ICMR - National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad
Dr S K Chatterjee Library
Objective
To provide authentic information to reader.
To serve the information to the NIOH Scientists.
To disseminate updated and significant information in the concerned field.
To provide desired information to its reader on demand.
Name
Designation
Email
Mrs Ketki Bhatia
Library & Information Officer
ketki.bhatia[at]gov[dot]in
Mr P G Maheria
Technician 'B'
mahera.pg[at]gov[dot]in
Mrs P H Vora
Technician 'B'
padmah.vora[at]gov[dot]in
Mr K GChauhan
Technician 'B'
chauhan.kg[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
Ms Hemlata Rawat
Library Cleark
rawat.hl[at]icmr[dot]gov[dot]in
Brief Description
Dr S K Chatterjee Library of the institute has unique and rare collection of different kinds of publications in the field of occupational health and medicine, environmental health and pollution, toxicology and allied sciences. It has a good collection of publications like books reports and journals of International agencies like WHO, ILO, HMSO, NIOSH and others. Library contributes to cater to the documentation and information need of the institute and other research organization, medical colleges and postgraduate environmental science institutes. The library has played a key role in reference activities by offering information dissemination services like MEDLINE Searches, Proquest Medical Library, full text database of journals and other online retrieval activities using LAN network of the Institute.
Library Facilities
3 story independent library building
Ground floor for display of current journals along with reading area.
E-Library
First floor for reference section.
Second floor for Books.
Library has unique collection of WHO, ILO, HMSO, NIOSH, FAO, IARC, IPCS Publications in Occupational Health.
Collection of reprints of NIOH scientist and other international agencies.
Reprography services: Work Center 2050 Printer & Photocopier.
Internet Surfing
Collection of reprints of NIOH scientists and outside international agencies
Online Journals Search.
Proquest LLC.
Institutional Repository.
Service Hours
The library remains open to its readers from Monday to Friday from 10:00 am till 05:45 pm and follows calendar of holidays as per central government rules.
Reading Facilities
The readers have open access to journals and books. Peaceful environment of the reading room and the rich collection of the library, helps to promote scholarly endeavors of the scientists and research fellows
Role of the Library staff in helping users
NIOH library is a specialized library catering to the specialized group of users- scientists of the Institute and research fellows are always in demand of very specific information. The library staffs are well equipped with the modern technology and have a good idea of the information sources wherefrom they serve the needs of the users.
Publications
Library Newsletter (Half Yearly)
Occupational Health Alert (Monthly)
Current Content (Monthly)
Today News (Daily)
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