The document provides a case study comparing the libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi). It outlines the history, departments, facilities, resources, services, staffing, and operations of the libraries at both institutions. The libraries effectively support the teaching, research, and learning needs of students and faculty through traditional and digital services and collections.

1. CASE STUDY OF
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY DELHI (IIT DELHI)
AND
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
Presented By- Aman Kumar Kushwaha
Enroll No. 245/17
Paper Code: MLIS 204(A)
Session: 2018-2019
Master of Library and Information Sciences
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

2. Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi

3. Massachusetts Institute
of Technology

4. INTRODUCTION
o The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) is a private
research university in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in
response to the increasing
industrialization of the United States,
MIT adopted a European
polytechnic university model and
stressed laboratory instruction in
applied science and engineering.
o The Institute is a land-grant, sea-
grant, and space-grant university,
campus has an area of 166 acres (0.67
km²) that extends more than a mile
alongside the Charles River.
o It is one of the most prestigious
universities in the world and ranked
among the world's top universities.
o The Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi (abbreviated IIT Delhi or
IITD) is a public engineering
institution located in Hauz Khas,
Delhi, India.
o Established in 1961, by Humayun
Kabir, Minister of Scientific
Research & Cultural Affairs. The
current campus has an area of 320
acres (or 1.3 km²).
o The institute was later decreed in
Institutes of National Importance
under the Institutes of Technology
Amendment Act, 1963 and also
given the status of Institute of
Eminence (IoE) which graded full
autonomy, leaving this institutes to
make their own decisions.

5. HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
o A charter for the incorporation of the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, proposed by William
Barton Rogers, was signed by the
governor of Massachusetts on 10
April , 1861.
o MIT's first classes were held in the
Mercantile Building in Boston in
1865.
o MIT was informally called "Boston
Tech".
o The institute saw growth in the last
two decades of the 19th century
under President Francis Amasa
Walker.
o New buildings were built, and the
size of the student body increased to
more than one thousand.
o H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh during his visit to India,
laid the foundation stone of the
college at Hauz Khas on January 28,
1959. The College of Engineering &
Technology was registered as a
society on 14 June 1960 under the
Societies Registration Act No. XXI of
1860.
o Inaugurated on 17 August 1961,
initially the college ran in the
Kashmiri Gate campus of Delhi
College of Engineering (Delhi
Technological University) before
shifting to its permanent campus in
Hauz Khas. The college was later
accorded the status of a university
and was renamed as IIT Delhi.

6. SCHOOLS AND
DEPARTMENTS
o Applied Mechanics
o Biochemical Engineering and
Biotechnology
o Chemical Engineering
o Chemistry
o Civil Engineering
o Computer Science & Engineering
o Design
o Electrical Engineering
o Humanities & Social Sciences
o Management Studies
o Materials Science & Engineering
o Mathematics
o Mechanical Engineering
o Physics
o Textile Technology
There are total 15 department , five
schools and 14 COE’s in the institute.
o School of Architecture and
Planning
o School of Engineering
o School of Humanities, Arts, and
Social Sciences
o Sloan School of Management
o School of Science
There are total 30 departments across
five schools.

7. LIBRARIES OF THE
INSTITUTE
The MIT has five major libraries in
its fold to serve its students,
scholars and faculties.
o Barker Library
o Dewey Library
o Hayden Library
o Lewis Music Library
o Rotch Library
In Addition to above locations, the
institute has Aga Khan
Documentation Center, Library
Storage Annex and Maihaugen
Gallery.
• The IIT Delhi Library System
comprises of a Central Library and
18 departmental libraries
collectively supporting the teaching,
research and extension programmes
of the Institute.
• The Library has also served as the
Headquarters to the INDEST-AICTE
Consortium, one of the earliest and
most successful consortia initiatives
so far taken in India.

8. LIBRARY HOURS
• Monday to Thursday: 8:30 AM to
11:00 PM, Friday: 8:30 AM to
06:00 PM
• Weekends: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
All five libraries have some
differences in opening and closing
hours on different days.
• Hayden Library and Rotch
Library operates till midnight
except on Friday.
• Weekdays: 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
• Weekends and Holidays: 10:00 AM
to 6:30 PM
 Textbook Section remains
operational all through the opening
hours of the Library on all days.
 The Library remains closed on
Republic Day (January 26),
Independence Day (August 15),
Dussehra, Diwali, Holi and
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
(October 2) in observance of the
holidays.
 Special arrangements are made to
keep the Library open round the
clock , before and during the minor
and major examinations.

9. LIBRARY STAFF
 Director Libraries, MIT
 Deputy Director
 Librarian
 Access Services Manager
 Access Services Associate
 Access Services Assistant
 Administrative Assistant
 Digitization Associate
 Digitization Assistant
 Preservation Associate
 Preservation Assistant
 Conservator
 Resource Sharing Assistant
 Financial and Payroll Associate
 Human Resource Assistant
 Facilities Administrator
 Librarian
 Deputy Librarian
 Assistant Librarian
 Assistant Library Information
Officer
 Senior Library Information
Assistant
 Junior Superintendent
 Junior Assistant
 Attendant

10. SECTIONS OF
LIBRARY
 Acquisition Section
 Information Desk
 Reference Section
 Primary Sources
 Novels, Plays, Poems and Prose
 Limited Access Collections
 New Arrival
 Current/Bound Journals
 Computer Section
 Microfiche/Microfilm
 Theses
 Government Documents
 Maps, Atlas and Oversize
Collections
Acquisition & Technical
Processing
Serials Section
Text Book & Book Bank
Section
Humanities & Social Sciences
Section
Hindi Section
Store & Purchase Section

11. E-RESOURCES OF
LIBRARY
E-Theses and Dissertations
E-Journals and Articles
E-Books and Media
Full Text Documents
Dspace@MIT
Databases
Digitized Maps
Digitized Images
E-Directories
Full Text
Bibliographic Databases
DELNET Databases
E-Print&etd@IITD
(Institutional Repository)
E-Theses and Dissertations
E-Journals and Backfiles
E-Books
E-Textbooks
Standards

12. SERVICES OF
LIBRARY
 Membership
 Inter-Library Request
 Scan, Copy and Print
 Persons with Disabilities
 Barton Catalog
 Research Support
 Exhibits and Galleries
 Internet/WiFi
 Reference Services
 RFID Facility
 Fully Automated Services
 Membership
 Reference Services
 Inter-Library Loan
 Photocopy Facility
 Bindery Service
 Remote Access
 Internet/WiFi Service
 RFID Facility

13. CONCLUSION
• The above case study concludes that the Libraries of Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are
providing necessary science and technology related literature
resources and facilities to their patrons through conventional
and modern techniques and successfully fulfilling the needs
and demands of their users. The library of both the institutes
are serving their students, scholars and staff with their with
the new age ICT services and e-resources.
• Various Services and Facilities are offered by the institutes to
their clientele such as e-resources, e-books, e-journals,
institutional repositories, CAS, reprography and many more.
Ultimately helping and serving all in their academic as well as
research works, promoting growth in knowledge and
exploring new form of scholarship, teaching and learning.

14. REFERENCES
• MIT Libraries, Retrieved from https://libraries.mit.edu/
• MIT, Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_
Technology
• MIT, Retrieved from http://www.mit.edu/
• IIT Delhi, Retrieved from http://www.iitd.ac.in/
• IIT Delhi, Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technolo
gy_Delhi
• Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
Retrieved from http://library.iitd.ac.in/