Library

Central Library

AIM AND OBJECTIVES

  1. To select, evaluate and acquire library materials in varied formats to meet and respond to the needs of our diverse community.
  2. To promote literacy and disseminate useful daily information to the people and encourage lifelong learning through its reading materials and resources.
  3. To provide opportunity, ensuring freedom and equal access to information for all members of the institution, to educate and enlighten them.
  4. To maintain and preserve books, materials and resources with historical, cultural, social, economic and archival value, and other related materials in an organized collection to provide members of the institution these materials and enriched their personal and professional lives.
  5. To provide materials and resources that entertain and inspire as well as services offering space for people and information to come together, and programs that would create library awareness and consciousness

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

The Central Library was started in the academic year 2000-2001 with 750 books. Every year more than 1500 books are added to Library. Our college is building up a well equipped central Library accommodated in a two tiered separate wing in the first floor of arts block. It has a free internet, plagiarism checking, soft  & hard copy and more facilities. The Library has rich volumes with 25,106 text and reference books, 45 journals, 55 magazines, 3,969 projects / Theses and 1, 506 e-resources (like CDs/DVDs …). More than 250 members visited our central Library per day.

BOOK BANK :

The Book Bank scheme was started in September-2005  to reduce the financial strains of the financially challenged students. There are 1,020 books under various titles in the Book Bank. 

TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADE:

For fast and reliable Library services (like circulation service, OPAC service etc), we have implemented Library software (named Lips iNet 5.0) from 15th Dec.2007. It has OPAC service and e-gate register.

The Library has introduced the Bar-coding technology for circulation system i.e. Book issue, return and renewal. The staff and students should enroll their staff id/roll number in the E-Gate system while entering the library.

OPAC

The Central Library has OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to provide details of its resources. Users can search details about books, periodicals, CDs, question bank, Compliment books, periodical compact disks, floppy disks, and audio cassettes within the Central Library.

INFLIBNET – NLIST

Our Central Library is one of the members of INFLIBNET – NLIST .The INFLIBNET center Ahmadabad provides National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (NLIST), to get access for more than 6,000 e-journals and 30,31,000 e-books through the INFLIBNET center server. It is very useful to staff, PG and Research scholars.

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS (as in May – 2024)

 

Books
  •    Central Library
 25,106
  •    Book Bank
 1,020
No. of Journals 45
No. of Magazines 55
Jour. Back volumes 2,900
e-Resources

(CDs / DVDs, Audio cassettes & floppies …)

 1,506
Projects & Theses 4,238
Bound Back volumes 385
No of Newspapers 08

   RULES AND REGULATIONS

  • Silence should be strictly observed in the library.
  • Staff and Students are required to leave their belongings within the allotted place.
  • The students should return their books in person.
  • All the books must be returned on or before the due date.
  • Books returned after the due date will be charged Rs. 1/- per day.
  • Books due on a holiday can be returned on the next morning without fine.
  • The Readers are responsible for the books borrowed by him/her.
  • Tampering, writing or making any marks on any book are forbidden.
  • The returned books shall not be reissued to the same person on the same day of return.
  • If the members have lost any book it must be replaced with the latest edition along with the overdue charges. Double the cost of the book will be collected if the lost book is not replaced.
  • The UG and the PG students are allowed to retain the books for 15 days and 20 days respectively; The M.Phil scholars are allowed to retain the books for 30 days.
  • Our Central Library will not lend journals, reference books, and CDs on any way.
  • Open access system is followed in the Central Library.

 

 LIBRARY WORKING HOURS

  • on working days :   9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • on holidays          :   9:30 am to 4:30 pm

 

LIBRARY STAFF:

LIBRARIAN                  :           Mr. S. SATHYENDRAN, M.Sc, B.Ed, M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil, DNCC

LIBRARY ASSISTANT    :           Mrs. P.RUPINI, B.Sc

  The following facilities are available in our Library :

  • E-gate for both staff and students
  • Fully Computerized circulation with bar coding system.
  • Book Bank
  • Plagiarism Checking
  • Free Internet facilities
  • OPAC (Open Public Access Catalogue)
  • New section to provide materials for all competitive
  • Laser printout
  • Access e-journals and e-books through INFLIBNET – NLIST
  • Power backup
  • Question Papers – (available in Hard bound volumes & e- format)
  • Special care for physically challenged student.
  • Separate Room for Projects & Theses
  • Excusive study area for Staff, PG and M.Phil Students.

 

NEWS PAPERS:
            Six Tamil and three English Newspapers are subscribed to the Central Library.

  • Dinakaran
  • Daily Thanthi
  • Dina Mani
  • Kaalai Kathir
  • The Hindu – Tamil
  • The Hindu
  • The New Indian Express
  • The Business Line

 

Dept. Wise Books Statistics (as in May 2024)

 

Selvamm Arts & Science College – Namakkal
Central Library
Dept.wise Books Statistics – upto May 2024
S.No DEPARTMENT No.of Titles No.of Volumes
1 BIOTECHNOLOGY 354 1,081
2 BIOCHEMISTRY 48 188
3 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 334 2,756
4 CATERING SCIENCE 146 369
5 CHEMISTRY 211 1,059
6 COMMERCE 235 2,117
7 COMPUTER SCIENCE 569 3,129
8 ECONOMICS 40 309
9 ENGLISH 971 2,875
10 GENERAL 627 1,538
11 MATHEMATICS 377 2,164
12 MICROBIOLOGY 170 704
13 PHYSICAL EDUCATION 204 479
14 TAMIL 2,489 3,756
15 PHYSICS 171 1,082
16 ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION 250 1,140
17 POULTRY SCIENCE 19 22
18 BOTANY 47 338
Total : 7,262 25,106
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