Library and Information Center

Web OPAC:  Library is automated using Integrated Library Management System software namely AUTOLIB developed by Auto Lib Software Systems (Total Library Automation Solution Provider) in the year 2009. The nature of automation is fully with SQL version 5.2 (JAVA as front end and MS-ACCESS as back end). It is designed to automate various   activities of the Library and provides WEB based services on the campus intranet/ internet. Bar-coding labels are pasted to all books and 'Digital Borrower's Card' is issued to all Staff and Students.

 

LIBRARIAN

Thahira Nasseruddin, M.A(His), M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil, PGDLAN

SLET-2002.

LIBRARY STAFF

S.No.	Name of the Staff	Designation
1	Ms.S.Nasreen Begum, M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil	Asst.Librarian
2	Ms. Barkathunissa, B.A (Eng.), M.L.I.Sc., DCA.	Technical Assistant
3	Ms. Razia Sultana, B.Com, DCA.	Assistant
4	Ms.Kowsalya,B.Com(C.S), DCA, Tally.	Technical Assistant
5	Mr.M.Ranganathan	Lab Assistant
6	Mr.K.Nagarajan	Attender

General Instructions

CIRCULATION :Details of Memberships: 7654

CATEGORY	NO.OF STAFF		NO.OF. STUDENTS
			FN College			AN College
	FN College	AN College	IYr	IIYr	IIIYr	IYr	IIYr	IIIYr
Teaching Staff	153	156	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-Teaching	58	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Students(UG & PG)	-	-	1209	1128	948	1359	1340	1180
Students(M.Phil & Ph.D)			63			8
Other Institutions	10
Total	419		7235

The collection building of the Library has more than 1 Lakh Books. Staff and Students can borrow books around the year. The charging system limits 2, 3 and 5 books for UG, PG and Research Scholars respectively. The Faculty Members can borrow 10 books at a time and the Non-Teaching staff and members of other institutions administered by the Management are also eligible to borrow books from the Library.

ONLINE INFORMATION ZONE (INTERNET FACILITY):  The Library has one IBM Server with10 Computers and 4 Printers for all housekeeping activities. 35 Computers with Internet facility is provided in the online information centre for web search for Students. Every Department is provided with a computer and printer with intranet facility. Online Question bank facility is available for the students.

BOOK BANK: A separate SC / ST  & Minorities book bank facility funded by the UGC is available for the needy students of UG / PG belong to the Departments of  Corporate Economics, Political Science, Applied Psychology &  Behavioural  Research, Bio Chemistry, Post Graduate & Research Department of Zoology, Plant Biology & Bio -Technology, Mathematics, Commerce and Chemistry. Donated 'Book Bank' facility is available in the Library for all the Students for a period of 30 days and this collection building consists of subject books, Language books, Religion and Fiction donated by the Staff and Students of the college.

A newly established House of Collection of 11,905 books with 4204 general books, 464 rare books on Manuscripts, 316 books on General Science, 929 books on History, 1487 Reference books, 1451 books on Art, Architecture and Paintings, 700 on French, 640 on German, 233 books on Persian, 562 books on Urdu, 814 on Arabic, 20 books on Sanskrit and other language books like Italy, Spanish, Japan and Chinese books are added to the Library Collection building.

REFERENCE AND REFERRAL SERVICE:

Reference section contains all department Reference Books, Competitive Exam Books, Journals, Theses, Project Reports. The Staff and Students are allowed to take photocopy of important Literature.  The Referral Service is provided by the Librarian

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP WITH CONSORTIUM

N-LIST – INFLIBNET:

Our College Library has Institutional Membership Consortium with      N-LIST – Inflibnet, Ahmedabad.  N-List will help the staff and students to have access for the E-Resources. 6000+ e journals and 31,35,000+ eBooks. URL address:: http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/

DELNET- (Developing Library Network) New Delhi:

Library has institutional Membership Consortium with DELNET- Developing Library Network, New Delhi. It offers access to more than two crore records of books, periodicals, articles, theses and dissertations, video -recordings, sound-recordings and other databases. URL address: http://delnet.nic.in/

NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY- New Delhi:

Library has institutional Membership Consortium with the National Digital Library “Education through information Technology” a National Campaign by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. URL address: http://ndliitkgp.ac.in.

EBSCO- An Information Service Provider

EBSCO a complete and optimized research solution comprised of research databases, e-books and e-journals – all combined with the most powerful discovery service and Management resources to support the information and collection development needs of the Library to maximize the search experience for the Researchers and other end users. URL address: http://search.ebsco.com/

INTER LIBRARY LOAN FACILITY:

Inter Library membership is available with the following Libraries: 1.Madras University Library

2. American Library
3. British Council Library

Membership cards are being issued to the Staff and Students to access their resources for project, research purpose etc.

REPROGRAPHIC FACILITY:

An outsourcing reprographic facility is provided for the Staff and the Students inside the Library. A nominal amount has been charged to Xerox the Library books.

LOSS/DAMAGE OF BOOKS:

• Staff and Students are responsible for a safe custody and return of the books in time.
• Damage or Loss of books shall be immediately reported to the Librarian in writing.
• Staff and Student should replace the book or liable to pay the present cost of the book along with fine.
• If the book is out of print or not available, they should pay double the amount of the book along with fine.
• Hall Ticket / Transfer Certificate / Degree Certificate will not be issued to the Student.

LIBRARY ORIENTATION:

Every year orientation for the fresher’s about the Library is given by the Librarian.

BEST LIBRARY USER AWARD:

The Best Library user has been awarded to the I, II & III year UG students for the maximum no. of hours spent in the Library every year.

JOURNALS-PRINT :International - 14

Library - International Journals
Sl. No	Description	Department
1	International Journal For Biomedical Science	Biochemistry
2	International Journal of  Environment Pollution Control & Management	Zoology
3	International Journal of Biotechnology Research	Zoology
4	IOSR Journal of H International Journal of Home Science humanities and Social Science	Home Science
5	International Journal of Home Science	Home Science
6	International of Management Research & Economic	Commerce
7	International Journal of Distributed & Cloud Computing	Computer Science
8	International Journal of Data Analysis & Information Analysis & Processing	Computer Science
9	International Journal of Wireless Network & Applications	Computer Science
10	International Journal of Mathematics & Application	Mathematics
11	International Review of Pure & Applied Mathematics	Mathematics
12	International Applied Mathematical Analysis & Applications	Mathematics
13	International Journal of NanoScience & Nanotechnology	M.Sc. Physics
14	International Journal of Advance in Physics	M.Sc. Physics

JOURNALS-PRINT :National – 42

Library - National Journals
Sl. No	Description	Department
1	Association of Indian Universities	Library
2	Lab Experiment	Physics
3	Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics	Biochemistry
4	Journal of Biosciences	Zoology
5	Current Science	Zoology
6	Journal of Community Guidance Research	Psychology
7	The Indian Textile	Home Science
8	Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research	Home Science
9	Journal of Management Cases	Commerce
10	IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review	Commerce
11	Jindal  Journal of Business Research	Commerce
12	Journal of Emerging Market Finance	Commerce
13	Journal of Entrepreneurship	Commerce
14	Journal of Human Values	Commerce
15	Vikalpa Journal	Commerce
16	Vision	Commerce
17	Indian Journal of Human Resource Development & Management	Commerce
18	Corporate Citizen	Commerce
19	Indian Journal of Marketing Management & Research	Commerce
20	Global Journal of Finance & Management	Commerce
21	Journal Marketing Management & Research	Commerce
22	Indian Literature	English
23	Biblio	English
24	Economic & Political Weekly	Economic
25	The Economic Challenger	Economic
26	The Indian Journal of Political Science	Political Science
27	Indian Journal of Business Management & Entrepreneurship	Commerce
28	Indian Journal of Business Management & Information Technology	Commerce
29	Journal of Business Management	Commerce
30	Indian Journal of Management & Indian Business Studies	Commerce
31	Indian Journal of Image Processing & Applications	Computer Science
32	Indian Journal of Data Analysis & Information System	Computer Science
33	Indian Journal of Image Processing & Technique	Computer Science
34	Indian Journal of Neural Networks & Techniques	Computer Science
35	Indian Journal of Indian Journal of Data Mining & Warehouse
36	Advance in Wireless & Mobile Communications	Computer Science
37	Indian Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics & Systems	Mathematics
38	Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Mathematics	Mathematics
39	Indian Journal of Applied Mathematical Analysis	Mathematics
40	Indian Journal of Material Science & Technology	M.Sc Physics
41	Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology	Microbiology
42	Indian Journal of Medical Research	Microbiology

E-Journals/E-Books/Open Access Journals:

Library provides IP based access to e-books and e-journals on various disciplines available in the Library Databases. It also provides information to utilize the E-Resources through open access. Library has 35 PCs exclusively for browsing e-resources.

Mobile Apps/SMS Alert:

The Library software AUTOLIB is upgraded with new features such as JAPAR,  Z39 etc. Mobile Apps / SMS Alert has been activated for the staff and students.

LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

The Library Advisory Committee was set up with new panel of members approved by the Chairman, S.I.E.Trust.

MOU with SALIS:

Our college has signed a MOU with SALIS  (Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science) Chennai, Tamil Nadu to enhance relation between the College Students, Faculties, Staff and Library Staff members to promote academic & research activities and Library services.

SWAYAM PRABHA: E-SATELLITE CHANNEL -Gateway for Teaching and Learning

Swayam Prabha is a good initiative by the MHRD, Government of India and the UGC, New Delhi to make use of the Technology for Learning and Teaching. The E-Learning through satellite channel has been launched in the Library to telecast the video Lecturers related to the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Students under one roof.

Seminars /Conference/Workshop/Training Programmes:

National Conference on NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY SERVICES organized in collaboration with SALIS on 16 & 17^th August, 2013.

Release of the Conference proceedings

Valedictory Function

National Seminar on “RESEARCH PUBLICATION AND EVALUATION: Writing Research Papers, Citation Analysis and Anti-Plagirism” organized in collaboration with SALIS on 7^th November, 2015

National Seminar on “INNOVATIVE AND BEST PRACTICS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL ERA” organized in collaboration with SALIS on 26^th August, 2017

 

WORKSHOPS:

 Assessing and evaluating English language teacher education, teaching and learning conducted from 3^rd to 5^th March, 2012 organised by the British Council Library in collaboration with Hyderbad International Convention Centre, Hitech City, Hyderbad.

The College Library is conducting a training programme on Exposure to Web Resources for the students of both Fore-Noon and After Noon Colleges after their college hours.

 

VALUE ADDED CERTIFICATE COURSES:

 The Library of the College is conducting two free Literacy certificate courses on MS-Office & Internet and A certificate will be issued after completion of the Programme.