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Introduction:

Our College library play important role in educational process of the institution. Library is valuable resources for students, staff, researchers etc. Library is considered as a storehouse of knowledge. A well-organized library is essential for teaching and learning process, especially when the emphasis is shifted from classroom teaching to learning centered process. The library service enriches the quality of the learning process.

Infrastructure facilities:

TThe library is housed in a first floor of Dr. Ghali College building specially planned for the purpose. It is designed to provide comfortable reading accommodation in abundant light, fresh air and serene atmosphere. It has adequately equipped furniture. The area of the library is about 65.35sq. meters. Our college library has 40050 book and subscribes 30 periodicals and 08 newspapers. Library is fully computerized and users (teachers & students) get the information on computer terminals about books and periodicals..

The College has facilities of e-resources of INFLIBNET-N-LIST. Through these facility 6769+ e-journals & 185809+ e-books are available to stakeholders

The library followed D.D.C. Scheme for classification and AACR II. system for cataloguing.

AIMS OF THE LIBRARY

1. To develop collection of reading resources useful for various courses.
2. To provide various library services and facilities to the readers.
3. To support research activity for its progress and qualitative development.
4. To preserve and conserve the collection of reading material in the library.
5.To support parent institution for developing quality of learning and teaching.
6. To Provide Books for Various job-related examinations to the students.
7. To Provide reading culture among the student, faculty and the Society.

Best Practices of the Library

1. Assistance to poor and deserving students.
2. Value Added services to differently abled students
3. User Orientation & Information Literacy to student.
4. Career /Employment Information.
5. Suggestion Box and timely response.
6. Displaying new arrivals list.
7. Organizing book exhibition.
8. Reading motivation day ( 15thOctomber) celebration in the memory of Late Ex .President of India Dr. A. P .J. Abdul Kalam.

Library Staff

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Qualification
1	Mr. Savekar Rajendra Sakharam	Librarian	M.Sc.,M. Lib.& I. Sc., M .Ed, NET, SET.
2	Mr. Pawar Popat Kalu	Library Clerk	B.A.
3	Mr. Gavali Raju Babu	Library Attendant	B. A.
4	Mr. Rane Suresh Baburao	Library Attendant	S.S.C.
5	Mr. Kutakole Subhash Laxman	Library Attendant	B.Sc.

Working Hours

Library Time - 7.30 am. To 5.30 pm. (Monday to Saturday)

The circulation counter remains closed on all Sunday’s and National holidays. The reading hall and Periodicals section remain closed on selected national holidays. The library is proud of having many rare collections of encyclopedia’s, dictionaries in various languages, research articles, thesis, dissertations of our staff and authors in the Gadhinglaj area.

Stock verification:

Stock verification is done every year to take a review of the circulation of books and prepare a list of missing books. The physical verification of all holdings of the library is done annually with help of staff members and library staff. Stock verification is carried out with the help of separate sheets containing accession numbers in consecutive order.

Library Committee:

Every year the college constitutes Library Committee for its smooth functioning of its activities. The main objective of library committee are to decide and adopt policies to govern the management and programs of the library, to prepare the annual budget, rules and regulations of the library. The committee also looks into students grievances, if any. The committee consists of Principal as a Chairman, Librarian as a Secretary and senior faculty members of each department of college.

The library committee for the academic year 2022-2023

Sr.No.	Name of Faculty	Designation
1.	Principal Dr. Mangalkumar R. Patil	Chairman
2.	Librarian Shri. Savekar R.S.	Secretary
3.	Dr. Masal N.B..	Member
4.	Dr. Masti S.A.	Member
5.	Smt. Arabole S.A.	Member
6.	Dr. Waghmare D.N.	Member
7.	Dr. Patil K.N.	Member
8.	Dr. Pujari M.D.	Member
9.	Smt. Chavan S.S.	Member

Library Services

1. Library provides following services to its users:

Separate Notice Boards for displaying information about Entrance examinations, Competitive Examinations, Campus Interviews, etc.
Reference services
E-Resources under N-LIST facility of INFLIBNET (Ahmedabad ,Gujrat)
Newspaper Clipping services
Current Awareness Services
Open Access Services
E-mail Services
Providing previous University Examination question papers to the students and the faculty.

2. The library provides following computerized services:

Cataloguing and accessioning through software.
Online circulation service of books with barcoding facility.
Online books search facility through OPAC (in Campus through LAN)
Online books search facility through Web-OPAC
Online books issue/return facility through NEW GEN LIB software
Report generation through NGL Software.
Status and name of books / borrower.
Statistics. Annual reports, stock Checking etc.
Smart card service ( Identity -card and Library borrow card together )
Q. R. code service for searching books available in Library.

3. Support facilities available in the library

Library Automation Software with Online Public Access Catalogue
INFLIBNET facility.
Nine computers.
Broadband Internet facility for students and staff.
Reprographic facility (in College Office ) - One.
News Paper Reading Section
Separate Section for Research work and Research publication.
Free access to the students in the library

4.Library Extension Work

We are conducting 1 year bachelor degree course in Library & Information Science (B.Lib.&I.Sc.) affiliated to Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik .It is recognized by UGC, New Delhi.

Library collection at a Glance as on (31 March 2023)

Sr.No.	Particulars	Quantity	Total Amount (in Rs.)
1	Total No.of Books	40050	45,38,611.00
	a. Text Books	24995	22,49,246.00
	b. Reference Books	15455	22,89,365.00
	Total Titles (Texts)	12832
	Total Title(references)	14280
	Total Titles (texts + references)	27112
2	Periodicals	30	43,594.00
	a. Journals	14
	b. Magazines	16
3	a)M. Phil. Dissertations	38
3	b)B.B.A.M.Com. & B .Lib. Projects	567
4	Total CD’s	67
5	News Papers	17,890.00
6	Total No.of Readers	2794
7	Online E- Journals	6,769+	5,900.00
8	Online E-Books	1,95,809+	5,900.00

Circulation Statistics during Year 2022-23

Month	Check Outs	Check ins	Renewal	Total
Jan	1213	1130	15	2358
Feb	1430	940	17	2395
Mar	1740	1137	28	2905
April	1411	930	45	2386
May	730	540	22	1292
June	1528	1627	63	3218
July	1255	1129	45	2469
Aug	1340	1221	19	2580
Sept	1199	840	52	2091
Oct	1497	1137	25	2659
Nov	847	927	34	1808
Dec	1230	859	49	2138
Total	15420	12425	454	28299

Online Public Access Catalogue Usage 2022-23

Sr.No.	Month	Total Hints
1	Jun	347
2	July	253
3	Aug	415
4	Sept	420
5	Oct	537
6	Nov	428
7	Dec	399
8	Jan	447
9	Feb	589
10	March	530
11	April	330
12	May	256
Total		4951

Future proposals:

We propose to start RFID system in library for better circulation services which will help to promote the dissemination of information more effectively.

We propose to start Master Degree Programme in library information science (M.Lib.&Sc.)

Contact :

Rajendra S. Savekar
Librarian,
M.N. Kolhapure Learning Resource Center,
Dr. Ghali College, Gadhinglaj,
D- Kolhapur.(Maharashtra)
Pin-416502.
Ph-02327-222119 extension no.23
Mob.- 09403452999.
E-mail- drghalicollegelibrary@gmail.com.

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