Sitananda College

Sitananda College

Recognized by UGC u/s 2(f) &1 2(b)

Affiliated to Vidyasagar University

NAAC Accredited with B

ISO 9001:2115

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At A Glance

About Library

Sitananda College Central Library is located on the First Floor of the Arts Block of the college with an approximately area of 2000 Sq. ft. The College Library started its functioning with the very inception of the establishment year 1960. The Central Library of the college is automated using Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). The automation of the Library services has been started in the year 2006. OPAC & Web-OPAC as well as internet services are available in the college library. The users can access the in-house library holdings and also access the full-text of e-resources of more than 6000+ e-journals & 1,99,500+ e-books through N-LIST (INFLIBNET) Consortium from in-house campus and from remote corner also. The Central Library has two well equipped Reading Rooms meant for faculties, students & scholars furnished with Air-Conditioned facilities which will immensely help the readers to study comfortably. The library began to flourish to keep pace with the growing academic needs of the students, teachers and scholars in the present age of technological era.

Collection: The College Library has a collection of more than 20000 books and some current journals. Some of the collections are treated as Reference Collection for consulting in the library only.
Rare Books Section: The Library is also in possession with some rare books in different disciplines.
Membership: The membership is open to the faculty, students and non-teaching staff of the institution.
Reference Services: The Library has a separate reference collection consisting of fact tools such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, etc. As general policy reference books are not issued and these are to be consulted in the library only.
Special Collection: The Central Library has a good special collection for consultation.
Carrier Guidance: A collection on Carrier Guidance is also made available in the library.

Mission

The membership of the Library is open to all the students, teachers, scholars and non-teaching employees of the college. All categories of members are entitled to borrow books from the library. After taken admission into the college students can receive their Identity Cards (Bar-Coded) from the college office and thus they are entitled to borrow their desired books from the central library and also return the books borrowed from the library on production of their Identity Cards.

Vision

  • Separate Library Building.
  • To increase Library Collection.
  • Increase of Unique Titles.
  • Subscription of more current journals in different departments.
  • Subscription of more e-books & e-journals in different subjects.
  • Requirement of more Computer Terminals.
  • Increase of space of the Stack area.
  • To increase the sitting capacity of the Reading Rooms.
  • Infrastructural development of the library.
  • Requirement of more library staff.
  • Installation of modern/latest technologies.
  • To adopt user friendly approach towards students and faculties.
  • To offer comprehensive services relating to dissemination of knowledge and nascent information.
  • Requirement of sufficient Library Fund.

Highlights

  • Automated Library Services.
  • OPAC/Web OPAC Search Services.
  • Internet Facilities.
  • Access to e-resources from in-house campus & distance mode.
  • Air-Conditioned Reading Room facilities for students & faculties.
  • Separate Reading Room with ramp facility for Physically Challenged users.
  • Rare & Reference Books/Tools consultation facilities.
  • Display of Employment Information.
  • Career Guidance Unit.
  • Display of New Arrivals.
  • Users’ Education Programme.
  • Previous Years’ Question Paper Collection.

Library Membership

Library serves as a resource centre and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of books and current journals/magazines as well as e-resources to be useful for students and faculties of the college and to provide the effective services to the user communities relating to dissemination of knowledge and information at the time of their need.
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