KALIACHAK COLLEGE
(Affiliated to University of Gour Banga & NAAC Accredited)

Sultanganj, Malda, West Bengal – 732201

 

LIBRARY

 

About the Library: Kaliachak College Library was initiated along with the establishment of the college itself in the year 1995. The name of the college library is “BIDROHI KABI KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM JANMA SATABARSHIKI GRANTHAGAR O PATH KAKSHA”. Our library is located on the first floor of the annexed building situated at the right side of the main gate of the institute. The library is well-ventilated, lighted, and aired to facilitate comfortable seating and a separate reading room area. It follows open access to all students and staff of the college. The Library is fully covered by CCTV surveillance for security purposes and an average of 40 students visit the place every day. The objective of the college library is to support the academic and research needs of the students, faculty, and staff by providing access to a diverse range of informational resources including books, journals, and digital media. In line with the vision and mission of the HEI, it aims to foster learning, encourage research, and promote intellectual development through a conducive environment. By providing appropriate resources the library consistently helps its users improve the teaching-learning process, research, co-curricular activities, and so on. It is presently having a collection of more than 16564 books on different subjects of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities disciplines. It also subscribes to NLIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) which provides access of e-resources to the members or users. The Library is partially automated and software namely KOHA (23.5 version) has been installed to conduct the library management. For extensive access of the students to library works, there are Departmental Libraries which offer resources on Honours as well as Elective subjects.

Working Hours:

 

NB: The library is closed on holidays and during the Puja vacation.

Librarian: Shri Swapan Kumar Mandal, (M.A., MLIS) Phone No-6297235837, Email-kaliachakcollege@gmail.com

Formation of Library Advisory Committee:

The college library has a library advisory committee consisting of the following members-

 

1) Principal (Chairperson)

2) Librarian (Convener).

3) Two members of the Teaching Staff.

4) Two members of Non-teaching Staff.

5) One member from the locality (educationist from Library Science) on 08.08.2016.

 

Library Advisory Committee:

1)      Dr. Nazibar Rahaman  (Principal & Chairperson)

2)      Shri Swapan Kumar Mandal, Librarian (Convener)

3)      Dr. Biswajit Das, Libraian, UGB (Member)

4)      Dr. Ritabrata Goswami  Asst. Professor (Member)

5)      Shri Gajen Kumar Baroi, Asst. Professor (Member)

6)      Shri Pulak Saha, Typist (Member)

7)    Md. Mohosin Ali, Lab Attendant Dept of Geography (Member)

 

Functions of the Advisory Committee:

The Library Advisory Committee recommends for allotments of funds among various departments based on their requirements. Departments recommend purchases of both printed and digital books, journals, and documents to the advisory committee. The principal, in consultation with the librarian, places orders accordingly. The librarian is responsible for the preservation and maintenance of books, journals, and periodicals.

The function of the Library Advisory Committee is to support the functioning of the library so that it can facilitate the library development plans. The committee’s main objective is to aid in the establishment of a bridge between the Library, the academic fraternity and the institute management.

Details of the Library:

The library consists of a total area of 290 sq. mts. The library has separate reading room facilities for staff and students. Members' seating capacity of the reading room is 20 for students and 10 for staff simultaneously. It has a lending section, reference section, stockroom, librarian’s office, Internet, Wi-Fi, CCTV, Power backup system, and so on. 16 computer tables offer browsing facilities for the users. The library comprises 15,835 printed books and 13 subscriptions to print journals. E-books and E-journals are also subscribed through INFLIBNET- NLIST.

 

Rules and Regulations for using Library:

1)      Every visitor should record his/her attendance on the register of the library before entry. 

2)      Users are not allowed to bring their bags, or personal belongings inside the library stock room.

3)      Readers are advised not to leave their valuable items like passports, credit cards, mobile phones, etc inside the library.

4)      The readers should keep silent within the library premises.

5)      Users are advised not to keep their feet on the table, chairs, shelves, etc while using the Library.

6)      Librarian is not responsible for any loss or damage to the personal belongings of the visitors.

7)      Students’ library card is valid only for the current academic year to access library facilities.

8)      Without library cards books are not issued.

9) A student identity card is not treated as a library card.

10)  At a time only ONE book can be borrowed on a library card by a student.

11)  Books may be lent to the borrower for 30 days at maximum.

12)  Books may be reissued to the students if criteria are fulfilled.

13)  No book is reissued without the physical presence of the borrower.

14) A library card is to be handed over to the students after depositing or submitting the book.

15)  In case of loss or damage of books, the borrower has to compensate the same book to the library with his/her own purchase. In case of unavailability of the book, a cash fine of the same amount is to be deposited.

16)  In case of loss of library card the borrower must report immediately to the librarian for issuing a fresh card. The new card will be issued by the librarian after depositing Rs 10/-only in a prescribed format.

17)  Use of mobile phones, electronic gazettes, and spitting are strictly prohibited on the premises.

18)  Stealing, cutting, writing, or any damaging activity on Books are punishable offense.

19) Users may get photocopies of books periodicals or documents from the library.

20) Users can access to the Wi-Fi facilities apart from browsing Internet facilities.

Membership Categories:

 

          

Library Services: The college library has been providing various services such as:

1) Partially open access

2) Book browsing facilities for the members

3) Separate reading room facilities

4) Lending facilities

5) Assistance to search the catalog through Card Cabinet & OPAC in library software (KOHA 23.5 version).

6) Journals, Newspaper, Newsletters, Question Banks, Question papers, Syllabus, Wi/Fi facilities for e-resources, and Internet facilities.

7) Facilities for photocopy of Books

8) E-books and e-journals through INFLIBNET-NLIST.

9) Around-the-clock surveillance through CCTVs.

10) Power back-up services.

11) Downloading and printing facilities.

12) Only Honours students are allowed open access.

 

Software Services (KOHA 23.5 version):

1.      Accessing Books

2.      Lending service

3.      Budgeting

4.      OPAC searching facilities for user

5.      Bibliographic search

6.      Administrative works of the library

7.      Data input and output service

8.      Membership Card generation and renewal