CENTRAL LIBRARY
| Faculty Name | Qualification | Designation | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr.J.SANTHI | M.Sc (LIS), M.Phil., SLET, Ph.D., | Librarian [Aided] | View |
About Library
The Library was established in the year 1965.The constant growth of library with study materials and infrastructure is possible because of our President and our Secretary for whom “Library is a nerve centre of any educational institution”. Our college Library has a good collection of text books, reference books, competitive examination books and CDs collections. College Library plays a vital role in the development of user’s community by enhancing the cause of education and academic research. The College library is fully automated. MODERNLIB software has been installed with the following three modules for the library in-house operation using Barcode Technology.
- Library Management Module
- Library Circulation Module
- Student Search and Inquiry Module
Open access system is followed in our Library, in open access system – readers have the privilege of direct access to the shelves in the stack rooms.
Working Hours
| All Working Days | 9.30 am – 5.00 pm |
| Saturdays | 10.00 am – 1.00 pm |
| During Exams | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm |
| Vacation | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm |
| Sundays and Holidays | Closed |
Library Team
| S.No | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.J.Santhi | Librarian |
| 2 | Mrs.VijayaBanu | Member |
| 3 | Mrs.B.Angelin | Member |
Library Norms
•Students should Scan their ID Card in the Gate.
•Books will be issued to the users only on producing valid ID card.
•The books should be returned within 14 days from the date of issue.
•Faculty Members can borrow 10 books, Non-teaching staff members can borrow 05 books, UG Students are eligible to borrow 02 books and PG Students are eligible to borrow 02 books, Research Scholars are eligible to borrow 03 books.
•The librarian reserves the right to recall any book at any time.
•Books borrowed from the library are not transferable.
•While borrowing books students are requested to verify that the books are in good condition. If any damage or scribbling is found it should be reported to the librarian.
•No user shall deface the library books by underlining or scribbling notes in the margins etc., Library Books are the Nation’s assets and belong to all. All users are required to protect library books against wanton and wilful damage, mutilation, theft and other malpractices.
•Loss of books issued, if any should be reported to the Librarian immediately in the prescribed form.
•Journal and back volumes will not be issued.
•Personal books and files should be left on the rack at the entrance of the library. Plain sheets may be taken instead.
•Students are advised not to keep their valuable things like laptops, calculator, wallet etc., in the property counter. Library authorities are not responsible for the loss of any such items.
•Use of mobile phones inside the library is strictly prohibited.
Collections
| S.No | Department | No.of Titles | No.of.Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | 6153 | 6891 |
| 2 | English | 3245 | 4073 |
| 3 | Maths | 1491 | 3483 |
| 4 | Physics | 1155 | 1867 |
| 5 | Chemistry | 718 | 1144 |
| 6 | Zoology & Botany | 1524 | 2601 |
| 7 | Computer science& IT | 1197 | 1924 |
| 8 | History | 1256 | 2030 |
| 9 | Economics | 2386 | 3927 |
| 10 | Commerce | 1014 | 2030 |
| 11 | Management | 1471 | 2494 |
| 12 | Physical Education | 169 | 201 |
| 13 | Library Science | 08 | 08 |
| 14 | General Reference | 1537 | 1841 |
| Total | 23327 | 34908 |
Dailies
| S.No | Title | No.ofcopies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hindu (English) | 01 |
| 2 | The Hindu(Tamil) | 01 |
| 3 | Business Line | 01 |
| 4 | Indian Express | 01 |
| 5 | Dinamalar | 01 |
| 6 | Dhinamani | 01 |
| 7 | Dhinakarn | 01 |
| 8 | Dhinathanthi | 01 |
E-Books The Library has a rich collection of e-books on Arts,Science and Humanities. Management science, Competitive Examination books etc. Click to download
| S.No | Subject | No.of Titles | No.of.Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | 09 | 03 |
| 2 | English | 32 | 32 |
| 3 | Maths | 46 | 39 |
| 4 | Physics | 12 | 04 |
| 5 | Chemistry | 23 | 08 |
| 6 | Zoology & Botany | 14 | 02 |
| 7 | Computer science& IT | 74 | 54 |
| 8 | History | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | Economics | 29 | 23 |
| 10 | Commerce | 32 | 32 |
| 11 | Management | 32 | 32 |
| 12 | Competitive Exam | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | General | 12 | 12 |
Periodicals
| S.No | Subject | Journals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| International | National | ||
| 1 | Tamil | 01 | – |
| 2 | English | 01 | 03 |
| 3 | Maths | 01 | 02 |
| 4 | Physics | – | 01 |
| 5 | Chemistry | – | 01 |
| 6 | Zoology & Botany | – | 02 |
| 7 | Computer science& IT | 01 | 02 |
| 8 | History | – | 01 |
| 9 | Economics | 01 | 06 |
| 10 | Commerce | 01 | 02 |
| 11 | Management | 01 | 02 |
| 12 | Science&Humanities | – | 02 |
| 13 | Physical Education | 01 | 01 |
E-Journals
| E-Journals (Fulltext) @ N-List | |
|---|---|
| American Institute of Physics (18 titles) | http://journals.aip.org/ |
| Annual Reviews (33 titles) | http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/ |
| Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) (1 titles) | http://www.epw.in/ |
| Indian Journals (180+ titles) | http://www.indianjournals.com/ |
| Institute of Physics (46 titles) | http://iopscience.iop.org/ |
| JSTOR (2500+ titles) | http://www.jstor.org/ |
| Oxford University Press (206 titles) | http://www.oxfordjournals.org |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (29 titles) | http://pubs.rsc.org |
| H. W. Wilson (3000+ titles) | http://search.ebscohost.com |
| Cambridge University Press (224 titles) [2010-2016] | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
Non-Book Materials
| S.No | Category | No.’s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book CD | 116 |
| 2 | Periodical CD | 105 |
| 3 | E-Book CD | 261 |
Back Volumes
| S.No | Year | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1971-2000 | 276 |
| 2 | 2001-2005 | 46 |
| 3 | 2006-2010 | 26 |
| 4 | 2011-2015 | 122 |
| 5 | 2016-17 | 29 |
| 6 | 2017-18 | 27 |
| Total | 526 |
Question Bank
| S.No | Year | Printed Version | Digital version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000-2004 | 105 | – |
| 2 | 2005-2009 | 128 | – |
| 3 | 2010 | 12 | – |
| 4 | 2011 | 22 | – |
| 5 | 2012 | 29 | √ |
| 6 | 2013 | 33 | √ |
| 7 | 2014 | 30 | √ |
| 8 | 2015 | 15 | √ |
| 9 | 2016 | 16 | √ |
| 10 | 2017 | 17 | √ |
| 11 | 2018 | 19 | √ |
Sections
Book Stack Section:
This section contains printed books in all areas relevant to the Arts and Science Education and course curriculum. The books may be borrowed as per the specified circulation policy. The Books are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) order
Circulation Section
- Administers the issue of books, returns and renewals, and helps users in various other services.
- All students, faculty members and employees of the Institute are entitled for a membership in the Central Library.
- The students are automatically enrolled for the Library membership as soon as they are admitted. Other eligible members need to fill a membership form with endorsement from the Principal for getting the Library membership.
- Their entitlements, in terms of number of books that they can borrow and its loan period for different categories of members are given below. For further details, please contact the Librarian
| Membership and Time Period For Books & Non-Book Materials | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particulars | Student | Staff | |||
| UG | PG | RS | Teaching | Non-Teaching | |
| Books/Reference Books | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Non-Book Materials | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Duration | |||||
| Books | 14 Days | 30 Days | |||
| Reference Books | 1 Day | 1 Day | |||
| Non-Book Materials | 1 Day | 1 Day | |||
Book Bank Section
The library has an effective book bank scheme for the SC/ST students. The Total collection of Book Bank books is 953.
Reference Section
The Reference section contains information-dense resources, such as encyclopaedias , dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, and reference handbooks.
Reprographic Section
The Library has photocopying facilities within premises. Users are informed to take necessary copies of reference materials for their use.
Periodical Section:
The Periodical section is the “Information Powerhouse” through which current information found in journals, newspapers, government publications and other serial literature.
Digital Section
The Library boasts an in-house Digital Library, allowing access to all online and digital resources available in the Library.
Click here to access the E-Resources
- N-LIST Programme(e-Shodhsindhu)
- E-Journals@ N-LIST
- E-Books@ N-LIST
- e-PG Pathshala: Content Creation @ PG Level
- National Digital Library Of India(NDL)
- NPTEL(National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)
- Useful E-book sites
N–LIST Programme(National Library Information Infrastructure for Scholarly Content )
The Project entitled “National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)”, being jointly executed by the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, IIT Delhi.Under NLIST programme,we can access for the e-resources (6,000+ ejournals and 31,35,000+ ebooks .
E-Journals:
| E-Journals (Fulltext) @ N-List | |
|---|---|
| American Institute of Physics (18 titles) | http://journals.aip.org/ |
| Annual Reviews (33 titles) | http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/ |
| Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) (1 titles) | http://www.epw.in/ |
| Indian Journals (180+ titles) | http://www.indianjournals.com/ |
| Institute of Physics (46 titles) | http://iopscience.iop.org/ |
| JSTOR (2500+ titles) | http://www.jstor.org/ |
| Oxford University Press (206 titles) | http://www.oxfordjournals.org |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (29 titles) | http://pubs.rsc.org |
| H. W. Wilson (3000+ titles) | http://search.ebscohost.com |
| Cambridge University Press (224 titles) [2010-2016] | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
E-Books:
| E-Books @ N-List | |
|---|---|
| Cambridge Books Online | http://ebooks.cambridge.org |
| E-brary (125000+ titles) | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/inflibnet |
| EBSCoHost-Net Library (936 titles) | http://search.ebscohost.com |
| Hindustan Book Agency (65+ titles) | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary |
| Institute of South East Asian Studies(ISEAS) Books (382+ titles) | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary |
| Oxford Scholarship (1402+ titles) | http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/ |
| Springer eBooks (2300 titles) | http://link.springer.com. |
| Sage Publication eBooks (1000 titles) | http://knowledge.sagepub.com. |
| Taylor Francis eBooks (1800 titles) | http://www.tandfebooks.com. |
| Myilibrary-McGraw Hill (1124 titles) | http://lib.myilibrary.com/ |
| World -ebooks Library (30,00,000 titles) | http://community.ebooklibrary.org |
| South Asia Archive (though NDL) | http://www.southasiaarchive.com |
e-PGPathshala: Content Creation @ PG Level
An MHRD, under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), has assigned work to the UGC for development of e-content in 77 subjects at postgraduate level. The content and its quality is the key component of education system.
High quality, curriculum-based, interactive content in different subjects across all disciplines of social sciences, arts, fine arts & humanities, natural & mathematical sciences, linguistics and languages is being developed under this initiative named e-PG Pathshala.
National Digital Library Of India(NDL)
Ministry of Human Resource Development under its national Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology has entrusted IIT Kharagpur to host, coordinate and set-up National Digital Library (NDL) towards building a national asset. National Digital Library is a digital library that integrated all existing digitized and digital contents across Institutions of the nation and to provide a single-window access with e-learning facility to the users. National Digital Library (NDL) provides educational materials in various languages, in all disciplines. To make use of these resources, all faculty members, research scholars and students should register in National Digital Library (NDL) Portal.Click here to access
NPTEL(National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a project funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), provides e-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Management and Humanities. This is a joint initiative by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore. Other selected premier institutions also act as Associate Partner Institutions.
NPTEL provides online courseware in the form of web courses and video lectures. These lectures utilize a multitude of facilities of the video medium such as chalk-and-talk, tablet writing, power point, two and three dimensional animations, interactive codes, etc. Each course comprises approximately 40 video lectures of about 1 hour duration. An online discussion forum is incorporated wherein students can post and review questions. Wherever applicable, course assignments, handouts, self-evaluation tasks, etc. have been integrated. Workshops are routinely conducted for institutes, students, mentors, etc. under the auspices of NPTEL.
One may access these courses utilizing any of the following methods:
- Through the official NPTEL website http://nptel.ac.in. These videos may be downloaded in MP4, FLV and 3gp formats.
- As video streams on demand through YouTube http://www.youtube.com/iit. They can be downloaded using any browser add-ons.
- Institutions may provide hard disks and receive copies of these courses free of cost at the NPTEL office, IIT Madras.
Services
- OPAC
- Current Awareness Service
- E-Book Access
- E-Journal Access
- Higher Education Service
- Industrial Information Service
- Information Desk – Any Information Any Time
- Internet Service
- News Paper Clippings
- Research and Reference Service
- Reprographic Service
Best Practices
- Conducting Library Orientation programme for Fresher’s.
- Conducting User awareness programmes periodically.
- Conducting Book Exhibitions periodically.
- Receiving rare books as donation from various people.
- Involving the activity of Library service promotion is made aware through circulars periodically.
- Supplying Bar-coded Identity Card. Bar-coded user entry system.
- Fully computerized and Bar-coded library housekeeping operations.
- Collecting & preserving the college & library news appearing in the leading dailies.
- Automated Report Generations.
Other Useful Links
Programs Organised
| S.No | YEAR | TITLE OF THE EVENT | DATE |
| 1 | 2013-2014 | User Awareness program on Access to E-resources | 28.9.2013 |
| 2 | 2013-2014 | Book Exhibition on New Arrivals of APSA Learning Resource Centre | 03.3.14- 05.3.14 |
| 3 | 2014-2015 | Special Lecture Program on “Impact of ICT in Higher Education” | 29.10.14 |
| 4 | 2015-2016 | Library Day Celebration | 12.8.16 |
| 5 | 2015-2016 | UGC Sponsored Special Lecture on NPTEL-A promising Resource for Career Advancement & Inauguration of Local Chapter NPTEL | 02.3.16 |
| 6 | 2016-2017 | Extramural Lecture Program on “User Awareness Program on Access To Library Resources” | 19.8.17 |
| 7 | 2016-2017 | Awareness Campaign | 28.2.17 |
| 8 | 2017-2018 | Book Exhibition | 14.7.17- 15.7.17 |
| 9 | 2017-2018 | One Day Workshop on “Open Source Resources For Teaching & Learning with special Reference To Spoken Tutorial” | 29.1.18 |
| 10 | 2018-2019 | Book Fair | 30.7.18- 01.8.18 |