NIOC LIBRARY

HISTORY
REFERENCES
DATABASES
MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
LIBRARY SERVICES
INTERNET SERVICES
SEARCHING OUR SOURCES
REFERENCE SERVICES
MEMBERSHIP
LOANS
RESERVES

HISTORY

NIOC Central Library is one of Iran's oldest specialized libraries. It was established in 1955 and was directly managed by NIOC Board of Directors until 1960 and was called “Board of Directors Library”. Gradually its name was changed to “Central Library”, and after bringing together a lot of economic and technical books and journals in the field of petroleum, the library became a professional one. Central Library was, for some time, under the direct supervision of NIOC Administrative Manager, but later its management was transferred to the Central Training Department.
Now as “NIOC Information Center and Central Library”, it is one of the richest existing centers in the Middle East.
It is noteworthy that the NIOC Central Library is the first library in Iran which has been computerized and uses the most recent technology in order to access information easier and faster.

REFERENCES

The existing references at NIOC Central Library include books, journals, booklets, articles, newspapers, CDs and microfilms which are mainly specialized in the field of petroleum engineering, economics, energy and management, both in Farsi and English languages.

DATABASES

1. Software databases includes NIOC Information Center and Central Library, and other centers.
2. IHS standards database on CD
3. Farsi articles database (Namayeh)
4. Latin articles database
5. Country’s laws and regulations database

MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS

British Library ( BL )
International Federation of Library Associations

LIBRARY SERVICES

The following services are given to members either in person or by phone:

1. Copying services
2. Telecommunication services by internet
3. Internet services inside library
4. Search services and printing IHS standards
5. Search services and retrieving the full text of specialized articles in Latin article database by internet
6. Monthly Publication of the "NIOC Information Center New Titles".
7. Publishing brochures, bibliographies and reports as required
8. Access to the archive of the microfilms of technical / scientific journals
9. Searching our database at NIOC website
10. Access to various educational films (VCD)
11. Connecting to Iran Science Portal (http://portal.iranscience.net)

INTERNET SERVICES

We have developed internet services for the members to support their academic and research activities. There are six computers for the users, two of which are just for inside library searching. All clients are allowed to use this system during the working time and with prior authorization of the Reference Librarian.

SEARCHING RESOURCES

You can access our resources either directly via NIOC Library website (www.nioclibrary.ir), or NIOC website (www.nioc.org). What you should do is first to click on "Central Library" on NIOC homepage, and then select "search". Now select "NIOC Central Library" from the list and click on "log-in". Confirm the window that appears with the user name ''guest'' without entering any password. Click on "Select database" from the menu above. From among the databases that appears in the list (library resources), choose your required item and again click on "select database". In the new window, you can search for your required material by its title, author, subject, publisher, etc. If you are looking for a word which is not in a specific field, you can use the "General" field. Unless you are sure of the spelling of your keyword, or if you intend to do a more generalized search, type at least three characters of your intended word and add $ at the end of character without any space and then click on "search".

REFERENCE SERVICES

In case of having any problem in using library materials, you can obtain assistance from the Reference Librarian in person or by phone (Tel. 6153476).

MEMBERSHIP

Guidelines for NIOC library membership:

The library is primarily for the use of official staff and retired employees of the Petroleum Ministry. To become a member they have to fill out a registration form and present their identification card plus one photo to the circulation desk.
Contract employees of the Petroleum Ministry are allowed to make use of library facilities just inside the library after presenting their identification card to the circulation desk. As a special request, they can become a member provided they present a letter from their concerned department which guarantees the return of library materials borrowed, at the due date.
Outsiders (students, faculty and research scholars of universities, experts and professionals of institutions) are also admitted but just for inside library services, by presenting their identification card and a letter of introduction from their concerned university or institution.

LOANS

Members are allowed to borrow all library materials except reference materials. Some reference items, however, can be borrowed with the permission of Reference Librarian and for a limited time.
Members are authorized to take out any library journals except the last issue.
Members are allowed to borrow up to four library materials at any one time.
Loan period for books would be one month and for other items it is for one week only.
The borrowing time for the books given for loan may be extended for a further period before the due date unless it has been reserved for another user. Renewing can be done at the circulation desk in person or by phone (Tel. 6153477).
In case of retirement, leave, transfer of duty, members must return all library materials.

RESERVES

If any member's requested book has been borrowed by another person, he can reserve it in person or by phone (Tel. 6153477) after presenting its accession number to the circulation desk. Members can even reserve their books via our central site. When the reserved book is received, Circulation Librarian would notify the one who has reserved the book via a reserve card on which the borrowing date has been mentioned. Items that are not picked up by the requested date will be lent to another user. Reserving books are possible for NIOC Information Center and Central Library members everywhere and at anytime.

Last Update : October 2008