Tuesday 5 March 2013

Library At A Glance

Our college library started in the year 1983 with the college establishment. Collection of the library books in the starting year is 453 books. Now library has total 35405 books in the library collection. Library subscribes 77 magazines regularly. A modern library with a few exceptions is regarded as a service institution. Its aim is being to enable the users to make the most effective use of the library resources and services of the library.
 Highlights.     
       • Reference Books :- 21491.
       • B.Lib. & I.Sc. course started  from june 2007 and M.Lib. & I.Sc. course from 2010.

       • Text Books 13914.
       • Periodicals 77.
       • Internet Facility Yes.
       • Reading room facility for the students.
       • Provide services to the students appearing for M.P.S.C & U.P.S.C exams.
       • Provide set of books to the meritorious students.
       • Provide reading materials to all the students.
       • Provides internet facility to the teachers and students.
       • Library collection development made by the heads of all departments.
       • Library Blog
       • Current Awareness Service by E-mail.
  Best Practices in the Library
         Maintenance of Library Registers
         Library committee formation.
         Computerization and Bar-coding of books in the library.
         User Orientation Programme.
         Display of new arrivals.
       •  News paper clippings.
         Keep library premises neat and clean.
         Conduct book exhibition.
         Compiling the list of Journals and Periodicals.
         Information Literacy Programmes.
         Libraries Open Access.
         Book Bank Facility.
         Library for Society Scheme (Alumni, well wishers, ex-staff members and localites.)
         Library Automation Services.
       •  Compiling user statistics.
         Internet Facility.
         Use of Colour Spine Labels for Books (Subject wise)
         Library for Society Scheme.
·      •  OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
         Conducting B.Lib.Sc. and M.Lib.Sc programme run by YCMOU, Nashik.       
                                                                                                                             Pranali B. Gedam 
                                                                                                                                  Librarian