Library – Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

IESE Library

A dedicated library has been established at the school to support academic as well as research activities. The IESE library functions with support from NUST Central library, maintaining dedicated sections to support industrial and scientific research carried out by IESE departments. The library is managed by a faculty in charge working with a dedicated library team. IESE library currently holds a collection of over 4000+ books, journals and manuscripts. Additionally, the library also has access to hundreds of online databases and ebooks. The collection includes text books, reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, industrial standards, handbooks, atlases and classic literature. The library also offers audio/visual facilities, scanning/photocopying and thesis binding services.

Location

The library is located on the 1^st floor in the IESE building, Room No. 206

Library Hours & Holidays

Library remains open on all working days of the week (Monday-Friday) from 09:00 A.M. to 09:00 P.M & remains closed on public holidays.

Library Services

Borrowing

Circulation activity of information sources is among the core services of IESE library. Users can apply and get their membership for borrowing the information sources (books and other material). All registered users of IESE are entitled to borrow books. Lending privileges differ for various categories. Information about the categories and services can be enquired at the Circulation Desk of IESE library.

Photocopy Services

Photocopy facility is available for readers, to make copies from Reference books & Journals etc.

Reader Advisory

The reader advisory guide the library users on how to use library software and databases to get the required material. The library staff gives a wide range of presentations to library users, to enable users to use the library sources to its maximum. These presentations educate users on the use of different online databases for literature searching. Presentations for small groups can also be arranged on request.

Reference

Trained and highly qualified professional staff is available to provide reference services to all the library users. User may make queries through telephone (+925190854216) or through e-mail ([email protected]).

Collection Organisation

This is the main service of library, comprising of highly quality books related to IESE academic programmes. The major areas on which books and other information material is available are, environmental sciences and environmental engineering. A significant number of print and electronic reference sources are available on reference shelves.