UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA CHAMPAIGN (UIUC)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is considered one of the finest universities in the world. With a wealth of resources and highly ranked departments, Illinois long has been recognized for accomplishments in research and graduate education. This university was started in 1867 by the “Morrill Act” which made the Federal Government grant each state 30,000 acres of public land specifically in support of higher education. This land grant paved way for education sector in USA. More than 77,000 students are enrolled at UIUC campuses and thousands more take classes off campus and online.
MORTENSON CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the proud home of one of the largest and richest public research library collections in North America having more than 24 million items, the vast majority of which are paper and book-based, include Medieval manuscripts, large collections of incunabula and early printed books, literary manuscripts, maps and atlases, prints, and all sizes and types of printed books and other paper objects. The University Library is committed to sustaining and enhancing its capacity to treat and protect its important paper-based collections, with the majority of conservation and preservation-related investments focused on the care of its rare, unique, and otherwise valuable objects. The University of Illinois Library system is largely decentralized into the Main Stacks (over 5 million items!) and several departmental libraries located in the Main Library and across campus. The Library's holdings are physically housed in approximately 26 departmental libraries, area studies centers, and special collections throughout the library system and in the central book stacks in the Main Library.
Established in 1991, the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs exists to strengthen international ties among research libraries and librarians in order to facilitate access to the collected knowledge of the world regardless of geographic location or access to technology. Programs offered by the Center provide opportunities for librarians and those engaged in library-related activities to come to the University of Illinois for short visits of for extended stays of several months to a year. Since 1988, 1200 librarians from 90 countries have participated in professional development programs offered by the Mortenson Center, the only one of its kind in the world.
NIT SILCHAR
The National Institute of Technology, Silchar (An Institute of National Importance) is one of the premier national level institutions for technical education in North-East India. The institute was established as a joint venture between Government of India and Government of Assam as Regional Engineering College, Silchar in 1967 with the objective of imparting quality engineering education, providing cosmopolitan outlook among students and fostering a spirit of National Integration. This institution has been transformed and upgraded to National Institute of Technology, Silchar with a Deemed University Status with effect from 28.06.2002. The institute has subsequently been made into a fully Government funded institution of India with the Institute of National Importance Status by an Act of Parliament. The institute is situated in a campus which spans across 540 acres of undulating land and lakes surrounded by tea estates and hillocks providing an ideal environment for studies.
NIT Silchar is a fully residential Institution. At present it offers six undergraduate courses in Engineering and a number of Post-Graduate courses in civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics & telecommunication and computer science engineering apart from MSC, MBA & PhD programmes.
CENTRAL LIBRARY@NIT SILCHAR
The Central Library which is the heart of the Institute was established in 1977. It provides one of the important academic services to the Institute. It is a well equipped Library, centrally located with easy access and does provide right impetus for the intellectual growth of the students, teachers, research scholars & others around. Presently, the Library is a part of the LTT building & having around 95,000 collections of documents of both print & non print materials. The new library building is under construction.
The Central Library with its modern collection of knowledge resources and innovative information services supports a complementary role for students, faculty, and the surrounding community in their intellectual pursuits. It is a hybrid library with the state-of-the-art technological applications. The Library holds knowledge resources predominantly related to Science and Technology, Social Sc & other allied subjects. The Library is now fully computerized with an integrated system connected to the Campus Network providing e-resource facility to the institutional community. The entire Library collection including the CD-ROM databases and the online databases are made available through Institute’s network. Users can access the online databases through Institute’s network. Library collection can also be searched through Web OPAC.
The Library offers a range of information services to support the learning process set to the highest professional standards. The Library is holding membership of DELNET New Delhi; ACL (American Centre Library) Kolkata and British Council Library Kolkata for inter library loan. National Institute of Technology Silchar Library is an active member of INDEST Consortium through which online full text journals can be accessed.
