Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Miraj

About Library

The Library Promotes student success thought the development of critical thinking and Advance teaching and learning by supporting instruction and professional development.

Library is the “Heart of Institute” in Teaching and learning system Library support thought reading materials our library is well equipped with reference books, text book, Journals, periodicals and newspapers etc. Library provided more services, reading materials, circulation, study room, internet and Inflibnet (E-Resources) to the readers.

The library department established on 1983.The library plays a very vital role in the development of the college. Library provides the best of books which are essential for the development of students and the teachers. Today more than 2000 students, 39 teachers and 25 non-teaching employees’ avail of the facility of enhancing and updating their knowledge

Mission

To provide effective and efficient library services by applying the latest information technology.

Vision

Our vision is to sensitize students to ethical, social and cultural values to make an enlightened nation and strive for mass welfare and happiness through spread of education.

Goals

To develop reading habit among the student.
To introduce & provide new services revitalize the existing services by providing faster access to resources by overcome the space and time barriers.
To encourage the space and time barriers.
To improve the efficiency of library function.

FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE

Books are for use
Every reader his / her book
Every book its reader
Save the time of the reader
The library is a growing organism

AIMS OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY

To develop collection of reading material useful for various courses.
To provide various library services and facilities to her reader.
To preserve and conserve the collection of reading material in the library.
To support parent institution for developing quality of learning and teaching.
To support research activity for its progress and qualitative development.
To inform the student about their career opportunities.
To assists the student to prepare for the competitive examination.

Library at a Glance

LIBRARY CIRCULATION TIME TABLE & RULES

Time Monday to Friday – 8.00am to 3.00pm
Saturday – 8.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday - Holiday

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Principal Dr.Ulhas Malkar	Chairman
2	Mrs. Pratibha B. Pachange	Secretary
3	Dr.Sharvari S.Kulkarni	Member
4	Dr. Manjiri M. Kulkarni	Member
5	Dr. Kavita Sulhyan	Member
6	Dr.Jaykumar P.Chandanshive	Member
7	Dr.Sunita Mali	Member

LIBRARY STAFF

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Mrs. Pratibha Bhimrao Pachange (M. Lib., M.Phil,NET,SET,Ph.D. Reg.)	Librarian
2	Mr. Chandrakant G. Satpute	Jr. Clerk
3	Mrs. Mandakini M.Bhangare	Library Attendant
4	Mr.Narayan M.Koli	Library Attendant

LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS

GENERAL RULES

Library Borrower Card /Identity Card should be compulsory in the library.
User has to enter his/her name and put his/her signature in the register kept at the entrance of the library.
Reference books magazines and dailies cannot be taken out of the library
While entering in the library’s main stack room, User should leave their personal belongings at the Property counter. Only loose papers and note books are allowed inside the stack room.
Users should maintain silence in the library and should not disturb others in any way.
User allowed borrowing one Books for 7 Days on their own Library Card.
Eating strictly prohibited inside the library.
Mobile phones are not permitted to use inside the library. It must be set to vibrate or silent mode.
Users are not allowed to write anything and otherwise defacing table tops, walls or other surfaces.
If User found guilty of misconduct with library staff will be referred to Principal/Librarian for disciplinary action.

CIRCULATION DESK RULES

Books can be borrowed against library membership card/ID card issued by library to the borrowers.
Books can be borrowed against library membership card/ID card issued by library to the borrowers.
The library membership card is non-transferable and their loss should be immediately reported to the library.
The borrower is responsible for any book issued against the library membership card, as per the library records.
Books shall be re-issued to the same borrower at once only. But, if there is *a demand for the book, the request for renewal may be turned down by the library.
The librarian can recall books and publications at any time, if need arises.
Over dues charges shall be charged from the students if they fail to return the book(s) on or before the due date as indicated on the Due-Date-Slip in the book:
A book lost by the user shall be replaced either with latest edition or the double price shall be charged.

REFERENCE AND PERIODICAL SECTION RULES

Identity Card should be compulsory.
Users have to enter his/her name and put his/her signature in the register kept for the purpose at the entrance of the study room.
Reference Documents like Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Year Books, Journals (Bound), Project Reports, Handbooks will not be issued out.
Reference Documents may be issued classroom use upon the request of a faculty member, but shall be returned within a day.
Periodicals shall be for reference section use only. However, users may borrow a periodical, other than the latest issue for a period of not more than one (1) week.
Maintain silence and should not disturb other users in any way.

RULES FOR STUDY ROOM

Users have to enter his/her name and put his/her signature in the register kept for the purpose at the entrance of the study room.
Maintain silence in the study room and should not disturb other users in any way.
Eating strictly prohibited inside the study room.
Mobile phones are not permitted to use inside study room.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

A) Classification Scheme: Classification of books is very essential which could be done either by C.C. or DDC (Dewey decimal classification) in the library DDC Method is used for classification of books.

B) Cataloguing Scheme: The Library use AACR II cataloging scheme for book cataloging.

C) Issue of Borrow Cards: Brown card system is used for borrowing & issuing books. In the beginning of the academic year student are given borrow cards. A student can borrow a book on this card for a week.

D) Other technical details: After purchasing the book, they are accessed in accession register. The new books are kept on new arrival stand for the users. Then the books are issued to users.

Circulation section: For the circulation of books our Library has ‘Borrow Card’ system. For issuing books we have adopted the open access system for college staff & third year degree student while closed access system for students.

Acquisition section: The acquisition of books is done by Principal of the college, by collecting requisition forms from the Heads of the Departments, Subject Experts and Staff Members. The needs of the students are taken into account by the teachers before placing orders for the books. The books are purchased representatives and vendors, within the frame work of prevailing rules. Acquisition of periodicals is done directly from the publishers by paying their subscriptions. The mode of payment is through crossed check for books or Demand Draft especially for journals and periodicals. Brown card system is used for borrowing & issuing books. In the beginning of the academic year student are given borrow cards. A student can borrow a book on this card for a week.

FREE OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

USEFUL LINKS

1. Govt. of India- Departmental e-Books
2. Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
3. NCERT Textbooks
4. ई-पुस्तकालय
5. ई-साहित्य (मराठी पुस्तके)
6. महाराष्ट्र राज्य साहित्य आणि संस्कृती मंडळाची पुस्तके
7. Hindustan Books Agency e-Books
8. Oxford Scholarship Online e-Books
9. Springer e-Books
10. Springer books in Research and Statistics for different disciplines
11. ScienceDirect (Scientific, Technical & Medical Research)
12. Internet Archive (Library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more)
13. SAGE Knowledge e-Books
14. Online Books Page
15. eBook Directory
16. Wikibooks
17. Baen Books
18. Read Print
19. Book Rags
20. PDF Drive
21. PDF books
22. Readprint (Literature Books)
23. E-BookJungle
24. Page by Page Books
25. Novel Guide
26. Free e-Books.net
27. e-Books.com
28. Manybooks.net
29. FreeTechbooks (Computer Science Books, Textbooks, and Lecture Notes)
30. Open Culture Books
31. Kobo.com
32. BookboonBookboon
33. e-BookLobby
34. e-Library
35. Planet e-Books

AUDIO BOOKS

1. Marathi Audio Books (Storytel)

2. बोलती पुस्तके

3. The LibriVox Audiobooks Collection

4. Listening Books for Children

5. Audible Stories Collection

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