About the Library:-

The National School of Drama (NSD) library in New Delhi, India, is an extensive resource center for theatre enthusiasts and professionals. It boasts a vast collection of books, periodicals, scripts, and other materials related to drama and performing arts. The library is designed to support the educational and research needs of students and faculty at NSD, providing access to a wealth of information on various aspects of theatre, including acting, directing, stage design, and theatre history. It also offers resources in multiple languages and includes works by notable playwrights from India and around the world. It provides reference services and lending facilities to the members of the Library. The Library provides access to different databases on the intranet of the National School of Drama.

The in-house consultation facility is also extended to officials of other departments and research scholars enrolled with institutions/universities. The Library is managed by well-qualified/skilled staff. The Library is equipped with the latest tools of Information Technology and provides many services to its users. Recently NSD Library introduced Cloud based Integrated Library Management System for its day to day operations. Currently this Library working on developing the Institutional Archival Repository to enhance the facility of scholarly information.
Library Committee
The Director, National School of Drama is the final authority for all matters of administration and control of the Library. The Library Committee, appointed by the Director, NSD exercises general direction, control, supervision, and guidance over the affairs of the Library. Currently, the Library has a committee headed by Sh. Rajesh Singh, Chief of Repertory Company. The Library Committee comprises of:
Sl. No. Name and Designation Role
01. Sh. Rajesh Singh, Chief of Repertory Company Chairman
02. Sh. Sanjay K, Director, Niti Aayog Library, (Outside Expert) Member
03. Dr Praveen Babbar, Dy. Librarian, JNU, (Outside Expert) Member
04. Dr. Ajit Kumar, Director, CSL (Outside Expert) Member
05. Sh. Asif Ali Haider, Visiting Faculty Member
06. Sh. Yashraj Jadhav, Visiting Faculty Member
07. Dr. E Gajalakshmi, Librarian Member-Convener
The committee is involved in the following:
  • Procurement of Print resources (i.e. English books, Hindi books, English/ Hindi periodicals, etc.).
  • Procurement of e-resources
  • Weeding out/writing off books
  • Making policies for the Library's development

    • Membership

    Membership is only for National School of Drama Faculties, Students and officials. No outsider is given membership; however, research scholars are allowed to consult documents for research purpose. For membership, the National School of Drama Faculties, Students and officials need to fill up an application form, which has to be verified by the concerned Administration Section.
    Download the membership application form here

    List of Online Journals/Database

    Sl. No. Title Website Address
    01. World Drama -Library https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/login?recentUrl=/

    Services

    The National School of Drama Library offers a number of information services to its members. Some examples are given below::
  • Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC): OPAC is the finest and most authentic medium for searching the exact location of a document. Click here to search OPAC: http://103.251.60.211/
  • Reference and Bibliography Service: This section mainly provides a facility to consult books that can't be issued. Other Reference services include Current Awareness Service (CAS), Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI), and Preparation of a list of books and bibliographies and providing information on the telephone.
  • Circulation: This section deals with the issue/return of documents.
  • Inter Library Loan: Library also provides Inter Library Loan service to meet the demand of the user in a better way because no library can acquire all types of resources in different formats. Or we can say Lending books to and borrowing books from other libraries for the use of readers.

    • Library Publications and Collection

  • Book Alert (Monthly): it contains the picture of the front cover and a short abstract of the new books purchased by the Library.

    • Library Collection

    NSD Library has a good collection of following types of documents:
    Sl. No. Resources Number
    01. Books 38,000 (app.)
    02. Bound Volume Journals 1150 (app.)
    03. Non book Material 14910 (app.)
    04. Newspaper 15 (Lib. Subscribed)
    05. Magazines 07 (app.)
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