General Library Rules

• Users must enter name, membership number and time of entry and exit in the register at the counter.
• No personal belongings such as books, files, registers, handbags, briefcases, are allowed inside the library. These may be kept at a designated place at the entrance. The library staff is not responsible for the safety of your property.
• The library is a place for study hence the silence and quietude of the library must be respected at all times. Loud conversations are not allowed. Cell phones must be kept in ‘silent’ mode.
• Like all other spaces of the School, both libraries are strictly ‘no-smoking zones’
• Activities such as eating, drinking and sleeping are not allowed in the libraries.
• Defacing books and other library property by marking, scribbling, tearing of pages etc is forbidden and can result in cancellation of membership and a fine. Users must ascertain the condition of books before they are borrowed.
• Loss of library card(s) and/ or borrowed book(s) must be brought to the notice of the librarian immediately.
• Users shall leave the library material on the tables after consultation to be shelved ONLY by the library staff.
• Users must leave books and other material consulted on the reading table after they are through with their research to allow the library staff to re-shelve them correctly.
• Membership cards are not transferable and must be produced whenever required to do so by the library.

Membership and Library Admission

All students, faculty and non-teaching staff are eligible for membership to the library. Admission to the library is restricted to members only. However, others desirous of using the library may do with permission from the librarian. Membership types and number of books that can be borrowed by each is as under:

Application for membership is to be made on the prescribed form obtained from the Library. Applications of students, faculty, guest faculty, research scholars shall be recommended by the respective Heads of the Department and of other categories shall be recommended by the Administrative Head.

No Dues Certificate

Heads of Departments of Studies shall issue a ‘No-Dues certificate’ to their students and research scholars only after they have obtained a clearance certificate from the library.

Library Advisory Committee

• APPLICATION FORM FOR IDENTITY CARD (for Faculty/ Staff/ Visiting Faculty/Project Staff) 
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• APPLICATION FORM FOR STUDENT IDENTITY CARD Click Here
• LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP FORM Click Here

Library Collection 

SPA Library develops collection with the objective to enrich the knowledge of the SPAD academic community through books, journals, print and electronic journals and online databases.

 Books 

The Library has a collection of over 83091 books/documents books in the area of Planning and Architecture, Management, Social Sciences and related subjects.

Print and Electronic Journals 

The School Library has a subscription to 98 print and electronic journals and JSTOR online database.