College Library
“Nothing is pleasanter than exploring a library”, Walter Savage Landor
Vision
The vision of college’s library is
-To enhance the quest for knowledge and intellectual activity
-To easily access and retrieve information
-To create conducive atmosphere wherein students and faculty carry on the learning process
About Library
- The College Library is user-friendly, fully air-conditioned, LAN enabled which caters to the academic and educational needs of the students and the staff
- Library staff & College Library committee (comprising of 5 faculty members) look after the smooth functioning of the library and address the problems of students, if any
Library consists of
Main Library-It has a circulation area which leads to the study area. The main library has 34675 books in total with 5993 Gifted Books
Reference section -It has approximately 4850 Reference Books, Newspapers in Hindi, English and Punjabi and 15 Journals arranged in compactors & racks
This Section has:
- General and Subject Dictionaries
- General and Subject Encyclopaedias
- 99 Rare books
- Multi-volume books
Periodical Section-It comprises of Thesis Section having 1188 dissertations of M.Sc. students
Free books and notes are available in the library donated by the students and staff. Needy students have full access to these
ICT Facilities & e-Resources
-e-Lounge,computers, printersand photocopier.
-e-Resources through N-List which gives access to electronic resources including e-journals and e-books.
-OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue facility. In 2021, OPAC was integrated into library, thereby
- providing users an access to the library resources remotely.
-The College Library Functioning has been automated using Koha- Community Library Management
- Software Cloud Deployment.
-The books, journals, magazines have bar codes and bar code scanners are used for database entries
- to facilitate the maintaining of data
-The library is equipped with digital information kiosk, with a touch enabled screen as well as keyboard
-- and acts as a search engine
CCTV cameras are installed in library to monitor and to improve safety and to identify visitors.
- These help to monitor work areas, deter theft and ensure the security
-Kindle Display Electronic Readers (e-Books) are also available in the library for browsing
-Sparkle Board for displaying information
Divyangjan Corner in Library
-Headphones, magnifying glasses for Divyangjan
-NDVA screen reader
-Softwares for visually impaired
The Identity card and Library card-cum-Reader`s ticket are issued to admitted students on production of the fee receipt and submission of stamp size photographs. Numbers of photographs to be submitted for the various courses are:
- - B.Sc. (H.Sc. FD): 03
- -P.G. Diploma (ND, FD, CGFC): 04
- - M.Sc. (FN, CT, HD): 05
- - Ph.D. students
Students have to bring their identity-cum-library card to avail library facility. Any student found damaging/tearing library book(s) is allowed to enter library for that complete academic session.
The number of books which students of different classes are entitled to borrow at one time, is as follows:
- - B.Sc. (H.Sc. FD): 02
- - P.G. Diploma (ND, FD, CGFC): 03
- - M.Sc. (FN, CT, HD): 04
- - Ph.D. Students
- - Books are issued for a period of fourteen days only. After that a fine of Rupee One per day is charged
- - Any loss of library books or periodicals will has to be paid for by the defaulter within a week by replacing the book or paying the cost price of the book
- - Any damage done to a book shall have to be brought to the notice of the Librarian before getting the book issued. Otherwise, the person who returns it will be held responsible for the damage done
- -The librarian can ask the borrower to return a book before the due date if the same is needed in the library for reference
- - Reference books are issued only 15 minutes before the closing time of the library and are to be returned by 9:30a.m. the next morning. A fine of Rupee One per hour is charged for books returned late
Monday to Friday | 9 am to 4 pm |
Saturday | 9 am to 2 pm |
During Summer Vacation | 8 am to 2 pm |
During Winter Vacation | 9 am to 4 pm |
Lunch | 1 pm to 2 pm |
List of Journals
ISOR Journal of Research & Method in Education | Arthshastra |
ISOR Journal of Humanities & Social Science | Current Medical Journal of India> |
Disabilities & Impairments | Textile Trends |
Indian Journal of Gender Studies | Apparel Online |
Indian Journal of Youth & Adolescents Health | Image Retail & Business of Fashion |
Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects | Advance Research Journal of Social Science |
Nutrition and Health | International Journal of Food Science & Nutrition |
Stitch World | Colourage |
Indian Journal of Nutrition & Dietetics | Indian Textile Journal |
Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & Psychotherapy |
List of Magazines
Vogue | Lonely Planet |
Week | Life Positive |
Woman’s Era | Kurukshetra |
Yojana | Kadambini |
Traveller | Inside Outside |
Star Dust | India Today |
Society Interior | Home Trend |
Science Reporter | Health & Nutrition |
Seminar | Greh Shobha |
Savvy | Grazia |
Sarita | Good Homes |
Reader’s Digest |
Elle |
Outlook | Competition Success Review |
Meri Saheli |
Arogyadham |
List of Newspapers
English | Hindi | Punjabi |
The Tribune | Dainik Bhaskar | Ajit |
Indian Express | Amar Ujala | Panjabi Tribune |
Times of India | Panjab Kesari | |
Hindustan Times | Aaj Samaj | |
The Hindu | Dainik Jagran | |
Economic Times | ||
Daily Post | ||
Employment News |
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS
- 1.https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/
- 2.https://ugcmoocs.inflibnet.ac.in/ugcmoocs/
- 3.https://swayam.gov.in/
- 4.https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
- 5.https://cec.nic.in/cec/
- 6.https://swayamprabha.gov.in/
- 7.https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
- 8.https://www.pdfdrive.com/
- 9.https://www.free-ebooks.net/
- 10.https://www.slideshare.net/
- 11.https://www.openacessjournals.com/
- 12.https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgo
- 13.https://pdfbooks.co.za/
- 14.https://openlibrary.org/