OVERVIEW OF THE LIBRARY

Government Degree College Magam was established in the year 2011. The college right from its inception has started with the library collection of 300 books. The college is having a separate Central Library that acts as resource hub for providing access to information resources to all the faculty members and students of the college. The library is having the collection of 15,000 books at present. The whole library is maintained by librarian and two professional assistants.

The library comprises of a big textbook section situated in ground floor, separate librarian room, an automation section, circulation section for circulating books. There is a separate reading section situated in the first floor, reference section, browsing section for internet surfing, a separate Newspaper section all designed to support learning, research and information access.

OBJECTIVES

1. To acquire, organize and update the library collection according to user needs,

2. To assist user community in effective use of e-resources and ICT technology in their curriculum.

3. To motivate students to read more beyond their curriculum in order to encourage them for research and other competitive examinations, developing literary skills and thus enriching their personal and professional lives.

4. To preserve the library valuable resources in order to foster lifelong learning for future generations.

5. To promote intercultural diversity by promoting wide range of cultural awareness.

VISION AND MISSION

Library aims to be a vibrant hub for lifelong learning and research and mission is to help user community to utilize library resources effectively. It also intends to incorporate latest ICT technology, provide latest resources and services in order to foster their intellectual growth. Libraries should have user-friendly approach towards its end users.

WORKING HOURS OF LIBRARY

The library is open on all working days from 10 am to 4 pm.

TOTAL LIBRARY COLLECTION

Total Books	15,758
Textbooks (State and Rusa)
State Books	9993
Rusa Books	5765
Magazines	10
Journals subscribed
Indian Journals	06
E-resources
Online books (Through N-LIST)	1,64,000+
Online Journals (Through N-LIST)	6,000+
CDs/ DVDs	06

Every faculty member and students has been provided User name and Password to access e-resources of N-LIST.

BROWSING CENTRE

The browsing section is established in the first floor of college library having seating capacity for 30 users. The Centre provides free internet access to all Faculty and enrolled students on rotation basis.

REPROGRAPHIC FACILITY

The college library provides reprographic facility to all faculty and students with nominal charges.

LIBRARY STAFF

Staff strength of the library

S.NO	NAME	DESIGNATION	QUALIFICATION
1.	Ms Sumaya Sadiq	Librarian	MLIS/ NET JRF.
2.	Ms Yameen	Library Assistant	B Lib
3.	Mr Altaf Hussain	Local Fund	Graduate

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY

SELECTION PROCESS

• A Library Committee is being framed in the college at the beginning of every academic year which is responsible for whole selection of information resources for college Library.

• The Library Committee comprises of Librarian as Convenor, a teaching faculty member as

Co-Convener and rest other faculty members as members of the Library Committee.

• The Committee draws up its recommendations for procurement of books and Journals for college Library before the Principal.

• During selection process budget is taken into consideration.

• All teaching faculty members provide list of books in their concerned subject areas keeping in view the Curriculum based needs of the user community.

• The recommended list of books of all faculty members is presented before the principal for final approval after that the books are purchased from various reputed publishers either through proper tendering or expression of interest.

ORGANISATION OF RESOURCES

After books are procured, they are to be organized in a proper way so as to make them accessible to user community.

• Firstly, books are being accessioned.

• After that they are organized subject wise accordingly. DDC is used as a tool for classification of books subject wise.

• The resources are further organized as Textbooks, Reference books, General books.

• The books are then computerized in SOUL 2.0 Software so that is becomes quite easy to locate a particular book.

• Same books are being barcoded and labelled for circulation process.

BEST PRACTICES ADOPTED IN THE LIBRARY

• Open access to Knowledge and Information.

• Digital resource sharing and Community outreach.

• Prioritizing Resource management and organization.

• Display of new arrivals and newspaper clippings for updates.

• Internet connectivity with Lan for easy access to information.

• ICT enabled Library Services for different performing Library Operations and Services,

• CCTV Cameras installed in the library that are properly monitored and maintained.

PROCUREMENT OF BOOKS FROM LAST THREE YEARS

S.NO	YEAR WISE	NO OF BOOKS PURCHASED
1.	2022-2023	764
2.	2023-2024	444
35.	2024-2025	344

SUBJECT WISE BREAK UP: -

S.NO	SUBJECT AREA	TOTAL NO OF BOOKS
1	Education	826
2	History	847
3	Sociology	558
4	Political Science	588
5	Environmental Science	710
6	Economics	696
7	Geography	633
8	Commerce	671
9	Computer Science	664
10	English	1498
11	Urdu	1470
12	Kashmiri	1032
13	Arabic	743
14	Persian	457
15	BBA	776
16	Psychology	498
17	Islamic Studies	144
18	Tourism and travel management	654
19	Mathematics	568
20	Physical Education	72
21	Vetenary Technology	42
22	Sciences	1044
23	Reference Books	567

Infrastructure in the library

1. Computers 34 No

2. Server with LAN connectivity 1No

3. Soul 2.0 software 1No

4. Wi-fi connectivity installed

5. Bar code printer 1No

6. Bar code scanners 1 No

7. Printer 1No

8. UPS 2 No

9. CCTV Camera 10 No

10. Water purifier 1No

11. Photo stat machine 1No

12. Air Conditioners 4 No