Faculty List

• Librarian:
  • Latha T.K. M.Com, M.LISc.
• Administration Staff
  • Sri C.J. Antony
  • E.K. Renu

      Supporting Staff

• Chennana Nayak MM

• Ambika D R            

 

Library Committee

            The college library is an integral part of the college. For operational efficiency and the overall policies and objectives of the college library there should be functional administrative structure. Library committee is a body of an organization consisting of the Librarian. Heads of the Department each Discipline, Principle of the Institution and the office Manager of the college. The committee ensures a better understanding between the readers and library polices.

The suggested membership of the committee is:

1. Principal : Chair Person
2. Vice Principal :To chair the meeting in the absence of the Principal
3. All Departmental H.O.D’s : Members
4. Librarian : Member Secretary

 

Library Membership:

• All the students and faculty members who have joined the college can get membership of the library.
• Bar- coded and laminated Identity cards are issued to students/faculty
• The borrower’s cards are not transferable.
• The student should produce Identity Cards for issuing/returning of books and for the reading of general magazines/journal/newspapers etc.

 

Best practices as well as specialized services provided by the library

The college extends the following specialized library services to its stakeholders.

• Manuscripts:

Accession registers, Book withdrawal register, Book deposit register, Bill payment register, Reprographic service register, Coaching class book issue register, Library User register, Books issued to old students and parents register,  Library best user award register, Stock book registers etc.

• Reference services:

Using wide and updated reference collection students are guided to get the topics  & materials  required for their assignments, academic competitions, seminars, projects, etc.

• Reprographic service:

For both internal and external users.

• Inter Library Loan(ILL)

Nearly 500 text and reference books  are used by the post graduate students through   Inter Library Loan. Inter library loan services such as photocopy or scan materials, question banks are provided.

• Information deployment and notification:

           This is done through new arrivals display rack, and display on the notice board.

• Download services:

These services are available to the stakeholders from subscribed e-resources, resources from N- LIST and open access resources. INFLIBNET services (NLIST) are made available to the user community for academic purpose.

• Printing

             Printers are provided for student and public access.

• Reading list/Bibliography compilation

Automated bibliography generation service is made available by using the catalogue module of the integrated library automation package.   

• In-house/remote access to e-resources

The access to the resources is managed through user-name and Password for in-house as well as remote use: (a) e-journals from NLIST (b) open access journals.

• User orientation and awareness

 Regular awareness and orientation for fresh users for ensuring the efficient utilization of the library services. Book bank service facility is available to the meritorious, poor and   deserving students.

• Assistant in searching Databases:

 The library faculty members render assistance to search and retrieve information from  e-resources on request/demand by the user.

• Competitive Exam section:

 There are more than 200 books related to KPSC, UPSC, KAS, IAS, Departmental Exam, NET, SET, CET and other competitive examination  acquired and kept in separate section for the concerned students and the teachers preparing for the exams.

• Bio Metric Attendance:

Degree students have to maintain minimum 20 library hour of  attendance in a semester. A biometric attendance device  is placed in the library to record the library hour.

• Library Best User award:

To motivate the students to make the efficient use of the library and its services, the 'Best Library User Award’ has been started from 2010-2011.Two students are selected one from the Boys and One from the girls of III year degree course, on the basis of the statistical data, accession of  books,  reading aptitude of the student, utilisation of other library resources and discipline

• Drinking Water Facility
• Separate Reading Room for Female Students
• User feedback Practice Through Questionnaire
• Books circulated to Old students & Parents
• CCTV cameras installed in the library
• Power back up in the Library

Department of Library & Information Science

Added books in the year : 2017-18

Volumes =  641    Cost  ` 109251.00     

Gift/Donated books  volumes 103     Cost ` 8210.00

Total Volumes  51366

 

Periodicals:

• Journals: 57

National and International Journals

• Magazines: 65

Daily/weekly/bio monthly/monthly

• News Paper:42

Kan/Eng: Daily/weekly

Smt. Latha T.K.

1. Participated as delegate and presented paper on “Best Practices of Cauvery College Library and Information Science center” in the National Conference  organized by the University of Mysore, Mysore on 10th and 11th  Nov- 2017.

 

2. Participated as delegate and Presented paper on “Role of librarians in Modern Library Management” in the National Conference, organized by Tumkur University, Tumkuru on 30th Dec-2017.

 

3. Participated as Invitee/delegate and Presented paper on “Planning and Designing of Academic Library Building” in the 3rd National  Conference, on Management of Modern Libraries(NACML)-2018 organized by SEARCH-The Health Science Library and Library & Information Science, MAHE, Manipal during 9-10 Feb- 2018.

 

 

 

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