The membership of the University Library is open to the teachers, students, research scholars, officers, non-teaching employees, ex-employees and ex-students of the University; and even to the teachers of schools, colleges, universities and govt. employees outside the University. The reading facilities of Central Library are provided to outside scholars engaged in serious reading and research. The total number of members is about 10,000.

All categories of members except the short-term users (on special permission) are entitled to borrow books from the Central as well as the Departmental Library. The work of registration of library members is being done in the Central Library but the members registered in the Central Library can also use the Salt Lake Campus Library and the Departmental Library.

Membership	Refundable Deposit (Rs.)	Annual Fees (Rs.)	Borrowing Privileges
			Books	Days
Research Scholars	3	3	6	6
Ex-students/Ex-employee	1	1	2	2
University Teachers	2	2	4	4
Non-teaching Staff	5	5	10	10
Professor emeritus	2	2	4	4
Part-time teachers	4	4	10	10
University Officers	2	2	4	4
Post Graduate Students	2	2	4	4
Non-Jadavpur University	2	2	4	4

All categories of members except the short-term users (on special permission) are entitled to borrow books from the Central as well as the Departmental Library. The work of registration of library members is being done in the Central Library but the members registered in the Central Library can also use the Salt Lake Campus Library and the Departmental Library.

			Entitled to borrow from
Category of users	Central Library	Departmental Library	Central + Departmental Library	Total
WEB-INFweb.xml	3	-	-	3
Non-teaching Staff	2	1	-	3
University Teachers	5	10	-	15
Research Scholars	-	-	5	5
Part-time Teachers	3	-	-	3
Post Graduate Students	3	2	5	5
Under Graduate Students	2	2	4	4

All categories of members are to pay over-due charges for late return of the books.