About the Library

North South University (NSU) Library grew over the years since 1992 and now became one of the best university libraries in the country. This is the first fully automated university library in the country using Bi-lingual Library Management Software, developed by NSU Library, which supports both Bengali and English languages, web-based online lending, reservation, browsing databases of full-text e-books, online journal archives, books, CDs and journal catalogues, auto email alert services, generate barcodes, users statistics, etc. Its online databases provide full access to all users, facilitates navigation and reservation of books from distant work-stations through its own website http://library.northsouth.edu. The users can also check their borrowing status and can reserve three books at a time for 48 hours through the Internet. This is the only university library in Bangladesh where the Library of Congress Classification System is being used to organize and arrange books, reports, journals and other resources.

The library is implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based library management system, jointly financed by World Bank and University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, which is stipulated to be completed in September 2012.

Resources

A total of 44,500 books, reports and bound journals, 1,877 CD ROM books and databases, 123 videos, 159 audio-cassettes, and 139 DVDs of the library cover liberal arts, pure sciences, social sciences and commerce, particularly business, management, marketing, finance, economics, computer science and engineering, telecommunication, electrical engineering, environmental studies, English language and literature, history and culture, psychology, architecture, sociology, pharmacy, public health, biotechnology, biochemistry etc. In addition to these collections, the library subscribes printed issues of 46 foreign and 18 local journals, 18 foreign and 18 local magazines, two foreign dailies and almost all leading national dailies of Bangladesh.

The NSU library is the pioneer of subscribing online journals in the country. It has started subscription to online journals only with 39 titles and JSTOR, IEEE and ACM Digital library in 2002. It has also started subscription to e-resource databases in 1998. Now, the library has access to over 22,000 titles of full-text online research journals in various disciplines from IEEE, ACM, JSTOR, EBSCO Host, Emerald, Blackwell-Synergy, Wiley Inter-science, Springer, Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Nature and Palgrave Macmillan, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Royal Society, American Institute of Physics, Oxford Scholarship Online, HINARI, OARE, AGORA, TESOL, WIPO, SPIE Digital Library, ASCE Research Library, ASABE Technical Library, INFORMS, UN Data Portals, Taylor & Francis E-Books, Agropedia, etc. online journals databases. All registered users of NSU library get access to these online journals, e-books and data through Internet from inside campus without password and from outside campus by using MyAthens username and password.

Floor area and capacity

The library consists of six floors with over 70,000 sq.ft. area at the south-east side of the NSU campus at Bashundhara, Dhaka. It can accommodate over 1,200 students at a time in its well-furbished reading rooms. On an average 2,000 users use the library everyday.

Sections

At present, the library maintains 12 different sections, namely, arts and social sciences, applied sciences and engineering, bio-medical sciences, reference, periodicals, cyber & audio-visuals, newspaper archive, study hall, faculty corner, chinese books, acquisition & processing, and library administration to provide better services to its users.

Services

Currently, the library provides lending, reference, readers' guidance, internet, reading, news clipping, database searching and printing, CD writing, audio-visual, current awareness, SDI and reprography services to its users. The Wi-Fi and broadband internet connection of the library building help the library users to access online resources easily.

Service Hours

NSU library maintains 7 days a working week. It is open, Sunday through Thursday, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday. On Friday, it is open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a Jumma prayer break from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and maintains single shift from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the semester break. It remains closed on public holidays and other dates announced by the university authorities.

Cyber and Audio-Visual Section

It maintains a cyber center equipped with 80 computers with Wi-Fi and broadband Internet connection. All students, faculty members and staff of the university can browse, download and print materials free of cost from cyber center.

Members

All students, teachers, BOG members, officers, teaching assistants, research assistants and faculty assistants are entitled to become the library member.

Orientation and Training

The library arranges orientation program every semester for the new students to demonstrate how to use the university library systems and services effectively.

The library also offers a 14-week training program titled 'Certificate Course in Digital & Online Librarianship' for those who are interested to know how to use the Internet resources in higher education and research, and how to design and maintain website, and set up online digital libraries. The faculty members and students of NSU may enroll in this training course.

E-journals Repository

The NSU library has started developing its online E-journals Repository in 2003. Now it is an e-journals repository of over 21,500 full-text articles of 160 online journals subscribed by NSU library from 2002-2011. The numbers of articles of this repository are increasing day by day. To explore this online e-journals repository from inside and outside the NSU campus all registered user of the university library needs User ID and Password which is issued from library administration section during the library membership. To explore the repository please visit http://library.northsouth.edu/SearchJournalArchives or http://library.northsouth.edu.

E-books Archive

Since 2003, NSU library has been developing an e-books database of literary books and text books in various disciplines. The numbers of e-books are increasing every day. To explore this e-books database from inside and outside campus all registered user of the university library needs User ID and Password which is issued from library administration section during the library membership. To access e-books database please visit http://library.northsouth.edu/search or http://library.northsouth.edu.

URL of Online Journals and Books
Website: http://library/JournalIndex or http://library.northsouth.edu