Membership

1. Who can be a Member of the Library?
 The following categories of people are entitled to use the Library on enrolling themselves as members:

1.1 Teachers working in PG Departments at Jyoti Vihar and teachers of constituent college(s) of
      Sambalpur University;

1.2 An institution under the jurisdiction of Sambalpur University;

1.3 Registered Research Scholars, JRFs, SRFs, PDFs and Project Fellows working at Jyoti Vihar.     (Off-campus scholars may avail the library facility through their parent institutions if they are institutional members);

1.4 All students of University PG Departments at Jyoti Vihar;

1.5 The regular non-teaching employees of the University working at Jyoti Vihar as well as
       in constituent college (s);

1.6 Any other individual (including retired teachers of PG Departments of Jyoti Vihar)/ institution /       organization, pursuing or conducting scholarly investigation or research,
      subject to the permission of the Vice-Chancellor.

2.  Duration of Membership

Category	Duration
2.1	As long as they serve the University / Constituent college
2.2	One year
2.3	As long as the fellowship lasts
2.4	For the entire course period
2.5	As long as they serve the University / the constituent college
2.6	One year

3.  Registration 

             A person or organization intending to avail library facility shall apply for registration using a prescribed form. (Form for registration to be supplied by the Library Office) (Form – Appendix A enclosed). 

4.  Registration Fee 

           All members shall pay a non-refundable registration fee of Rs.50/- at the time of enrolment. 

5.  Library Fee 

     Individual members falling under the categories (As long as the fellowship lasts, For the entire course         period and One year ), in addition to their registration fee, shall pay a sum of  Rs. 50/- per annum as Library Fee, which is not refundable. Institutional members (category: One year) have to pay a non-refundable annual fee of Rs.1000/- per annum. 

6.  Security Deposit 

Individual members falling under category 3.1.6 shall pay an additional sum of Rs.2000/-, refundable after obtaining library clearance, as security deposit.

7.  Membership Renewal 

To enjoy uninterrupted library service, a member, when his/her/its membership expires, can apply for renewal by paying the requisite amount of Library Fee as specified at 3.5. However, if membership is not renewed within one year of expiry of membership, a person or institution has to enroll himself/herself/itself as a new member.