Library Profile

The library building has two floors, the ground floor consisting of the Stack room, Circulation Desk, Reference reading table, OPAC (On Line Public Access Catalogue), Property shelf, Librarian's Room and Internet section. The first floor of the library consists of the reading room with a seating capacity of 115 nos, where current journals, bound volumes of periodicals and magazines are available.

Nature And Development Of The Library

The following sections describe the nature and development of the Library

Library rules:

• Library card and College uniform are must while visiting and using the library
• Library users have to keep their belongings to the property counter while entering the library except the valuable things like mobile phones, ornaments…etc
• Books are issued to students for a period of 15 (fifteen) days. They may be reissued for another 2 term (15 days each).
• An overdue charge of Rs. 1.00 only per day is levied if a book is kept beyond the due date.
• Members should satisfy themselves about the physical condition of the books they wish to borrow before getting them issued; otherwise they will be held responsible for any damage or mutilation noticed at the time of return.
• Reference books are restricted to issue on loan.
• Using Mobile Phones are strictly prohibited within the library.
• Users are allowed to check the availability of books in the computer through OPAC
• Users must maintain silence in the library.

Sections of the library:

1. Stack Area

All the processed books (Text and Ref.) have been kept in 112 book shelves. These books are arranged in a classified order according to the Class Numbers. Class Number guide is displayed prominently to guide the users. The book stacks have been placed in such a way that it is conducive to quiet study.

2. Technical Section

The books and other reading materials are being classified using DDC 24th Edition (Dewey decimal classification) and AACR-II (Anglo American Cataloguing Rules II Edition) for cataloguing purposes through SOUL2.0 (Library Management Software).

3. Reference Section

Reference Books have been separated from the textbooks. The Reference books are kept on the right side of the stack room in 40 book shelves.

4. Journal & Newspaper Section

Journals and Newspapers have been organized separately on the stacks near the Reading Table. A list of Journals and Newspapers currently subscribed to by the college library have been compiled in order to keep the teachers, students and staff informed as to which journals and newspapers are available in the library. (Annexure – II & III)

5. Book Bank Section

There are total 3,460 no books for book bank and these books are issued to backward class students and economically poor students.

6. Back Volume Section

The old loose issues of the journals got bound total no 400 and kept in a reading room in a classified order.

7. Circulation System

For circulation we use SOUL 2.0 software package, (Developed by INFLIBNET Center , Ahmedabad). Each cardholder student member can take two copies of books for 15 days whereas a faculty member can take 12 copies of books. A book can be re-issued provided the book in question is not in demand by any other member.

8. New Arrival Display

Newly processed books are kept at a prominent place in two revolving bookstand for one week or more to attract and to bring these to the notice of the users.

Library services:

SL. No	Services
1.	Circulations
2.	Reading Room Service
3.	Periodical Service
4.	Reprographic Service
5.	OPAC Service
6.	Newspaper Indexing
7.	Book Bank service
8.	E-mail Service
9.	Internet Service
10.	E-Resource Service
11.	Reference & Information Service
12.	Current Awareness Service (CAS)
13.	Institutional Repository (IR)
14.	Social Media (Whatsapp & Facebook)

Library Automation:

(a) Computerization

Computerization has been introduced in the library activities towards the end of 2002 using SOUL (Software for University Library) developed by INFLIBNET and the automation process of library started phase wise. After that automated circulation system has been introduced since 2005 for better circulation system. In 2009 the SOUL College Version package was upgraded to SOUL Version 2.0. The library has introduced Web-OPAC facility extended to computers throughout the entire college campus.

(b) Barcode Technology

To organize the disseminate flow of information in a systematic way we have introduced the Barcode technology in circulation system. It is a method of automated identification and data collection. For this purpose we have installed P-touch Editor ver.4.1 software, one printer Brother (QL-550) and two gun type scanners.

E-resource facility

(a) CD/DVD

A Digital Collection has been created with the CD’s & DVD’s which were received free of cost with books and journals. There are more than 100 CDs on various subjects. Most of the CDs/DVDs contain important software, encyclopedias, directory, and tutorials and so on. Students and teachers are allowed to use the CDs/DVDs for reference.

(b) N-LIST (National Library And Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content)

The College library has access to e-resources through N-List (National Library And Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) funded by the Ministry of Human Resources development (MHRD) under its National Mission on Education through ICT. Under this programme the college library members enjoys access to more than 6,000+ e-journals and 31,35,000+ e-books (including current issues with 5-10 years back files).

(c) Institutional Repository (IR)

From the current year library has been introduced Institutional Repository (IR) using D-Space digital library software to provide digital resources where library members can access Institutional publications including College Magazine, Academic Calendar, teacher’s research publications, Question papers and Rare books etc..

Library orientation programme:

Library has organized orientation programme every year for both teachers and students are made aware about the library services and rules for better using the library.

Best reader award: Criteria for Best Reader Award

To inculcate the reading habit among the students an award known as “Best Reader Award” are distributed among the library members, for this purpose every year two library members are selected for this award.

Future Plan:

We have planned to expand digital library section in fulfillment with the demands of the users. The Library also plans to subscribe to more e-journals and E-Books for the readers. Library Orientation Programme will be extended further and emphasis will be given to create more regular users of the library.

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