Library


About Library

The Library and Information Centre (L&IC), All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Mysore, is the foremost learning resource centre in the country on communication disorders. It is enriched with one of the world’s best collections of speech and hearing information resources. The L&IC is a member of national-level information service projects like Educational Resources in Medicine (ERMED), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi and National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST), Information and Library Network, University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. It also partners with regional level networks such as Mysore Library Network. Founded along with the institute in 1966, today, the L&IC has been satisfying the information requirements of students ranging from diploma to postdoctoral, teachers, practitioners and researchers in the field of communication disorders and allied areas in AIISH as well as those in other institutions across the country.

Outstanding collection of print and electronic resources on communication disorders and allied areas, traditional and technology-based information services, comfortable, attractive and spacious learning spaces are some of the characteristic features of the Library and Information Centre.

This portal acts as a gateway to the resources and services offered by the L&IC.  A comprehensive Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) has been provided for searching various print and electronic information sources available with us. It also indexed the faculty, staff and student publications. The portal also incorporated other resources like syllabus and previous years’ question papers. The electronic information services provided over the portal include plagiarism detection, writing support, ISBN, remote login and e-learning. The affiliated members have the facility for registering on the portal and get additional services.

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Services

Information Services

The LIC provides both traditional and electronic information services to the user community. The major traditional information services provided are: (a) Reference Service in which qualified information professionals assist the users in matters such as identification of required information, evaluation of information resources, and usage of various types of information resources; (b) Book Lending Service in which books are issued on loan for a period of time to the users

              

The electronic information services provided include (a) Internet Service at the computer center of the LIC with the facility for accommodating fifty users at a time, (b) National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST), an electronic information service by the UGC-INFLIBNET for higher education institutions in which the users can access thousands of e-books and e-journals using user name and password, (c) Web Portal based Services in which a variety of information services are provided through our web portal at www.aiish.ac.in such as Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) service, Digital Research Repository service,  access to the subscribed and freely available e-Journals, e-books and online databases and, (d) Plagiarism Checking Service in which the research papers and reports prepared by the staff and students are checked for plagiarism using TURNITIN, the world’s most widely used plagiarism checking software.

Information Resources

The LIC holds a variety of information sources on communication disorders both in print and electronic formats. The traditional print resources include books, journals, theses and dissertations. The electronic resources are constituted of e-books, e-journals, online databases CD-ROMs and digital research repository.   

Print Books: The LIC has a vast collection of print books pertaining to audiology, speech language pathology, speech language sciences, and allied areas such as special education and clinical psychology. Almost all the books on the subject matter of communication disorders published from different parts of the world are being procured by the library. Totally there are more than 14000 books and great majority of them are on communication disorders.   

Print Journals and Bound Volumes: With a view to keep the professionals abreast of the latest developments, the LIC subscribes to all the major national and international journals pertaining to communication disorders. Currently, 109 journals are subscribed of which 36 are available in print format. Upon completion of a volume, the journal issues are bound into one and keep for reference. Totally we have more than 3000 bound volumes of periodicals.

Theses and Dissertations: The LIC has a good collection of research reports based on the research works carried out in the institute at different levels. These include postgraduate dissertations, doctoral theses, and funded research project reports on various aspects of communication disorders.  

E-books: The LIC has a collection of 176 E-books procured directly by the institute from 4 major publishers in the field, namely Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, Cambridge University Press and Wiley Black. In addition, it is providing access to more than 3000 E-books on communication disorders and allied areas identified from the N-LIST E-book collection.

E-journals: Majority of the journals pertaining to communication disorders are available online. Of the 109 journals subscribed during the calendar year, 98 are in electronic format. In addition to the directly subscribed 98 E-journals, LIC is getting access to more than 3000 biomedical E-journals as part of ERMED consortium and NLIST.

Online Databases: The LIC subscribes two reputed online bibliographic databases in the field of communication disorders published by Proquest Incorporation namely, COMDISDOME, which covers communication disorders literature worldwide and LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstract) which covers international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.

Digital Repository: All the reports of the research activities taking place in the institute on various aspects of communication disorders are being digitized to make available on the digital repository over the web portal. There are options for author, keyword, title and subject based searching as well as simple and advanced searching of postgraduate dissertations, doctoral theses, independent project reports and departmental project reports on the repository. Totally there are around one lakh pages of research reports in the repository.    

CD-ROM Resources: The LIC is having a collection of more than 300 CD-ROM resources pertaining to communication disorders.

OPAC

 

Web OPAC

Infrastructure & Facilities

Physical

  • Stand alone three-storey building with a plinth area of 26000 sq.ft.
  • Spacious reading spaces to accommodate 200 users simultaneously
  • Forty carrels for private study
  • Stack Sections
  • Reference Section
  • Computer Centre
  • Circulation Counter
  • Staff Rooms
  • Publication Section

IT

  • Electromagnetic Security System
  • Automatic Gate Register
  • Computer center with 50 All-in One computers & High-speed internet connectivity
  • Barcoding Machine and Software
  • Own web portal having domain name registered with ERNET, Govt of India at www.aiish.ac.in
  • Customised DSpace-based Institutional Repository Software
  • Customised Koha-based Integrated Library Management System
  • Digital Document Management Software such as ABBY Fine Reader, Adobe Professional, Flip Builder
  • Customised Moodle–based Integrated Learning Management System

Staff

Dr. Shijith Kumar.C
Library and Information Officer
Telephone: 91-0821-2502150
e-mail: lio@aiishmysore.in ; shijith@aiishmysore.in
Fax: 91-0821-251051
Mobile :+91 8904430355

Mr. B. Nandeesha
Asst. Library and Information Officer
Telephone: 91-0821-2502157
e-mail: nandeesha@aiishmysore.in 
 
Mr. Nidheesh David Kuruvila
Sr. Library and Information Assistant
Telephone: 91-0821-2502151
e-mail: nidheesh@aiishmysore.in  
 
Mr. M. Nanjunda Swamy
Sr. Library and Information Assistant
Telephone: 91-0821-2502158
e-mail:  nanjunda@aiishmysore.in  

Ms. Gayathri Mohan
Library and Information Assistant
Telephone: 91-0821-2502158
e-mail:  gayathrim@aiishmysore.in  
 
Mr. Lokesh Puttaswamy
Library Assistant
Telephone: 91-0821-2502151
e-mail: p.lokesh@aiishmysore.in 

L&IC Advisory Council

S/N

Name and Designation

Position

1.       

Dr. Sujeet Kumar Sinha
Associate Professor, Dept. of Audiology

Chairperson

2.       

Dr. Rajasudhakar, R.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Speech Sciences

Staff Member

3.       

Dr. Geetha, C.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Audiology

Staff Member

4.       

Ms. Ramana Kumari, P. V.
Special Educator, Dept. of Special Education

Staff Member

5.       

Mr. Nandeesha B
Asst. Library & Information Officer

Staff Member

6.       

Mr. Shreyas C T
II BASLP

Student Member

7.       

Ms. Lekha M D
II  BASLP

Student  Member

8.       

Ms. Minu K
II BED-SPED

Student  Member

9.       

Mr. Muhammed Mudassir Makkacheentavida
II  M.Sc.(SLP)

Student  Member

10.   

Ms. Maithri SII M.Sc. (AUD)

Student  Member

11.   

Ms. Chandana S
JRF (SLP)

Research Scholar

12.   

Dr. Shijith Kumar C
Library and Information Officer

Member – Secretary

Working Hours

(a) Mon - Fri

8:30AM - 8:00 PM

(b) Sat

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

(c) Sun & holidays

Closed

Workshops & Training

  

    

  

  

  

Contact Us

  Library and Information Centre
  All India Institute of Speech &  Hearing
  Manasagangothri
  Mysore 570 006
  INDIA
  Phone: +91-0821 2502150
  e-mail:lio@aiishmysore.in
 

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