Library is the heart of any institution..
It is expected to serve the entire staff, students & its alumni
to help them in their academic work. The Library creates an atmosphere
of mutual help & goodwill among the students, teaching staff
and the library staff. It is a nucleus of the college for educating
readers in right direction to prepare then to face the challenges
of life and assert their rights. It provides necessary facilities
to its readers to attend proficiency in the fields if their specialization
and to assignment general knowledge. It serves as a center of providing
recreation to its readers, which is vital for mental development,
for enabling readers to utilize their leisure time, for engendering
in them love for books & humanity & to be an enviable medium
for helping use all round development of the community.
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The information age has (aid to the
dot.com culture and mushrooming of cyber cafes where information
can be searched on the internet but the information being
vast and voluminous it creates problems for the browsers
to identify, retrieve information in time, Hence the printed
book still remains a real need of the student community,
the role of college library to therefore significant in
information support system.
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i. Library committee:
The Institute has a standing Library Committee authorized by the
Management. The committee inclusive of 20 faculty members inclusive
of all Heads of the Departments & headed by one very senior
expert & one librarian as a member secretary.
The committee meets twice a year and reviews all the activities
of the library & recommends to take further improvements.
Important decisions are noted down and action taken to implement
the same. Monitoring of the use of library is being done
by the committee regularly.
ii. Librarians involvement in the academic activities:
Librarian is the member of staff council & various
sub committees. He is involved directly & indirectly in the
academic activities of the institute.
Besides being involved in the activities of the institute, he
is involved in many other academic activities outside the college,
viz, teaching B.Lib.Sc. students of YCMOU University, Nasik and
IGNOU, New Delhi.
iii. Finance:
The total revenue of the library every year
comes approximately 3 lakhs through library fees, grants from
UGC every year.
The management spends approximately 13 Lakhs every year only for
purchase of books, periodical & other reading materials.
iv. Book selection & purchase:
New books are scanned & selected for purchase
by the Heads of respective departments & the library purchases
through regular procedure & they are exhibited in the library
after their receipt and the respective Heads of Department are
informed on receipt regularly. Total stock of upto 31 March 2007
| Mgt. Books |
31812 |
| Comp. Books |
9277 |
| Social Work |
9056 |
| Env. Sci. |
3316 & other |
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| Total Books |
57706 |
Total Cost of Books Rs. 1,61,34,373=00 on purchase price.
v. Periodicals & Journal Section :
The Institute subscribes to 141 journals of National &
International level spending approximately Rs. 150000 every
year.
There is a very good arrangement where all the journals including
the news papers are displayed & seating arrangement for
students & faculty is made available to sit & read.
The section works for 8 hours a day except Sunday. Back volumes
for reference are kept in the drawer so as to facilitate the
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vi. The library services:
Library working hours:- 10.00 to 7.00 p.m. Reading room:- 7.00am.
to 12.00 p.m.
The Reading Room, which is managed by the student, is kept
open for 17 hours a day continuously ever on Sunday. The Reading
Room facility is availed by nearly 85-100 students.
Inter-library services are also in use between the University Library
& the local college libraries.
Two books are issued to students for a week and books are issued
for a month per teacher for home use. There is a special BOOK BANK
facility is provided for students of the Department of Computer
Studies & M.B.A. , M.S.W.
User orientation course:
The librarian conducts user orientation programme for every academic
year, for the benefit of new entrance to educate the students regarding
the existence of difference sections, membership procedure, its
rules & regulations, its collection & various facilities
available for open access.
Xerox Facility:
A Xerox machine is installed in the library so as to facilitate
the students & faculty to get their reading materials Xeroxed
at reasonable competitive rates.
Reference Service:
A very good collection of Reference Books is maintained in the library
like Encyclopedias, yearbooks, Almanack, manuals, handbooks, &
dictionaries & with the help of there reference works, many
interesting queries of the students are handled & satisfactory
information is provided.
Computerization:
There is no need to mention the importance of automation in a modern
library. The management has already provided a computer P_II &
P-IV with necessary licensed software and printer and the entire
book collection of 45,000 has been recorded & the database is
prepared. In course of time the entire periodical & back volumes
collection will be recorded by using bar-code system, the work of
charging & discharging of books through the computer will be
implemented.
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