LIBRARY

 Introduction:

College library always remains as the heart of any academic institution with its rich collection and dedicated services to its potential users including students, faculties and non-teaching staff. 

Bolpur College was established in 1950 and it was first affiliated to Calcutta University, and after the establishment of The University of Burdwan in 1960, the college came under this university. With the budding of the college its library also started serving its target users. 

The Bolpur College library is a three storied building of 3358 sq.ft build up area having open access facilities consisting of stack, journal section, technical section, reading room with seating capacity of one hundred student users. The library can boast of its good collection on as many as 15 subjects like Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, Education, Physical Education, Geography, Commerce, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany and Zoology. The activities mainly consisting of issue & returns i.e. circulation, technical processing of the library are fully computerized. Library Users have access to library OPAC- Online Public Access Catalogue (Available through Intranet- http://172.19.185.54:8001/) and WEB-OPAC (https://bolpurcollege-opac.kohacloud.in/). Students, Teachers and Staff can access internet facility from computer as well as their mobile handset with Wi-Fi connectivity available at library. The library subscribes twenty five (25) print journals on different subjects mentioned above. For the career guidance of the students’ library also purchase Competition Success Review, India Today, Protiyogita Darpan, Science Reporter, Dristi Current Affairs Today, Frontline, Safollya, Desh, Employment News & Appointment & Career News, Karmakshetra etc. One English & one Bengali daily Newspapers also subscribed by the library for the academic community of the College. Library also subscribes N-LIST for the e-books & e-journals and users can access through remote log in.

Library Features:

Cloud based fully automated library (WEB-OPAC)

Open Access for the teachers and students

Internet connectivity with client machine

Wi-Fi enabled inside the library for access the open educational resources for the students

RFID enabled circulation systems with anti-theft gate

Fully CCTV coverage inside and outside of the library

Aims And Objectives

1.  To select, acquire, organize and utilize reading materials for the purpose  of information dissemination, relevant to the aims and objectives of the college.
2. To provide services to users for effective utilization of library resources.
3. To encourage reading habits particularly of the student community and to make them aware of the importance of Library in career building.
4. To provide nascent thought of the subject to the teaching community to upgrade themselves and help them to teach.

RULES OF THE COLLEGE LIBRARY

1. Only registered member are allowed to use the library.  Members should always bring their membership cards while using the library.
   Readers should maintain strict silence inside the library.
2. Borrowers must satisfy themselves with the physical condition of the book before borrowing.
3. 3 Books for Hons and 2 Books for Pass students are issued for one month.
4. Reference books, journals & magazines are not issued at all.
5. Students can reserve the books at the circulation counter in case there are already issued.
6. Library can recall any issued book even before due date.
7. In case, loss of library cards, duplicate will be issued on payment of Rs. 5.00 per card.
8. If any book is damaged/loss, the same will be replaced by the membership concerned.
9. Students must return the books within specified date; otherwise their cards are suspended for two weeks.
10. Uses of mobile phones are not allowed inside the library.
11. Teachers must renew their issued books once in a year that is in the month of March.

Borrow of Books:

The following Table shows category of users and number of books they can borrow at a time:

LIBRARIANS and SUPPORT STAFF:

LIBRARY HOURS:

Monday to Saturday-10.00 AM to 5.00 PM

Sunday-Closed

MEMBERSHIP:

All students, faculty members & employees of the college are eligible for membership of the library.

COLLECTIONS:

1. Books (Text & Reference): 29,825
2. Journals and Magazines (printed): 25
3. Career Guidance:6
4. Magazine : 4
5. On-line Subscription:  INFLIBNET N-LIST
6. Newspapers:  2
7. Data base : Koha

LIBRARY SERVICES:

Reference Service

Information Service

Literature Search

Internet Facilities

New Arrival Display

Content services (Current Journals) through email

Current Awareness Service

Selective Dissemination of Information

Remote Access

Anti-plagiarism Checking & impact factor reading

Newspaper Clipping

Reprography Services

Career Counselling Service

Rare Book collection Record

Download Facility of Syllabus & Old question papers

BOOKS ARRANGEMENTS:

Bolpur College library arrange the books according to the systematic structure of a library classification scheme. Class No is assigned according to the 19^th edition of DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). It is popularly used classification scheme for library community throughout the world. The call number consists of the Dewey notation (DDC 19^th ed.) for its class, accompanied by a book number. The call number provides a unique identifying code that is used as an address of a document on the shelf.

FUTURE PLAN:

To extend library services to local community

To linkage with adjacent school and public library of Bolpur town to provide library services. 

To digitize rare book collections of the library

To collect all the books available on Birbhum, Bolpur & Santiniketan. 

To run value added course on library and information science on regular basis