The college library serves as a sacred haven for the learning process. It nurtures lifelong intellectual growth and personal fulfilment by offering versatile access to essential information resources for all users. Additionally, it encourages the sharing of ideas among individuals, promotes a love for reading, and contributes to social enlightenment within our knowledge-driven society. The library functions as the central information resource hub and repository for both printed and electronic materials, supporting teaching and research activities at the institute.
The library prides itself on housing an extensive collection of 43,940 books, which includes an array of Reference materials, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Dissertations, Handbooks, Surveys, and more.
In addition to its remarkable book collection, the library provides access to a diverse range of academic content through its subscriptions, which include 17 journals, 26 magazines, and 11 newspapers. This commitment to staying current with information resources underscores the library's dedication to supporting the educational and research needs of its patrons.
Library is fully computerized with 7 computers and is linked through LAN. Web Centric LSEase centric software has been installed for library operations. In addition to computerized Issue/Return of books to students, Barcodes, Spine labels, Catalogue cards and Library cum Identity card (SMART CARDS) are generated through Libsys software. Library provides OPAC and internet services to staff and students.
The library has taken a progressive approach to offer e-books and e-journals by subscribing to the 'National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST) programme of INFLIBNET.' N-LIST is the college component of e-Shodh Sindhu. Users can have access to more than 66000 e- journals and 3164309 e-books from anywhere using user –name and password.
The library is a member of N-List consortia of Information library network (INFLIBNET). This program, under the Ministry of HRD and the UGC of India, is autonomous and serves college faculty and all the students of the college including B.Ed, M.Ed and PGDG&C students. Through this initiative, users gain access to a vast repository of over 6,000 electronic journals and 60,000 e-books, accessible from anywhere using a user-name and password.
Library operations have been modernized and automated through the implementation of web-centric software, utilizing the latest version available. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), which is publicly accessible, empowers users to search for documents within the library's holdings efficiently.
To facilitate access to e-resources, a dedicated section within the library has been established, allowing users to explore e-books, e-contents, and e-journals seamlessly.
The library building comprises two floors. On the ground floor, you will find the Circulation Section, the Periodical Section, and the Stack area. Moving to the first floor, you'll encounter the Reference Section, the Rare Book Section, and the Book Bank Section. This layout is designed to provide efficient access to various library services and collections for our users..
The college library operates on an open access system, making its resources readily accessible to both students and staff.
It provides a comprehensive array of information services, including reference assistance, bibliographic support, current awareness updates, orientation sessions, and reprographic services, among others.
Additionally, the library extends a Book Bank facility to assist students in need.
As part of its commitment to promoting library resource utilization, the library organizes various competitions on an annual basis to motivate and engage students with its valuable resources.
Under the scheme of University Grants Commission for Text Book Library, complete sets of Text Books are issued to the needy students for the entire semester.
Additionally, SC/ST grants are made available to B.Ed and M.Ed students every year
Library has implemented RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) solution for the ease of library users in issue-return, faster and accurate transactions and enhanced security of the library holdings.
