Library
The superbly well stocked library houses a vast collection of books, digital sources, resources and services on a wide range of topics. The endeavour is on inculcating the reading habits in children, giving a free rein to their imagination and minds in comfortable and conducive ambience. The Reference Sections supports the curriculum and beyond. The advance digital Library and an e-library Section is the response to need of the times expanding the horizons of all learning beyond limits.
LIBRARY / MEDIA CENTRE
The library is the main resource center for the students and the faculty at DPS-MIS,. The two libraries (for Junior and Senior School) is located on the Basement of the A Block building.
Collection:
The vast collection of over 15,000 volumes is mainly comprised of textbooks, reference books, fiction titles, periodicals and audiovisual material like CDs and VCDs. Separate areas house the collection of syllabus-based textbooks (according to classes), the fiction titles (primary and secondary) as also the periodicals and the audio visual materials
Textbook collection:
Syllabus-based textbooks from different authors help the students to self-study the subject in greater detail and also help the teachers to teach the subjects from different angles and give extra information on any given topic.
Fiction collection:
A large number of fiction titles by leading authors such as Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton are available for the primary section and authors such as Robin Cook, Arthur Clarke, Ruskin Bond, etc are available for the Senior sections.
Reference books:
A collection of nearly 2000 titles inclusive of Encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, thesaurus etc. are available to the students and the teachers for their day to day teaching and assignment work.
Periodicals:
The library subscribes to nearly 30 periodicals inclusive of 2 national daily newspapers. Children's magazines as well as subject-based journals are used well by students and teachers alike.
Teachers’ Resources:
Reference titles assisting the teachers in their teaching as well as in preparing their study material and worksheets are available in the school library. Latest foreign publications in different subjects help the teachers to update their knowledge.
Audio Visual Materials:
Many CDs comprising of nursery rhymes, story telling aids and other titles for primary classes are available for the teachers. The faculty members also use subject based CDs in science as well as mathematics as an aid to their classroom teaching. Globes, geometry boxes, large sized books and flap books are also other teaching aids stocked in the library.
Reading Programme for Grades 1 to 6
This special reading programme encourages the children to read the recommended library books. A book review of a few lines is prepared by the student after reading every book which is put up on the bulletin board.