Library and Documentation Centre was established in line with WII’s mission as multidisciplinary information and learning resource centre on biodiversity conservation and management.The L&DC holds over 25,958 books, 20,600 newspaper clippings, 7,350 maps/toposheets and more than 6,225 bound volumes of old and rare. The centre provides online access to all relevant journals and archives.

The Library & Documentation Centre (L&DC) has the following objectives.

• To acquire, organize and disseminate all relevant world wide literature on biodiversity conservation and related fields.
   
• To serve the user readership through normal and special library & information services, like circulation, reference, photocopy, documentation, etc.
   
• To establish and maintain links with other national information systems in India and other countries to ensure free flow of information at national and international levels.
   
• To serve as a training center for information personnel and users.

  To provide the above services to:

  (a) WII,
  (b) Protected areas all over the country,
  (c) Institutions engaged in nature conservation research in the country & abroad,
  (d) Universities & Colleges,
  (e) Individual scholars working in related areas, NGOs, etc.,

  To bring out periodic publications on the following:
  
  (a) Current content of periodicals,
  (b) Research in progress,
  (c) List of unpublished research literature, covering dissertations, thesis etc.,
  (d) Compilation of bibliographies, and
  (e) Compilation of abstracts.

• Dr. Suresh Kumar, Nodal Officer, Email : suresh [at] wii [dot] [gov] dot [in]
• Dr. Sutirtha Dutta, Associate Nodal Officer, Email:  sutirtha  [at] wii [dot] [gov] dot [in]

Contact Librarian: manohar [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in
Email: library [at] wii [dot] gov [dot] in