Process
The LRC gives priority to purchasing books, which meet the curricular needs of the students, faculty, and researchers, including term papers, collateral reading, and class assignments. We pay special attention to new programmes in order to maintain and make available the required basic resources at the outset. We procure three to five copies of all the essential and recommended reading lists, out of which one is kept for reference and the rest are made available for open access.
Selection Criteria
We base all acquisitions, both purchased and donated, on the following:
- Importance/relevance to the curriculum
- Contribution to depth or breadth of collection
- Faculty recommendation
- Demand by user
- Adequacy of scope
- Physical quality
- Various formats
Methods for Building Resources
- Receiving suggestions from faculty members, scholars and students
- Publishers catalogues
- Books reviews and announcements
- New addition list from selected business school, in the country and abroad
- Books received from vendors on an approval basis
- Book exhibitions
Duplication of Books
We support decisions to procure a duplicate copy of books and other readings on the following criteria:
- Resource usage as indicated by the library automation system or through the observation of the staff members
- Curriculum related as suggested by faculty
- Demand by the users
Recreational Readings
The LRC acquires materials of general interest such as popular fiction, novels, biographies and light reading titles, and such materials will constitute 3 to 5 per cent of the total collection.
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