Book Donation Drive from April 10 to 22, 2015

“GOT BOOKS YOU DON’T NEED,

DONATE TO OTHERS WHO WISH TO READ!”

Rather than giving a financial contribution or donation, SFIT Library, Borivli,  plans to forge a long-term relationship with the people around, through the mutual love for books on the eve of ‘World Book and Copyright Day’, which falls on April 23.

In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors.

We have always attempted to develop a reading culture among the people and now we are keen to harness the same enthusiasm to the persons who are not as fortunate as we are.

The aim of this initiative is solely to connect with the people outside the Institute and share the resources with them.

For the purpose, the ‘SFIT Social Responsibility Cell’ and ‘SFIT Library’ have decided to organize a “Book Donation Drive” in the campus from April 9 to 22, 2015. We all have so many un-used books lying in our book-shelves. Some are read, re-read; others have no foreseen use.

You are requested to donate such books and other new books for this event and make it a success. Books related to engineering subjects, educational, general and novels are most welcome.

Please ensure the following points so that your donation of a book may be considered:

ü The books should be in good reading condition.

ü They should not have any obscene content.

ü Photocopies of original books are a strict no-no.

Collection Dates: 10^th April to 22^nd April, 2015

Collection Points: Boxes will be available outside the Canteen (Ground floor) and the Library (2nd floor) for your valuable donation of books.

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOOK DONATION DRIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

A day in the Library

A DAY IN THE LIBRARY

"Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library" - Henri Frederic Amiel

How apt is the quote! Every individual who loves to read books has a story to tell - about books, about the time he / she spent in the library and the atmosphere therein. A library is after all a place which has in store many people living in perfect harmony. And what's more, you get to choose what you want to read.

Did you ever think of thanking that librarian and forgot all about it or more precisely never had an opportunity to bring your thoughts into action....This is the right time to thank your librarian. We in turn are pleased to provide you a platform which would record your thoughts and your experiences. So come forward and share your experiences and let everybody know about it.

All the same, we would love to know how a library and for that matter - any library - your school library, college library, public library etc. have been memorable to you. And so, we are gathering stories from all over about:

1) how libraries have impacted you
2) any special instance / service of your library which you liked / remember

The above stories should necessarily be your personal reminiscences. Although this would be an ongoing project, I request all of you to please contribute your story at your earliest and make this initiative a grand success.

I request everybody and especially the librarians to share this page and the URL link with the maximum no. of people in your Institute and vicinity.

A Day in the Library

Author Workshop with Keith Lambert

AUTHOR WORKSHOP WITH PUBLISHER KEITH LAMBERT

To better understand the publishing process for scientific journals, SFIT LIRC had hosted an  Author Workshop with the renowned publisher - Keith Lambert on September 11, 2013 between 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.

Students of M.E. Part 1 and Part 2 and senior faculty members attended the workshop, making the total count of participants to 56.

Keith Lambert is an Elsevier Publisher for Mechanical Engineering Journals. Prior to joining Elsevier in 2009, he has more than 30 years experience in both book and journal publishing across many scientific disciplines. As part of the company’s continuing programme providing scientific publishing workshops for early career researchers, Keith Lambert has hosted similar events for future authors in the United Kingdom and Germany.

This workshop covered the following topics in depth:

• An introduction to scientific publishing
• The peer review process
• How to write a scientific article
• The impact factor and other quality measure
• Open access

Duration: 

2:00 hours

Access e-resources at your desktop

Hi,

For the benefit and convenience of all, direct access to the following e-resources has been activated. 

No login / password required henceforth.

IEEE-ASPP

Springer

J-GATE

Access Engineering

ASTM Digital Library

Direct Access to Elsevier Science Direct would be activated in a week's time.

Please proceed to the Institutes' website (www.sfitengg.org > Library > E -Journals 2012) if the above links do not work.

LIRC Memberships for U.G. and P.G. students

Category: U.G. Students

Pre-requisites:

1)      Three (3) stamp-size photos (Size: 1.7 cms x 1.7 cms)

2)      One (1) pass-port size photo

3)      Library Membership Form (available with the LIRC)

 

Category: P.G. Students

Pre-requisites:

1)      Two (2) stamp-size photos (Size: 1.7 cms x 1.7 cms)

2)      One (1) pass-port size photo

3)      Library Membership Form (available with the LIRC)

 

 

Active Users - March 2012

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC

(Period: 01/03/2012 to 31/03/2012)

CATEGORY: STUDENTS

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	MERIN SHAILA MANIDURAI PACKIALET	20
2	SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA	20
3	ISHA D. SHAH	16
4	KOTIAN HARSHITA MOTILAL	16
5	PAIS NIGEL	16
6	DESAI GOURI S.	15
7	JHAWAR SHRIMOHAN	13
8	YOGESH PUSARLA	13
9	ROSE JOYCE JOSEPH	13
10	PAWAR VIVEK	12
11	YADAV JAGDISH H.	12

CATEGORY: FACULTY

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	Asso. Prof. NAZNEEN ANSARI	10
2	Asst. Prof. PRACHI RAUT	10
3	Asso. Prof. BIDISHA ROY	05
4	Asst. Prof. NITIKA RAI	05

CATEGORY: NON-TEACHING STAFF

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	Ms. YASHADA AGHARKAR (Lab. Asst. – ExTC)	02
2	Ms. SEEMA JADHAV (Lab. Asst. – ExTC)	02
3	Shri. AMANAT PATHAN	02

The above “Active Users” are entitled to one extra book till 30^th. April, 2012.

Scholar's Card Facility now available

First three toppers of the odd semester examinations from FE to BE are requested to avail the Scholar's Card Facility. Kindly contact the library for more details.

Active Users of the LIRC - November 2011

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC

(Period: 01/11/2011 to 30/11/2011)

CATEGORY: STUDENTS*

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	ISHA D. SHAH	22
2	SHETTY DHEERAJ MUDDHU	16
3	YADAV JAGDISH H.	14
4	NACHIKET VIJAY AYIR	13
5	NIKHIT BHALACHANDRA SANKHE	13
6	HEGDE SHREYA DAYANAND	12
7	SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA	12
8	SMRITI DEEPAK PARWANI	12
9	SHANU PRAKASH SALUNKE	12
10	NIDHI D.PANCHAL	12

CATEGORY: FACULTY**

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	Asst. Prof. SANTOSH CHAPANERI	19
3	Asst. Prof. VINCY ELIZABETH	07

CATEGORY: NON-TEACHING**

Sr. No.	Member	No. of transactions
1	Ms. VRISHALI JADHAV	05
2	Shri. JOHNSON PEN	02

*Students are entitled to one extra card which will be valid till December 31, 2011.

**Faculty and non-teaching staff members are entitled to borrow one extra book till December 31, 2011.

SFIT Library Blog crosses 1 thousand hits!

Our Library Blog was launched in the month of April 2010...today it has crossed one thousand hits!

Thanks to all those who have contributed toward this venture!

Conversion Rates

The Conversion Rates Effective from 1st FEBRUARY 2011 are:--
1. Australian Dollar @ Rs. 47.80
2. British Pound Sterling @ Rs. 75.60
3. Canadian Dollar @ Rs. 48.40
4. Japanese Yen Per 100 @ Rs. 58.20
5. Singapore Dollar @ Rs. 37.30
6. Swedish Kroner @ Rs. 7.20
7. Swiss Frank @ Rs. 50.20
8. US Dollar @ Rs. 47.90
9. EURO @ Rs. 64.00
10. Taka Per 100 @ Rs. 95
11. DM @ Rs. 32.26
12. DFL @ Rs. 28.63

Notes: (1) Fixed Conversation Rates between the EURO, and Deutsche
Mark, French Frank, Italian Lira, and Dutch Guilder (furnished by
Nationalized Bank) are as under:
1 EURO @ 1.95583 DEM (Deutsche Mark, Germany), @
6.55957 FRF (French Frank, France), @ 1936/.27 ITL (Italian Lira,
Italy),
@ 2.20371 NLG (Netherlands).
(2) Fixed Conversation Rates between the EURO and Danish
Kroner and Norwegian Kroner for all transactions:
1 EURO @ 8.48 DKR (Danish Kroner, Denmark), @ 8.87
NKR (Norwegian Kroner, Norway).

(3) Fixed Conversation Rates between the US $ and Hongkong
Dollar for all transactions:
1 US $ @ 7.79 HKD (Hongkong Dollar)

Scholar's Cards available!

Hi,
Our library is pleased to announce the issuing of Scholar's Cards to first three toppers from every branch. Accordingly, these students are requested to contact the library for details.