Library

Services and Facilities

 

1) Book Bank : The Book Bank facility is available for all students. It is established with the help of Students Aid Fund. The students are availing it on the large scale. The library is offering the facility to cover almost students. One set of textbooks is given between a couples of students for the entire academic year with the nominal charges. At present there are 10813 current Textbook (amounting to Rs. 9,13,917/-), under this scheme. A separate book bank facility for the backward class students under special provision of ‘Students welfare and Universities Information Bureau, Mumbai University, Mumbai’ is available in our library. The library provides a set of textbooks to the backward class students with no charge for whole year. At present, there are 885 books amounting to Rs. 99,510/- under the scheme.

2) Circulation Library providing books circulation service to the all current students, all staff, Ex-Students, Other society Members, inter library loan facility to Other College staff members. For this facility membership form is available in the library.
 

Sr. No Category of Membership No. of Books Loan Period
1 Teaching Staff 25 One Academic Year
2 Non Teaching Staff 10 One Academic Year
3 Students (UG & PG) 02 15 Days
4 Ex-Students 02 15 Days
5 ILL (required request from Head of Institution) Max. 5 Books 15 Days


3) Photocopying Service Library offers photocopying service to all its members, walk-in users and others, Photo Copy Charges is Rs. 2/- per page to the use.

4) Open Access The Open Access system is used. All the readers can freely access the books, they desire. The partially computerization of library is done. The can search the books by using the SOUL 2.0 Software, which is developed by INFLIBNET Centre. The book search (by Title, Author, Publisher, Acc. No, Subject) circulation and correspondence is done with the help of software and computer.

5) Internet Service Free Internet service for all students is available in the library, during the period 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Three pc are provided for this purpose.

6) Reading Hall The library has a large well ventilated ‘Reading hall’ having capacity of two hundred seats, with separate table and chair. Students can get Question Papers Sets, periodicals, textbooks, reference books against their Identity cards and can study from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p. m. There is Separate “Study Room” for teachers