Library Services

 

Library offers following services to its users for effective & efficient use of its resources.

  • Circulation Service
  • Book Bank Service
  • Reference  Services
  • Study Room/Reading Facility
  • Question paper Archives Service
  • Newspaper clipping service
  • Open Access
  • Photo copy/Reprography Service
  • Internet Facility
  • OPAC
  • Regular Orientation
  • Inter-Library Loan
  • Current Awareness Service
  • New Email Alert Service

Following services are being provided at circulation counter:

  • Membership registration
  • Issue of Books/Journals/CDs
  • Return/Renewal of Books/Journals/CDs
  • Collection and Remittance of overdue charges and fine charges
  • Reservation of Book
  • Reminders for overdue books
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Issue of Temporary permits for external users
  • Loss of Books
  • General Enquiries
  • Issue of No dues certificates

Books for competative exam

Books for various competitive exams like MPSC, UPSC, MH-CET, MBA-CET, DEFENCE ENTRANCE EXAM, NET/SET,IIT-JEEE C.A. foundations are provided to students against their ID cards.
 

Bookbank Service

In addition to the regular library and information services, book bank service is being provided to ensure essential study materials to all students. The main aim of this service is to help the needy meritorious students. Book bank scheme is run to help students belonging to economically and socially weaker sections of the society. Set of books regarding syllabus are issued to students for the whole Semesterand taken back after the end semester examination is over. In academic year 2015-2016, 732 students got 4274 books in this facility. 

Reference Service

Information requirements of the users are considered satisfactorily through active reference services.

Study Room Service/ Reading Room Facilty

Separate study rooms are available to  girls, boys and faculties. 

Question Paper Archieves Service

Library provides the access of previous years' exam-papers of Shivaji University examination. Library has made an archive of previous years' exam-papers of (coverage period: 2008 to till 2015) User can get / access previous years' exam-papers in this archive by subject name. User can get scanned question papers copy in the USB storage Device. This service is free for all members of library.

Newspaper Clipping Service

Library provides the newspaper clipping service on news related to college, university & parent institution.  Also provide department related news paper clippings.

Reprography Service

The college library has started Photocopying/ Reprography Unit.Its timings are 9.30 am to 5.pm from Monday to Saturday. The service is for all the faculty members & staff of collegeat pay base. Photocopying facility is available to students at reduced rates of Rs.1 per page throughout the library hours.Reprography service is provided to users for reference materials like periodicals, reference books, and bound volumes etc. which are available for reference purpose only.

Open Access

Faculty Members, staff of colleges, and students shall be allowed to have an open access to the stack room, others may be granted open access in special cases by the Librarian on his issuing a written pass on every occasion.

Internet Browsing

Students and faculty members can browse internet for academic purposes from the library.Library has 3 computers with internet to access e-resources to users.

OPAC

To see a complete list of books on a particular subject one should look at the library catalogue. Library catalogue can also be used for checking particular titles by author's name, key-word or title. Library catalogue is computerized and can be accessed from a terminal in the library. Assistance in searching the catalogue or locating books is available from the Help Desk.

User Library Orientation

New entrant users are provided with orientation towards library resources and services for their better utilization. The library organizes orientation program for the benefit of new students in the beginning of academic year. They are taken around the library to familiarize them with various resources and services available for them. Training sessions are also organized whenever a new product or service is introduced. Any user desiring to know more about library resources and service or to learn how to use a particular resource like OPAC, e-journals, databases etc. should contact in charge, of library. Few re-orientation programs are also conducted to regular users as per the requirement.

Library Manageent Certificate Course

The college library has run “Library Management Certificate course” under the department of Adult and Continuous Education, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Three batches are completedsuccessfully.

 

Sr. No. Year Total No. of Students Appeared for Exam. Pass Fail Percentage (%)
1. 2016 15 14 14 00 100
2 2017 16 16 14 02 87.5
3 2018 14 14 14 00 100


Inter-Library Loan

Library offers an Inter-Library Loan service which provides access to material not held within library while also supplying material from its own stock to other libraries. ILL services are free to the user for current students, staff, faculty, Librarystaff go to all reasonable lengths to obtain materials for users as quickly as possible and will pay associated fees to lending libraries. It takes an average of 7-10 days for loan materials to arrive. Journal articles/ book chapters are usually available more quickly.

CURRENTAWARENESS SERVICE &SELECTIVE DESSIMINATION SERVICE:

The purpose of a current-awareness service is to inform the users about new acquisitions in the libraries. Library particular have used display boards and shelves to draw attention to recent additions, library produce complete or selective lists for circulation to patrons. Libraryadopted a practice of selective dissemination of information In order to keep inform users, information about the latest addition of the following are displayed on regular basis: