School of Planning and Architecture - [SPA]

The Libraries of the School of Planning Architecture, New Delhi are well-stocked in both the Planning and Architecture campuses. Together these libraries are arguably one of the richest storehouses of books and documents in the fields of planning and architecture in the entire Asian region. The library is equipped with computer and electronic facilities to support teaching, learning and research activities of the School. The Library has subscription to 81 print and e-journals and databases such as JSTOR with access to more than 2065 archived e-journals and India stat. Other e-resources are also available online. Off-campus remote access facility has been provided to access electronic resources from anywhere at any time. Library Online Public Access Catalogues (OPAC) facility is available for browsing and searching the databases of books, thesis/dissertation reports, and new additions by the users. The Web-OPAC is available on intranet and can be searched from anywhere within the School campus.

The Library is a member of the Developing Library Network (DELNET). This has given the facility of access to union catalogue of 6839 member libraries and other online resources.The library brings out a monthly list of new additions, contents of current periodicals and relevant information from the newspaper dailies and is being made available electronically to the members. The library is headed by Mr. Narendra Singh Dhami, Library and Information Officer.

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.

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.

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.

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

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