Membership to the Library:

All students, faculty members, administrative officers, and staff of the Institute are entitled to the membership of the Central Library. A person willing to become a member has to apply for membership on a prescribed form available at the circulation counter. Each member is issued an identity card, which is non-transferable.

Entry to the Library:

The prerequisite to entering the Central Library is to take its membership by applying for it. Before entering the Library, the users must show their identity card at the entry point. The Library does not accept any responsibility for loss or damage of individual's books, bags, electronic items, and belongings other than Library books left on its premises.

Borrowing Privileges of Members:

Every member has to come in person to get the book issued. However, books can be returned through messengers. The number of books that may be borrowed and the period of loan for various categories of members are as follows: -

Entitlement for number of books to be borrowed and loan period :-

Grace Period and Overdue Fine:

 After the due date to return books, a grace period of 03 days is granted to return the books without overdue fines. After that, Rs. 1.00 per day shall be charged until the books have not been returned.

Recovery of Damaged or Lost Book(S):

1. Any issued book(s) declared damaged or lost by the user has to be replaced with a new copy (same or latest edition) with overdue charges, if any.
2. In case the book is out of print or not available in the market (a certificate regarding non-availability of that particular book from the bookseller/publisher must be produced), then double the book(s) price mentioned in the “Accession Register” would be recovered from the user concerned and the said payment is to be made to the institute account section after obtaining due endorsement from the Library circulation desk.
3. The cost of the book in foreign currency is to be charged at the current conversion rate of the currency.
4. If one volume of a set is damaged or lost, the borrower will be liable to place the entire set or pay the cost of the whole set.
   
   

INFED (Remote Access) Credentials:

 The Central Library provides off-campus access to subscribed e-resources and the resources provided by e-ShodhSindhu: Consortium for higher education electronic resources through a single platform. For this purpose, the Central Library is working on the INDIAN Access Management Federation (INFED) platform. INFED has adopted Shibboleth, a standard-based open-source software, for authenticating authorized users and providing them seamless access to e-resources from anywhere, anytime, and also tracking usages.

Interested users are suggested to fill out the Google form (https://forms.gle/2xUDMSPd8HkwG1576) to obtain access credentials.

After two working days of filling out the form, users can check their access to INFED; the link is https://idp.mnnit.ac.in/

Your username is your email ID, and your password is as submitted in the Google form.

If it works, you are advised to go to the address https://idp.mnnit.ac.in/password/ and change your password first.

The access credential is confidential to you and for your academic use only.

Grammerly Online Platform:

 The Central Library provides access toGrammerly Online Platform. To create an account on Grammerly Online Platform users are suggested to follow the points mentioned below. Those who have not installed free/self-subscribed Grammarly on their computer are suggested to start from point number 5.

1) Suggested to clear the browser history and cookies of all time.

2) Log into existing Grammarly free account ( http://www.grammarly.com) (If any installed)

3) Visit the Profile page and click on the "Account" at https://account.grammarly.com

4) Click the "Delete account" link, confirm the password and delete.

5) Go to https://www.grammarly.com/edu/signup. Enter your name, email ( @mnnit.ac.in ), and preferred password to sign up for a Grammarly account.

6) Check your email (Inbox, Spam and promotion folder) for a confirmation email and click the link inside to verify the premium account.

7) Log in to your account at https://www.grammarly.com/edu

 
MNNITA, Prayagraj Faculty Profiles in IRINS:

 The Central Library is working as co-ordinator for the Indian Research Information Network System (IRINS). IRINS has been developed by INFLIBNET to showcase the scholarly communication activities and provides an opportunity to create the scholarly network of each and every higher educational institution and faculty members. MNNITA's instance of IRINSshows:

• h-index of individual faculty.
• Department wise h-index.
• Overview of NITT's research output.

Link for IRINS website: https://mnnit.irins.org/

 Access to Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC):

 The Central Library has made accessible online catalogue (OPAC), user profile, recommendation to new resources, and many more options through “Search Catalogue” option(https://mnnitopac.libsys10.in) from inside as well as outside the campus. To access the OPAC, go to the Web OPAC pageand login or click on Register / Forgot Password.

Reprographic Service:

 The Library provides Reprographic/photocopying facility within the premises of the Library through an external vendor on payment basis at the following rates: -

 Loss of Identity Card/Issue of Duplicate Identity Card:

The loss of an identity card should be reported to the Chief Proctor’s office and issue/return (circulation) counter of the Central Library to avoid potential misuse. Borrowers shall be responsible for any misuse of their original/duplicate identity card. Application for issue of duplicate identity card must be submitted to Chief Proctor’s office. The library will issue duplicate Identity cards only after receiving a duly endorsed letter along with necessary enclosures from the Chief Proctor’s office.