Circulation section of the Information Centre, functions on all working days including Saturdays and general holidays. The transactions includes Books, Research Reports, Thesis, Standards, Patents, Journals (loose & bound issues).

Counter Transactions
Reserve a Document
Overdue Charges
Membership
Institutional Membership
Lost/Damaged Documents
From Other Libraries

Counter Transactions

Lending and Renewal of Documents

Documents are loaned up to 45 days. Loaning period starts from 1st and 15th of the month.
Loose issues and bound volumes are issued for overnight only.
Fines are levied for overdue documents as per rules.
For details please contact ICAST Front Desk

Reserve a Document

A user may request that library staff place a hold or recall on a document that is currently charged out.

All borrowers are guaranteed the use of a library book for a minimum of forty five days, unless a rush recall is placed to put the book on course reserve.

Overdue Charges

Days	Books	Reports
First 7 days	25 paisa	10 paisa
Next 7-21 days	50 paisa	25 paisa
Next onwards	1 rupee	50 paisa

Overdue fines for reserve items are same as above for ALL library borrowers.
Recall fines for reserve items are same as above for ALL library borrowers.
Fines are assessed for every day an item is overdue, regardless of whether the library is open or closed during the overdue period.

Lost/Damaged Documents

Replacement cost along with overdue and other charges apply as per rules.
Entire volume cost is recovered for the document which is a part of multi volume/issue set.

Further details please E-mail to sudha@css.nal.res.in