Tuesday, July 20, 2010

services to reduce damages resulting from lost or torn pages.

4.3.2.8 Storage

A readily accessible dead book storage, not taking up study space, shall be provided for seldom used books.

At least five (5) cubic m. (176 cubic ft.) per 1000 books shall be provided for storage space in the library.


4.3.2.9 Safety

There shall be one (1) fire extinguisher per 200 square m. (2150 square ft.) of library floor space or fraction thereof.

4.3.3 Record of Use/ Orientation/ Other Services/ Personnel/ Environment

There shall be a system for the use of library resources / materials and available access to Internet.

4.3.4 Personnel

The engineering library, if physically separate from the main library and has a reading capacity of more than fifty (50), shall have one (1) engineering head librarian with a degree in library science and adequate number of assistant librarians who have had training in library work.

The librarians shall participate in engineering faculty meetings and shall serve on engineering faculty planning committees dealing with educational programs.

The librarians shall be encouraged to join professional societies of librarians.

The head shall be a registered librarian.

4.4 Instructional Facilities

4.4.1 Classrooms

4.4.1.1 Capacity

The classroom facility of the school/college shall have a capacity of one (1) sq. meter of floor space per student. The classroom standard shall apply to instructional portions of laboratories and the laboratory standard shall apply to experimental areas only (exclusive of space occupied by equipment, laboratory benches and classroom areas in the laboratories). Standard classroom shall be at least 7m x 9m in size in conformity with the

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