
SciFinder (web version ) (UGC-Infonet)
Royal Society of Chemistry (6 Databases) (UGC-Infonet)
ISID (UGC-Infonet)
Web of Science (UGC-Infonet)
Capitaline Plus (Subscribed)
Taxmann (Subscribed)
Academic Search Premier (Subscribed)
Business Source Premier (Subscribed )
Prowess (Subscribed )
Business Beacon (Subscribed)
IndiaStat.com (Subscribed)
IBID(Subscribed)
Indian Journals.com(N-List)
SRO(Encyclopedia)(Subscribed)
PQDT
World E-book Library
World Bank E-Library
Company Annual Report
FOAP
Indian Standards(Till 2009)
Cambridge books online (Physics)

15. Research Platform EJ-Server Global Periodicals Knimbus EOLSS J-Gate
A to Z Resource Locator

16. E - Journals UGC Infonet Consortium Aggregated Databases
Free Online journals against Print Subscription (FOAP)
INDEST Consortium
N-LIST

17. A to Z : E- Resource Locator
EBSCO A to Z is a industry’s most complete web based tool for organizing and providing links to all the Library resources viz. e-books, e-journals and titles in full text databases and e-journal packages
helps in locating library resources Alphabetically, Publisher wise, Subject wise and Title wise.

18. Open Access Journals
Open Access: Open access is a publication model wherein neither a reader nor the reader's institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles.
O p e n   A c c e s s   E - J o u r n a l s 
Barnolipi
Bioinfo Publications
Bioline International
BioMed Central
HighWire Press
Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
Indian Journals
Journal of Digital Information (JoDI)
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
MedIND

19. Open Access Journals Contd…
Medknow
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PubMed Central
Trials
Versita Open Journals
O p e n   A c c e s s   D i r e c t o r i e s 
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Free Medical Journals
Open J-Gate
Scientific Open Access Repository - OMA

20. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
ULS – University Library System
IndCat – Online Indian Catalogue of Indian Universities
DELNET –Developing Libraries Network
username – gjtmsub
password – tms2079
NUCSSI

21. Facilities Single largest Reading Room of 10,600 sq. ft.
Can accommodate about 1100 readers at a time
Open to readers from 8.00 am to pm i.e. 14 hours a day throughout the year except National holidays
Separate reading area for girl students, researchers and teachers
Curricular collection consisting of recommended textbooks with latest editions
ZoomEx Instant Text Reader for visually impaired and low vision
Global Information and Communication Centre for browsing internet and e-resources with 14 nodes
Web OPAC (apart from OPAC in the library building) Web OPAC

22. Reading Room
It has a single largest Reading Room of 10,600sq. ft. which can accommodate about 1100 readers at a time.
It is situated in the North Side of the building, in order to have a continuous natural light throughout the year.

23. Library Membership Students University Officers including Class IV
Under Graduates & Post Graduates
Research Scholars
Ph.D. Student, JRF, SRF etc
Ex- Students
Non M S University fraternity - research scholars from other Universities and Institutes
University Officers including Class IV
Full time, Visiting, Temporary teaching and administrative staff
Individual Membership
Learned representatives of the Society and former Teachers and Administrative Staff of the University
Corporate Membership
Temporary Library Membership

24. Services to Readers
Out of 13 constituent Libraries under the University Library System, 8 Libraries are fully automated.
Provide Library operations through a smart card using bar code technology

25. Services to Readers Inter Library Loan Services
Document Delivery Service
Referral Service to its clientele.
Access to University Research Reports and other material.
Access to Rare books and Special books Collection and related services
User Orientation programme to New entrants
Visitors from outside The M S University of Baroda
Compilation of Bibliographies and Webliographies on demand
Services to Visually Disabled users
Assistance to readers in the use of Library resources
Information service based on CD and web databases
E-information to the User community of MSU thru
Photocopying services
Internet Surfing

26. Document Delivery Service http://www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in
Our University Library is designated as Inter Library Loan Centre under UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium
Library provides article level access for all the journals available under UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium as well as journals subscribed by our Library

27. Please login to: www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in
JCCC : A Gateway for E-journals + print journals Access with automated Articles Delivery System
JCCC provides content-level access of all e-journals subscribed through the UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium as well print / online journals subscribed by 22 selected universities libraries. JCCC acts as a gateway for Inter Library Loan Services for requesting documents from 22 ILL Centres (University Libraries identified based on their journals collections) Foremost purpose of JCCC is to encourage resource sharing amongst universities.
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28. Benefits of JCCC 11,000+ E-journals Instant Access
   
11,000+ E-journals Instant Access
Single Point Access to Publishers
site
Find and download Articles of your choice
Browse table of Contents
  Request Articles not available online
  Create Alerts to your favorite Journals

29. CCTV Library is under surveillance through closed circuit television
24 cameras are located strategically around various functional areas
8 Display units are placed on various Library locations

30. Seminar Room
Library has a well equipped air-conditioned seminar room with multimedia facility, LCD, cordless microphone system having a capacity to accommodate participants, revolving chairs.

31. Achievement
University Library is recognized as Document Delivery Centre in terms of quality and quantity of collection with 21 other Universities of the country
HML has been ranked no. 18 among 200+ Universities of India( )(YTD)
Provided 2157 pages during the year as a part of document delivery service

32. Year wise usage of e-resources

33. Awards
Indian Library Association felicitated University Librarian as the ‘Best Librarian of the year 2004’ at the 51st All India Library Conference held at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library accredited the ‘Best Library Award in the year 2006’ at 52nd All India Library Conference held at H N Bahuguna University, Srinagar, Garhwal

34. Organized National Workshops
A series of National Workshops organized in 2006 under the theme “Empowering Librarianship in IT Applications” on
Library Automation (May 1-5, 2006)
Library Networking (June 5-9, 2006)
Database Management and E-Resources (July 10-14, 2006)
Web Designing and Virtual Library (August 21-25, 2006)
Digital Libraries (September 18-22, 2006)

35. Seminar / Conference CALIBER organized with INFLIBNET in 1996.
Workshop training Programme with NISSAT on CDS/ISIS and WINISIS in 1999.
Two days National Seminar on “UGC Infonet Consortium: Access to scholarly journals and databases” during 25-26, October 2004
50th All India Library Conference on “Knowledge Organization in Digital Environment” during 1-4 December 2004.
One day Regional Seminar on “Networking and DELNET services” on 4th April 2005 jointly with DELNET.
One day awareness programme on E-resources available through UGC – Infonet Consortium on 29th January 2008 with INFLIBNET.
One Day awareness program on DELNET Resources and KOHA on 4th Sept 2011   

36. Future Plan Increase in use of e-resources Remote access
Networking and resource sharing with other Consortiums
RFID and Total Automation
24 X 7 Access to HML
Federated Search
Cloud for HML
Fully air conditioned Library

37. University Library System of
Users' satisfaction
is the Motto of
University Library System of
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

38. Thank You