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Group Leader: Ms. Pragnya J. Pathak   (pragnya@ipr.res.in)

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Main Objective

IPR Library plays a vital role in meeting the present and anticipated future needs of its scientific community by selecting, acquiring and disseminating appropriate scientific and technical information through different channels of communication.
IPR Library was founded in the year 1982. It was housed in PRL until 1986. Since April 1986 it has shifted to its present location. A separate branch library is also functioning at Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies (FCIPT) at Gandhinagar. The main function of this branch library is to provide easy and timely access to some specific documents needed by the user group at the centre

Main Objectives of IPR Library are:
To act as a reference center for Technical Information in Plasma Physics,fusion technologies and allied subjects for research workers and other staff members of IPR
To collect, process, store and disseminate information in the field of Plasma Physics to interested users within the country, and
To participate in the integrated development of a Global Information System in this rapidly developing technical field.

Current Activities

Library Provides following services to its patrons
Borrowing
Reference
Referral
Inter Library Loan
Reprographic
Photographic
Translation
Current Awareness
Selective Dissemination of Information
WebOPAC (Accessible via http://libserver)
CDM Server (Accessible via http://cdmserver)

Special Equipments

Library has collection of different types of documents such as:
Books
Back Volumes
Current Periodicals
Research Reports
Standards Reprints
Software
Pamphlets
Patents
e-documents

In view of the ongoing research activities of the Institute, the Library has a collection of the following specific subjects: Plasma Physics; Fusion Technology; Cryogenics; Pulse Power; Nonlinear Science; Coatings Technology; Material Science, and few branches of Engineering like: Computers; Electrical; Electronics; Instrumentation; Mechanical; RF Communication etc.

The Library is fully automated and almost all the services are computerized. Library is using LIBSYS for all its housekeeping operations. Library is well equiped with 10 PCs,with all the PCs having capability to access the Internet, 1 Scanner, 1 CD Writer and 1 CD Mirror Server.


Additional information can be found at : Library Webpages