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A. LIBRARY:
It would not be any exaggeration
if it is said that the library of a college
is an essential pre-requisite for successful
implementation of higher educational programmes.
The library is the heart of the college.
The character and efficiency of any college
can be gauged by its treatment of its central
organ, the Library.
Pandu College Library is one of the best
college libraries in Assam in providing
efficient service to the readers. It is
a place of attraction for the students.
The library has been aiming to supplement
the knowledge of the students, which they
acquire from their teachers. Presently the
library is under the control of full-fledged
library staff.
The library is in the main building. It
is well stocked with more than 32,600 texts
and reference books, more than a dozen of
local and national newspapers, journals
and other information sources like maps,
globes, floppy discs, CD.ROMs etc. The library
has a reading room for students and an space
is kept exclusively to teachers.
Pandu College follows open Access System
reducing the barriers between the books
and readers. Students are allowed to go
to the stacks of books and have direct access
to the best thoughts of the world preserved
for centuries in books.
The library remains open from 09.30 a.m.
to 04.30 p.m. the library is expending its
access to electronic and digital resources.
Pandu College offers BEST READERS AWARD
to the student who makes the best use of
the library to increase the reading habit
among the students.
B. NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE LIBRARY:
Following sections describe
the nature and development of the Library:
1. General:
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Name
of the Library : Pandu College Library
System of the Library : Open
Access System
Working Days : 6 days
a week but trying to remain library
open on holidays also.
Working Hours of the Library :
09.30 a.m. to 04.30 p.m.
Area of the Library: 2350 sq.
ft. (77 ft. / 32 ft.)
(a) Reading Room: 33 ft. / 32
ft.
(b) Stack & Processing
Area: 44 ft. / 32 ft. |
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2. Present Library
Staff :
There are presently 6(six)
Library staff. The names and positions are
shown below:
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Position |
Name |
Qualification |
| 1. |
Librarian |
Mr.
Mukut Sarmah |
BSc, MLISc(GU),
NET for Lectureship |
| 2. |
Asstt. Librarian |
Mr. S. Devnath |
MA (Osmania),
BLISc (IGNOU) |
| 3. |
Library Asstt. |
Mrs. Gita Devi |
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| 4. |
Library Bearer |
Mr. B. B. Mandal |
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| 5. |
Library Bearer |
Mr. Sarat Sarma
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| 6. |
Library Bearer
(N/S) |
Mr. Redo Rava |
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3. Collection:
Books:
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Nos. of Books : 33543 |
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Journal / Magazine:
| Total
Nos. of Current Journal / Magazine subscribed
to during the year 2006/2007 :45 |
Newspapers:
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No. of Newspapers subscribed to
during the year 2006/2007 : 14
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Others :
| CD-ROMs
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176 |
| Floppy
Discs |
12 |
| Maps
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5 |
| Globes
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1 |
| Back
Volumes |
135 |
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4. Library Members:
Students get membership
at the time when they take admission in
to the college. But the students have to
apply separately to obtain library cards.
5. Library Visit:
| Maximum
number of Library Visit in one
day by the: |
| Students
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405 |
| Teachers |
21
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6. Fund Allocation:
Funds are allocated to
Different Departments in each session .
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C. SECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY:
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1. Stack
Area:
All the processed books have
been kept in 61 wooden almirahs,
1 book case, 8 steel racks and
2 wide wooden book case. The
books are arranged in a classified
order according to the Class
Numbers. Subject guide is displayed
in prominent place to guide
the users.
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2.
Technical Section:
The books and other reading materials
are being classified using DDC
20th (Dewey Decimal Classification
20th Edition ) and AACR-II (Anglo
American Cataloguing Rules 2nd
Edition) for cataloguing purposes.
80% of the books had to be re-classified
and re-catalogued. Duties of the
Library Staff have been specified
in a staff manual to speed up
the work flow of the library.
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3. Reference
Section:
Reference Books have been separated
from the textbooks which were
mixed up previously. Reference
books are kept near the librarian's
working table so as to make
readily available any specific
information required by the
users.
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4. Journal
& Newspaper Section:
Journals and Newspapers have
been organized separately on
the stacks near the Teachers'
Reading Table. A list of Journals
and Newspapers currently subscribed
to by the college library have
been compiled in order to keep
the teachers, students and staff
informed as to which journals
and newspapers are available
in the library.
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5. Book
Bank Section:
There are total 1616 books for
book bank and these books are
issued to Backward class students
and economically poor students.
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6.Back
Volume Section:
The old loose issues of the
journals got bound and kept
in a separate place in a classified
order.
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7.Circulation
Section:
For Circulation Control of reading
materials Browne System is followed.
Readers Tickets with the "Library
Rules" are issued to the
students at the time of Admission
in to the college. Readers may
get complete information about
the library through this publication.
Days are fixed for circulation
control for different category
of users.
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8.New Arrival Display:
Newly processed books are kept
at a prominent place for one
week or more to attract and
to bring these to the notice
of the users.
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D. SERVICES:
The Library Provides different
types of services:
1. Reading Room Service
2. Reference and Information Service
3. Photocopy of Document Service
4. INTERNET Service
5. E-mail Service
6. Database Search Service
7. CD-ROM Search Service
8. Current Awareness Service
| E. RE-DESIGNING
OF THE LIBRARY: |
| After Mr. Mukut Sarmah's
joining as Librarian on 27th November,
1998 he took up the work of reorganizing
the whole library on modern lines. |
| 1. Computerisation:
Computer has been
introduced in the library activities
in 1999 and automation of library
started phase wise. A Pentium - II
computer was purchased in 1999 for
computerizing the Library activities.
Cataloguing was done using UNESCO
developed old version of library software
package CDS/ISIS and it has
been updated to WINISIS version in
February, 2003.
A HP DeskJet printer with Photocopy
and Scanning facility is also available
in the library. Various reports, letters,
notices, new additions list, list
of journals are prepared with this
printer.
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Databases:
Different databases
that have been designed on the basis
of type of reading materials received
by the library. There are total 7(seven)
databases that have been created and
designed for different types of resources
available in the library which can
be listed as follows:
1. PCL-1 for Books
(Reference and Text Books)
2. PCL-2 for Periodicals
3. PCL-3 for Newspapers
4. PCL-4 for CD-ROMs
5. PCL-5 for Magnetic Disc
6. PCL-6 for Back Volumes
After training of the librarian from
INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad and installation
of SOUL in the Pandu College Library
in the month of May, 2005 the databases
have been converted into SOUL software.
Barcode technology has been introduced
for fast and accurate circulation
service. All the house keeping operations
of the library are carried out through
the computer.
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Division:
Digital library
division is created with the CD-ROMs
received free of cost with books and
journals. There are more than 115
CDs and Floppy Disks on various subjects.
Most of the CDs contain important
softwares, encyclopaedias, directory,
tutorials and so on. Students and
teachers are allowed to use the CDs
for reference.
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| 4. Computer Network:
A work-group network
has been set up with four computers
including the library. With this files,
databases, printer, CD-ROM drives
are shared.
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F. PUBLICATION:
Compilation and
publication of a monthly "New
Additions to Pandu College Library"
was started in, 1999. In order to
make it more useful and currently
aware about new books added to the
collection the publication is photocopied
and circulated to every department.
It gives statistical information also
for every department about the new
books added to a particular subject.
"Library
Rules" - a separate publication
is issued to every new library user
to make acquaint with the system and
services of the library.
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G. LIBRARY ORIENTAION
PROGRAMME:
From the 2002-03 library orientation
programme has been introduced and
students are made aware about the
facilities and services of the library.
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H. BEST READER
AWARD:
To inculcate reading
habit among the students an award
was announced in 2000/2001 which is
known as "Best Reader Award"
and every year one student is selected
and the award is given. Our record
shows that there is a very good impact
on the students by announcing the
award. It has helped the students
to train themselves the art of self-education.
A Certificate and a packet of Books.
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I. FUTURE PLAN:
The library has been facing space
problem for last few years. We have
a plan to extend the library building.
All sections will be arranged in different
rooms. The Library has also a plan
to purchase more computers and to
set up a local area network within
the library and install a network
version of library management software.
Terminals will be kept in different
sections and all the activities will
be computerised. Users will be able
to search the catalogue through the
terminals. Library Orientation Programme
will be extended further and emphasis
will be given to create more regular
users of the library.
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