Lending Services

Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui Memorial Library is extending this very important service to its patrons being the oldest lending library in the region. Circulation Desk / Counter provides lending service. Circulation Section especially the circulation desk is considered as the center of activities in the library being directly involved with patron’s accounts. Mostly readers have to deal with this section. This section carry out number of functions such as registration of members, renewal, and withdraw of membership/ clearances, issue/receive of books, charging of overdue books, reservation of books, book loss / damage cases, maintenance of records and statistics, etc. Circulation Section is actually working in front of the screen whereas all other library sections such as acquisition, technical section (classification& cataloguing), reference section and library automation/ computer section are basically working behind screen.
General book collection including the oriental collection of the library is available to all categories of members for borrowing. Other library collections including reference, reserve and special collections are too available for study, browsing and consultation with the facility of photocopying. However, these are to be consulted within the library premises only as these are non-issue able collections.

Open Access

DRSM Library offers open access to its users. In open access, books, journals and other reading material are kept open on shelves rather than in closed, lock and key as this university library is basically research oriented. Readers have thus direct access to academic sources without any barrier.

General Reading Services

Large number of students, scholars and researchers of other universities, institutions, foreign missions and embassies etc are immensely using this library.

Reference and Information Services
Reference and Information services provided by Central Library aims to assist the users in the most effective use of the invaluable information resources available in Reference Section of library situated at the ground floor. This section holds precious reference tools including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical dictionaries, yearbooks, almanacs, directories, atlases, surveys, gazetteers, indexes, abstracts, bibliographies, biographies, research reports, statistical year books, guides, maps, etc. It provides reference service to fulfill the information needs of the faculty members, students, and researchers. The reference material can only be utilized inside the library premises and cannot be borrowed.

Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)

SDI is an important segment of Reference and Information Services being offered by DRSM Library. The concerned staff supports this high level service by helping the researcher to enable them to use these the library resources more effectively leading to have access the exact literature.

Photocopy Services

For the convenience of library patrons and preservation of precious library materials, extremely useful service i.e. photocopying have been provided at each floor of library premises at very nominal charges along with binding, printing and lamination facilities.

Assistance in the Use of Library

The library staff helps students to become effective and independent learners, assisting in the locating / searching of library material, train clientele “how to use of library catalogue or how to conduct a search through OPAC.”

Internet Lab

In order to keep pace with the advance communication technology in electronic information era, Computer Networking Cell of University has established an Internet Lab at the first floor of Library in which more than 45 latest personal computers have been installed. All electronic / online journal databases secured by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad through Digital Library Programme of PERI are freely accessible in this lab.

Internet Services Rules