Library Advisory Committee

Library has an active Library Advisory Committee and the meetings are held twice a year. The committee consists of the Principal, Librarian, and Vice Principal of Degree College, Vice Principal of Junior College, IQAC Coordinator, Heads of Departments, Coordinator of B.Com (AFI), BMS PG and BNCDC

Functions of the Library Advisory Committee

• To suggest, recommend and purchase library resources
• Library Automation
• To formulate library policies
• To take the decision on an administrative and technical matters

Composition of the Library Advisory Committee

Chairman: Dr Rajshree Trivedi

Secretary: Mrs Sheetal Sawant

Members:

• Dr Rita Patil
• Twinkle Sanghavi
• Rekha Kaklotkar
• Ravindra Katyayan
• Anuja Deshpande
• Cicilia Chettiar
• Ms Pranaya Revandkar
• Swati Partani
• Geeta Varun
• Kavita Sonde
• Hardik Majithia
• Vrinda Mathur
• Kinjal Patel
• Mrs Sudha Narkar
• Ms Aruna Gotad

Library Timings

Monday to Friday: 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Saturday: 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM

During Vacation: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Library Services

Home Lending: Students are allowed to take books against their library cards only. Users have to return the books on and before the mentioned date otherwise penalty of Rs 2/- charged against overdue materials.

Book Bank Facility:
Book Bank facility is provided by the library. In this facility, students are allowed to take sets of textbook semester wise, after completion of academic year students have to submit all the books to the library.

Internet Facility:
Free internet facility is provided to all the users in the cyberspace.

OPAC:
Library users are getting access to library resources through OPAC. They can search for books by author, title, subjects and keywords.

Reprographic Service:
This service includes Xerox, printouts and scanning of the document which can be availed by library users.

Library Display:
On the occasion of imp days like Gandhi Jayati, Independence Day, student’s day library resources are displayed in the library.

Reading Room Facility:
Reading room facility is provided to all the library users who want to read the books within the library.

Open access to the periodical section:
We are providing open access to the periodical section which helps students in their project work and teachers for their research work.

Library Orientation:
Library orients freshers for effective utilization of the library services  at the beginning of every year.

Guest Membership:
This facility is offered to Ex staff, alumni members, Parents and those who wants to avail library service.

Reference Service:
library have a good collection of reference sources which helps in providing reference service to the users on demand.

Inter Library Loan Service:
This facility enables us to request books from other libraries and lend our books to other libraries as the demand comes.

Journal Content Page:
Content page of selected journals are scanned and sent to all the department heads through email and the hard copy is also circulated to respected heads.

Bibliographic compilation:
Annual compilation of reading list given to staff as per demand

Library Rules & Regulations

1. Library Card is compulsory for all library users
2. Please maintain silence in the library.
3. Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited. If any users are found talking on the phone strict action will be taken against that person.
4. Eating in the library strictly prohibited.
5. Do not Disturb furniture arrangement of Library
6. Students have to sign in the visitor register before entering in the library
7. If any students wants any books on their ID cards then they have to make entry in the current reading register available at Library Circulation Counter
8. Students have to make an entry in the register before accessing Internet Facility in the cyber space.
9. Students are requested to keep the magazines / Journals in their respective places after use.
10. No library material will be taken out of the library without the permission of the Librarian.
11. Books/Periodicals or any other library material will be issued only on production of a valid Library-card.
12. No library Material can be issued to a person on someone else’s Library-Card.
13. If book bank books are not returned on time fine of Rs. 1/- Per day per book will be charge.
14. Degree college student can borrow one book for a period of 07 days.
15. PG students can borrow two books for a period of 7 days
16. A Late fine of Rs.2 will charged per book per day
17. Students should inspect the condition of the book before borrowing it and inform the Library Staff about the missing or torn pages if any. Otherwise the concerned student will be held responsible for the same later at the time of returning the book.
18. If a book is lost, the concerned person has to replace the lost book with a new book or pay the original cost of the book and 20% extra charges
19. If the book issued for current reading not return on same day the fine of Rs. 5.00/- per day will be charged
20. A new Library Card can only be issued after paying a fine of Rs.50 in the accounts department.
21. For Getting LC if the students are not having their library card the fine of Rs.10/- will be charge from the students.
22. Reference Books will not be home issue to any library users.
23. Xerox facility available @ Rs 0.50 per page
24. Black & White Print out – Rs 5.00/- Per page
25. Colour Print out – Rs 15/- Per page
26. Document Scanning per page – Rs 5.00/-