Accessing the Cultural Information & Knowledge Resources of Kala Nidhi

All the Cultural Information & Knowledge resources available at IGNCA can be accessed by any individual, Indian or foreign. Membership is open to all with special facilities for scholars and researchers on payment of a nominal fee. There are lower rates for students who are registered with Universities/Institutions of Higher Learning for their Ph.D. or M.Phil programmes. However, they need to get their applications sponsored by their institutions. Membership Membership shall be granted on applying on the prescribed form available from the reference library and also available at IGNCA website. Membership cannot be claimed as right. Competent Authority at IGNCA has the discretionary power to grant membership to any person(s).

Membership shall be of following categories.

• One week – free of charge
• Rs. 100/- per month
• Annual-students-250/- per annum with renewal at Rs. 150/- per annum;
• Others – Rs. 500/- p.a. with renewal of Rs. 300/- p.a.
• Lifetime-Onetime payment of Rs. 5,000/-

Membership fee rates are to be notified from time to time as per the instructions/orders of the Competent Authority. The payment is to be made In favor of IGNCA, New Delhi, Payble at New Delhi by DD / Pay Order / Cheques / Cash at IGNCA Account. Working Hours The reference library shall remain open to its members from 9.00 am to 5.30 p.m., six days a week (Monday to Saturday), except on gazetted holidays. However, resources held by the Divisions of IGNCA other than the reference library will be available for consultation only between 9.00 am and 5.30 pm on week days (i.e. Monday to Friday) Services Members shall be allowed to refer to any of the resources in the library, and other units of Kala Nidhi

Photocopying(black & white as well as colour) facility shall be available on payment basis (to be notified from time to time) as per the provisions of the Copyright Act with special permission of the Librarian/Incharge.

Members shall have the facility to get print copies of microfilm/microfiche after obtaining permission from the Librarian/Incharge on payment basis (to be notified from time to time) under provisions of the Copyright Act/ restrictions placed in it.

Microfilm/Microfiche readers have been provided for use of the members.

Material from other libraries may be obtained on Inter-Library Loan basis, if possible.

Members shall also be allowed to use computer terminals for accessing library information and other databases. They can also bring their own laptops for use in the library. Care of material Members should not mutilate/damage the material provided to them for consultation. They also should not mark the material or fold it at any place. At any time, if it is found that the material has been mutilated/damaged by a member, his/her membership shall be cancelled immediately and he/she shall be held responsible for compensating the losses. Personal belongings Except for writing material and a laptop, nothing shall be allowed to be taken into the library. Such non-permissible items have to be deposited/kept at the Property Counter. Loss of Identity Card/Reader’s Ticket Members are responsible for the proper upkeep/security of their Identity Card/Reader Ticket(s) and whatever is issued to them on it.

In the event of loss of Identity Card/Reader’s Ticket a duplicate Identity Card/Reader’s Ticket may be issued to the member on payment of Rs. 50/- in cash to the IGNCA on the specific note of the Librarian/Incharge. However, members themselves are responsible for any misuse of the originally issued Identity Card/Reader’s Ticket even after a duplicate has been issued to them. How to Access Visuals

1. Focus of the Slide collection is on the Indian Art collection housed in institutions abroad. Apart from that there are visuals sourced from Art Galleries and Museums in India.
2. The catalogued data related to visuals are available in Libsys database (software).
3. The preliminary information & printed catalogued data can be accessed through Libsys database as well as catalogue available in the Slide Library.
4. The resource person available in the Slide Library can further assist in answering the subject queries of the scholars in the fields of art, architecture, sculpture, landscape etc.
5. The requisition for viewing the visuals has to be forwarded through HOD(KN). For viewing the visuals, requisition should be submitted five days in advance.
6. Some visual collections are subject to copyright rules which require prior permission for duplication from the parent organization.
7. For obtaining digital copies or duplicate slides of the visuals, a requisition is to be made. The duplication fee for the visuals varies for academic and commercial use.

How to access manuscripts The copies of various collections available at IGNCA may be obtained as per the IGNCA rules. Scholars and researchers can also access 3,00,000 manuscripts collected from 49 libraries in India and 6 Libraries from outside India. They can also obtain copies, subject to copyright restrictions, and indeed the conditions spelt out in the MOUs signed between IGNCA and concerned manuscript Library. As a general practice one need to seek permission of concerned library to obtain a copy of the manuscripts from IGNCA collection. Copies are being made available in Digital/Microfilm/Print formats on charge basis. The consultation to all above manuscripts at IGNCA Reference Library is open to all without any charges. Online catalogue of these manuscripts will be made available soon at IGNCA website.