Central Library also provides the following services to the students, faculty, and researchers of the SOA:

Acquisition Ordering Process for the procurement of Books and Journals

  • Libraries of SOA receive online requisitions from Faculty, Students, and Researchers for procurement of books and journals, and process them online with the publishers and their agents, and make them available at least the cost of time.

  • To serve its undergraduate students, on average, 15000 new books are required for all the undergraduate programs, and are added to the University Libraries' collection every year, with a ratio of 1:4 (one book for 4 students).

Technical Processing - The Technical Processing Section plays an important role in the library. It classifies, Catalogues, displays, stacks, and finally makes them available for circulation

Circulation - The circulation section is the intermediary between users and documents. It handles book issues, renewals, and returns using Koha software. It also undertakes other tasks such as membership registration, issuance of no-dues certificates, collection of overdue fines, and book reservations.

Reference Service - The reference section provides reference service to all academic staff, students, and researchers of the SOA by answering their queries and providing the required research books stacked in the section.

Book Bank - The Book Bank Facility aims to ensure that all students have access to the textbooks they need. Under this system, educational institutions maintain a collection of prescribed textbooks, which are issued to eligible students on loan. The books must be returned in good condition at the end of the loan period. All the members are required to deposit Rs. 20.00 as a registration fee. Students can issue 3 books per semester (6 months) by paying 15% of the book's cost. SC/ST students can issue 3 books free of cost per semester.

Other Library Services - Library is also provides the following services to the students, faculty, and researchers of the SOA:

  1. User Orientation programs at regular intervals on the use of the Library, searching the Library OPAC, E-Resources, etc.

  2. Providing manuscripts such as e-books, research papers, book chapters, theses, etc., required by the faculty and students.

  3. Reference service / SDI Service on the topics of interest to students and faculty by utilizing the various resources subscribed by the Library as well as open internet resources.

  4. Bibliographical compilations on ongoing projects and research areas required by the students, researchers and faculty.

  5. Reprography

  6. New Arrivals

  7. User Education

  8. Alert Services : Information Resource Center is being provided on a daily basis with the latest developments in respective areas of interest to use R&D and academic activities of the world over.