{"id":1495,"date":"2025-12-17T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.nischennai.org\/main\/?page_id=1495"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:44:55","slug":"library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/library\/","title":{"rendered":"NIS Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eg4.nic.in\/OPAC\/Default.aspx?CL_NAME=AYUSH&amp;LIB_CODE=NISTBRSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-opac.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-opac.jpg 391w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-opac-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eg4.nic.in\/OPAC\/Default.aspx?CL_NAME=AYUSH&amp;LIB_CODE=NISTBRSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to browse Library books in Live <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"58\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/new-nis.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NIS \u2013 Library is a unique information resource centre involved in collection of books and other documents on Siddha medicine and other related information to P.G. scholars, Ph.D. students, faculty and other community who need it to for\u00a0benefit of the society. The library is building a good collection of documents in the domain area of the institute and Ministry of AYUSH and providing various kinds of library services to its users. The acquisition policy of NIS-Library aims to acquire and retain all important Siddha and other Indian medicine publications published from and relevant to country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NIS-Library is providing Reading Room service, Lending service, Reference and Referral service, Reprographic service, On-Line public access catalog service (OPAC), High speed Internet facility and Documentation service to users.\u00a0 The primary mission of the library is to support the research activities of the institute by providing physical and intellectual access to information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working hours of library is Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m to 8.00 p.m\u00a0 and on\u00a0 Saturday from 9.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Presently library has <strong>14986<\/strong> books consisting of <strong>5243<\/strong>&nbsp;titles. The library has collection of <strong>410<\/strong> thesis \/ dissertations submitted by P.G and Ph.D scholars. New books are added to collection every year. NIS-Library is also subscribing important medical journals and also provides links to number of open access journals. An audio \u2013 visual unit is also available in the library block for the benefit of students and faculty in conducting seminars \/ Lecture etc. Departmental library is also functioning in 6 department of Siddha for immediate reference to teachers and scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Library staff details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Dr. D. Aravind, M.D(S)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Professor (Medicinal Botany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Librarian i\/c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e-mail: d.aravind.nis@gov.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Smt. V. Kalpana, MLIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Library clerk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e-mail: v.kalpana.nis@gov.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Mr. J. Rathinam, MLIS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sr. Library Attendant\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e-mail: j.rathinam.nis@gov.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nis-library-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nis-library-building.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nis-library-building-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nis-library-building-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>A VIEW OF LIBRARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-radin-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1511\" style=\"width:797px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-radin-room.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-radin-room-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-radin-room-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>READING ROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-journals-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.900578034682081;width:797px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-journals-room.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nis-library-journals-room-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LIBRARY &#8211; JOURNAL SECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This page last updated on 15.05.2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to browse Library books in Live NIS \u2013 Library is a unique information resource centre involved in collection of books and other documents on Siddha medicine and other related information to P.G. scholars, Ph.D. students, faculty and other community who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1495","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8563,"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495\/revisions\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nischennai.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}