DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

                                            Year of Establishment               :           1921

                                            Teachers to Student Ratio         :           1:21

                                            Area                                             :            3000 sqft

Name	Designation	Academic Qualification	No. of Years of Experience
Dr. Ravi Kumar Chegoni	Asst. Prof. of Library Science	MA, M.L.I.Sc., MPHIL, PHD, NET, SET	10 years

 

Supporting Staff:

1.      Smt.  Tabussam  – Asst Librarian  

2.      Mr. E. Balesh     – Office Subordinate

3.      Mrs. Saritha      – Sweeper

 

History

Ø     The Library at Government City College, Nayapul, has a century-long history, having been established in 1921. It offers a variety of reading materials, including textbooks, reference books, journals, magazines, newspapers, rare books, e-books, e-journals, and more than 1500 CDs. The library is partially automated and uses the New GENLIB and DSpace Open Source software for management. The library subscribes to INFLIBNET's N-LIST and the National Digital Library for access to millions of e-books and e-journals. The library also organizes literary competitions, orientation programs, special book exhibitions, and career guidance for students and staff.

Vision

Ø  To provide a student-centred learning environment that facilitates transference of information and to cater to the needs of its users to access it.

Mission

Ø  To acquire, organise, preserve and disseminate information and resources to support the teaching and learning needs of faculty and students.

      Objectives

• Extend the support to teaching, learning and research initiatives of the college
• Provide access to Internet, OPAC,  e-resources and the Computerized services to the patrons
• Provide career and employment information resources to the users
• Create a suitable ambience for optimum usage of library resources
• Assist the users in retrieval of reading materials and e-resources
• Inculcate and development of reading habits among the users

Functions: 

1. To render an efficient reference and information service.

2. To feed the intellect of the students

3. To provide large number of bibliographic tools.

       4. To update print/E-resources and every subject for student and teacher.

Users:

The patrons of library include all the students   of (UG & PG ) on roll, teaching faculty and non-teaching staff. It has 4500 Under Graduate students (UG & PG ), 60 teaching and 15 non teaching staff to serve.

Library Timings:

a) On Working Days: The college library is kept open to the students and staffs from

     9.30 am to 4:30 pm.

b) On Holidays: The library will remain closed on General Holidays, National,  

     Gazetted and Local  holidays.

Collection:                

No. of Volumes                                  :      80, 839

Rare Books                                        :      1500  

Journals/ Magazines                             :        35 

News Papers                                     :        13

(English, Hindi & Telugu)

Back Volumes of Journals              :        130

 

E-Resources

CD/DVDs                                                     :     50

e-Journals (through N-LIST)                        :    6,000

e-books (through N-LIST)                             :   31,35,000

Previous Question Papers                          :  2016 year onwards

 

Infrastructure facilities:

          Desktop Computer Systems                          :           3        

          Server with library database                        :           1

          Clientele with OPAC module                        :           2

          Printer / Scanner                                          :           2

Barcode Reader                                          :           1