Library

Library Advisory Committee

Library Committee – the governing body of the College Library System – formulates library policies for the guidance of the College Librarian. This Committee has Principal as its Chairperson and College Librarian as its Convener. Five members of the teaching faculty and one member of the Administrative staff as members of the committee. Three Students are nominated as its Members by the Principal for one academic year. The organogram of the Library is displayed below.

Library Staff

Images	Name	Designation	Qualification
	Mr. Arup Kumar Manna	HOD of Librarian	B.COM(Hon’s), BLISc., MLISC., B.ED, PhD Scholars
	Mr. Anil Kumar Choubey	Assistant Librarian	M.A, MLISC.
	Mr. Dipankar Das	Assistant Librarian	M.A, BLISC, MLISC
	Mr. Gangadhar Swami	Library Assistant	B.A, BLISC
	Prativa Mukherjee	Library Attendant	BA, B.LIB, MLIB

Library Collection

Books/Reference & Non-Book Material Collection

Newspaper List

Print Journals / Periodicals

Digital Library

IEEE Xplore Digital library

URL: www.ieeexplore.ieee.org

IEEE Xplore digital library is a research database for discovery and access to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical standards, and related materials on computer science, electrical engineering and electronics, and allied fields. It contains material published mainly by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and other partner publishers. IEEE Xplore provides web access to more than 5 million documents from publications in computer science, electrical engineering, electronics and allied fields. Its documents and other materials comprise more than 300 peer-reviewed journals, more than 1,900 global conferences, more than 11,000 technical standards, almost 5,000 eBooks, and over 500 online courses. Approximately 20,000 new documents are added each month. Anyone can search IEEE Xplore and find bibliographic records and abstracts for its contents, while access to full-text documents may require an individual or institutional subscription.

DELNET

URL: http://delnet.nic.in

Delnet was started at the India International Centre Library in January 1988 and was registered as a society in 1992. Website Link: https://delnet.in It was initially supported by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. It was subsequently supported by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerized services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible. DELNET has been actively engaged with the compilation of various Union Catalogues of the resources available in member-libraries. It has already created the Union Catalogue of Books, Union List of Current Periodicals, Union Catalogue of Periodicals, CD-ROM Database, Database of Indian Specialists, Database of Periodical Articles, Union List of Video Recordings, Urdu Manuscripts’ Database, Database of Theses and Dissertations, sample databases of language publications using GIST technology and several other databases. The data is being updated in these databases and is growing rapidly. All the DELNET databases have been resident on DELSIS, an in-house software developed on BASISPlus, an RDBMS, the product of Information Dimensions Inc. of USA which has been provided to DELNET courtesy National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.

Springer

URL: https://link.springer.com/

Springer Nature is a major international academic publishing company that publishes research journals, scholarly books, textbooks, and online research resources. Its publications support researchers, teachers, students, universities, and libraries worldwide. The company was formed in 2015 through the combination of several publishing businesses.

Elsevier

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/

Elsevier is a major international academic publisher that provides scientific journals, research articles, books, and research-analysis tools. It serves researchers, universities, students, healthcare professionals, and academic libraries around the world.

J-Gate

URL: http://www.jgateplus.com

J-Gate is very useful to faculty, MBA, and other students. In fact, I have used J-Gate in my Ph.D. work, I have taken around 200 reviews (both Indian and Overseas) from J-Gate and kept in REVIEW OF LITERATURE chapter during my Ph.D. work. It is generally challenging and time consuming to get references, but with the help of J-Gate, I could gather many reviews with ease.

Ebsco

URL: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp

EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., one of the largest privately held and family-owned companies in the United States. EBSCO Industries, Inc. has been in business since 1944. Starting out as a small subscription agency, EBSCO quickly became a pioneer in the library services industry. Through vision, action and innovation, EBSCO invests in the library business to ensure the long-term growth of products, services and technologies for our customers. From research, acquisition management, subscription services and discovery to clinical decision support and patient care, learning, and research and development, EBSCO provides libraries, health care and medical institutions, corporations and government agencies with access to content and resources to serve the information and workflow needs of their users and organizations.

National Digital Library (NDL) – National Digital Library of India

Website: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

The National Digital library of India is a project under Ministry of Education, Government of India. The objective is to collect and collate metadata and provide full text index from several national and international digital libraries, as well as other relevant sources.

NPTEL

Website: https://nptel.ac.in

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. Five core disciplines were identified, namely, civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering and mechanical engineering and 235 courses in web/video format were developed in this phase. The main goal of NPTEL Phase II (2009-14) was to build on the engineering and core science courses launched previously in NPTEL Phase I. An additional 600 web and video courses were created in all major branches of engineering, physical sciences at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and management courses at the postgraduate level. Several improvements such as indexing of all video and web courses and keyword search were implemented.

ONLINE NEWSPAPERS/ MAGAZINE

URL: https://www.magzter.com

Library Facilities

• Book Bank Scheme
• Inter Library Loan
• Newspaper Clipping
• Digital Library (Library Repository)
• Reprographic service
• Internet Facility
• Web OPAC Facility
• Competitive Exam Reading Space
• Display New Arrival books
• Research scholar reading space

Library Services

• Orientation to Fresher’s
• Issue/ Return Books
• Reference Service
• Digital Library
• University collaboration (Study Room)
• Career Corner
• Reading Room
• Question Papers Depository

Best practices

• Best Reader Award
• Regular feedback and suggestions from user.
• Service attitude Improvement.
• User Orientation & Information Literacy to students.
• Inclusion of library information in college prospectus.
• Career/ Employment information display.
• Display New Arrival books.
• Organize book exhibition.

Library Membership

Necessary documents For Teachers/Staff and Students

• Membership form (available at library)
• Colour Photo
• For New Membership and renewal of Membership

Notice

1. New Id-Card: All the Students, who have taken admission in the college should take Membership of Library within one month.
2. Please bring following document for New Id-Cards
   • Photo: 2 copies
   • Admission fee Receipt
   • Signature from Departmental Head

Library Rules

Book Circulation

• Books are issued against the library membership cards on all working days till 5 pm.
• Reference books and periodicals will not be issued for home reading.
• Students must examine the books taken by them and report to the librarian if the books are in a damaged condition before taking them away.
• Any book lost or damaged, must be replaced with the same one or latest edition. (in case of multi volume set, complete set should be replaced).
• Journals publication, Dictionaries, bound volume and such other documents cannot be taken on Library account or I-Card except with the permission of the Library authority.
• For Reading Room purpose book will be issued on I-Card and this book will be return same day.
• Book should be return to the library on or before due date. If not return in due date he/she pay due charge.

Stack Room

• No member will be allowed to the take in the stack room bags or other similar material.
• While inside the libraries and Reading room no member will be allows break the silence by talking or by action of any kind, eating food and sleep on the table.
• Do not damage to any fitting, furniture books or other kinds of reading material of the library.

Digital Library

• Internet/Digital facility is for all Students.
• student will get 24 Hours X 7 days for the use of internet.
• Playing games, chatting, downloading any pictures, Videos, songs & misuse of internet is not allowed.
• Do not save any material on pc.
• Printing/ Downloading is allowed with prior Permission of Librarian.
• Printing/Xeroxing will be provided on payment.

General Rules:

• Identity Card is compulsory for getting access to the library
• Silence to be maintained
• No discussion permitted inside the library
• Registration should be done to become a library member prior to using the library resources
• No personal belongings allowed inside the library
• Textbooks, printed materials and issued books are not allowed to be taken inside the library
• Using Mobile phones and audio instruments with or without speaker or headphone is strictly prohibited in the library premises.
• Enter your name and Sign in the register kept at the entrance counter before entering library
• Show the books and other materials which are being taken out of the library to the staff at the entrance counter.
• The librarian may recall any book from any member at any time and the member shall return the same immediately.
• Library borrower cards are not transferable. The borrower is responsible for the books borrowed on his/her card.
• Refreshment of any kind shall not be taken anywhere in the library premises

Admission to Library:

Students are allowed to library only on production of their authorized/valid Identity Cards

Working Hours of the Library:

24 hours x 7 days on all working days

Circulation Issue System :

Books will be issued on presentation of the library card along with the ID card. Students are instructed to check the books while borrowing and they will be responsible for any type of damage or mutilation noticed at the time of return.

Overdue Charges :

Materials borrowed should be returned on or before the due date stamped, if returned late overdue fine will be charged for the delayed period.

Book Lost :

If the books are lost, Then the borrower shall replace the books of the same edition or latest edition or pay double cost of the book after getting permission from the librarian.

Care of library borrower cards:

Take special care to maintain the library borrower cards.
Do not fold, alter entries made on the cards, Members are responsible for the entire set of library borrower card issued to them.

Loss of cards:

Loss of borrower card should be reported to the librarian. Duplicate card may be issued against formal application and fine.

Validity of cards:

Library borrower cards are valid for the entire duration of the course to access library facilities At the end of the course borrower cards shall be returned to the library.

No due Certificate:

Each student shall obtain No dues certificate from the library after returning all the books issued, surrendering the borrower’s cards and after paying outstanding dues, if any.

Care of Library Books:

Students are require to handle the books/ Journal very carefully; marking with pencil , writing or highlighting , tearing the pages or mutilating the same in any other way will be viewed very seriously. In such case reader shall be held responsible unless these are brought to the notice of the library staff at the time of issue.

Reference section:

This section has Encyclopedia, dictionaries, Textbooks Reference books etc. which are only available for reference. User can make use of these resources.

Journal Section:

In these section journals, general magazines and newsletter are available. They are arranged alphabetically. The latest issues are displayed on display rack and other previous issues are arranged in the drawer. Bound volumes of periodicals are arranged in rack alphabetically and are meat only for reference within the library.

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Contact Information

Library Email Id: [email protected]