Institute Wise No. of Computers for the Student in Library

Name of the Institute Computer in the library for student
SIU Central Library 20
SIHS/SCON 4
SLS,Noida 20
SCIT 2
SCMHRD 1
SCMS, Noida 4
SIIB 1
SICSR 1
SID 4
SIBM-B 4
SCMS, Bengaluru 2
SSLA 9
SIG 0
SIT 10
SIMS 5
SCMS-P 15
SSE 2
SIBM- HYDERABAD 18
SLS,HYDERABAD 10
SLS-Pune 128
SSBS 10
SCMC 1
SIOM 6
SSIS 9
Total 286

Licenses and Fair Use of E-Resources:

The library subscribes to e-resources only for the use of authorized users in the Constituents of University. The terms and conditions for using these resources shall be spelled out in e-resource license agreements with each publisher. The users are advised to follow the guidelines given below to avoid the violation of any of ‘Terms and Conditions’ in the license agreements.


i. The use of e-resources such as e-journals, e-databases, e-books etc. should be made for the academic purpose only and not for any kind of commercial purpose.

ii. The users can search, browse, and download the material in the form of a single copy of the articles as is done in the case of the print material.

iii. Downloading or printing of a complete book or an entire issue or a volume of one or more journals (called systematic downloading) is strictly prohibited.

iv. Use of robots, spiders or intelligent agents to access, search and/ or systematically download from these resources is also prohibited.

v. The violation of the guidelines/ above rules shall result in punishment to the defaulter after following the proper enquiry procedure by the Librarian and Head of the respective institute.


The illustrative points for reference of the users:

Permitted Not Permitted
Viewing, downloading, copying, printing and saving a copy of search results. Use of robots or intelligent agents to do systematic, bulk or automatic downloading
Viewing, downloading, copying, printing and saving individual articles Systematic downloading or printing of entire journal issues or volumes, or large portions of other e-resources
Using e-resources for scholarly, educational or scientific research, teaching, private study and clinical purposes. Using e-resources for commercial gain (i.e. reselling, redistributing or republishing licensed content).
Sending a copy of an article to another authorized user Transmitting, disseminating or otherwise making online content available to unauthorized users (i.e. sending to mailing lists or electronic bulletin boards)
Posting the URL to the publisher's version of the article on website (publisher links will allow only authorized users’ access). Posting the publisher's version or PDF of an article to website

Caution: - Please be aware that the publisher may block the entire community of users of the University, in case of the violation of any of the above rules.


General Guidelines for the use of Computer Infrastructure

The Computer Infrastructure section of the library needs a separate care to be taken. There are Some international/ national laws for the use of computer infrastructure. The users are expected to take proper care of all the equipment in the IT infrastructure of the library and report any malfunctioning, to the staff on duty or to the University Librarian/ Library In-charge. The violation of the guidelines rules shall result in punishment to the defaulter after due inquiry procedure by the University Librarian/ Library In-charge and Head of the respective Constituent.

The users should not:

i. share the password with other users;

ii. transfer copyrighted materials to or from the University/Constituent Library system without express consent of the owner;

iii. use the internet for commercial gain or profit;

iv. download/ install a new software without the consent of the respective facility in-charges;

v. install unlicensed software on SIU Library facilities and/ or on individual machines connected to the SIU Library network;

vi. set unsecured Wi-Fi systems on the SIU network;

vii. display offensive material;

viii. connect mobile or any external device to library computers;

ix. install any software on library computers without prior permission;

x. download movies or songs on library computers;

xi. download recreational matter;

xii. make noise through games/ music or even talking and/ or singing;

xiii. play games in library computers using Institute facilities;

xiv. make internet chat;

xv. remove LAN cord, keyboard and mouse from the library computers;

xvi. use personal storage devices like pen drive;

xvii. use electronic mail and other network communications facilities to harass, offend, or annoy other users of the network;

xviii. send emails or messages to another person by hiding sender's identity;

xix. send Chain letters in any form of commercial advertising, or soliciting; and

xx. disturb the privacy of the other users