29th Annual Report (2016-17)

135 Library During this year, the library has added 84 books alongwithmajor eBook resources as: 1. 160 Cambridge University Press 2. 124OxfordUniversity Press 3. Springer Physics andAstronomy collection 2016 and 2017 4. Springer Physics andAstronomy BookArchive of 6403 5. 146World Scientific (print to electronic). The library has an institutional subscription to 'Grammarly', an English language writing-enhancement platform. Also, complimentary access has been obtained to the selected e-resources (listed below), which have been set up by INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar, courtesy eShodh Sindhu Consortium for IUCAA. The url is (http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ess/eres.php?memID=115 ). 1. American Institute of Physics 2. American Physical Society 3. EmeraldUniv Collection (133 titles) 4. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) Database 5. Institute of Physics 6. JGate Plus (JCCC) 7. Springerlink 8. Taylor and Francis 9. Web of Science Various other activities undertaken by the library are: 1. Extended access to subscribed e-resources to IUCAAAssociates using the IUCAA LDAP authenticated email id and password. The EzproxyAccess andAuthentication software facilitated this access. 2. Fulfilled 99 full-text article requests and references received from 39 academics (including students) through email/post/personal visits, and inter-library loan requests. 3. Recently deployed the Plex Media Server software for enabling streaming of HD videos of recorded lectures available with the library over the internet. 4. The archival contents of Khagol (The Quarterly Bulletin) andAnnual Report are made available using Open Journal System (OJS). The library has undertaken the up-gradation of OJS along with the migration of the content on the new server. Further, to give an enhanced look to the content, the 'Flipping Book' utility software has been installed. 5. The library has been temporarily functioning from Akashganga Housing Colony since January 2017, on account of major refurbishment, however, will resume it's working from themezzanine floor of the library fromMay 15, 2017.