Dear LibraryPatron (Teachers and Students)

Welcome to the newly added information tools like E-Journals, S.D.S Autonomous Digital Archive and good number of Open Access Resources through this library website. It would be our endeavour to add more IT oriented virtual library facilities in the future. All these innovations are brought in with a view to make your every academic activity (Teaching and Learning) qualitatively sound and more meaningful. You are requested to make the optimum use of these tools, increase your presence in library virtually and physically and suggest us what are your further needs.

• The S.D.S Autonomous Library has a huge and varied collection which includes:

  Books & Monographs	35,075
  E-Books (UGC N-LIST)	31,35,000 +
  Periodicals in Print Format	45
  E-Journals (UGC N-LIST)	6,000 +
  Back Volumes	121
  Model Project Report	32
  Newspapers	11
  CDROMs + DVDROMs	880
  Staff Publications	4 Volumes
  Minor Research Project	13

• Library Services

  The library provides the following services to its users.

  • OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
  • Bibliographic Service (On Demand)
  • Reference Service
  • Current Awareness Service
  • Inter-Library Lending
  • Internet, Scanner, Reprography
• Library Timings

  Monday to Saturday	10:00 to 04:00 p.m
  I Hour lunch Break	1:10 to 2:00 p.m

• Issues & Return system

  Category Item Type Allowed Loan Period In Days Renewals Allowed Over Due Charge

• Best Practices

  1. Library Committee	14.Book Exhibition
  2. Library Help Desk	15. News Paper Clippings & Career Oriented Information
  3. Library Automation	16. Library Membership
  4. Promotion of Open Source Software(OSS)	17. Thought for the Day
  5. Digital Library	18. Special Care for Differently abled persons
  6. Library Security	19.Open Access System
  7. Library Inter-Connectivity	20. Library Publicity
  8. Best Library User Awards	21. Stock Verification & Weed out of Books
  9. Department Library	22. Special Provision for Economically and Socially Backward Students
  10. Information Literacy Program	23. Library Use Statistics
  11. Social Responsibility	24. Students Participation
  12. Arrangement of Resources	25. Patron Driven Acquisition
  13. New Arrivals Display	26. Provision of E-books and E-journals

• Information Literacy & Programme

  The Learning Resource Centre has conducted Information Literacy Programme for all U.G. First Year students annualy.

  The specific objectives of this programmes are :

  • To provide General Information About Library Resources & Services available for students.
  • How to issue books and other resources.
  • How to conduct Simple & Advance Search to access Web-OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue).
  • Library website and open access resources available to them.
  • How to access UGC N-LIST database to make use of E-books & E-journals.
• Library App Upcoming