Library orientation program for students

Library Orientation Program
for First Year Students (2017-18 Batch)
by
Vasantha Raju N.
Librarian
Library and Information Centre
Government First Grade College
Periyapatna
August 2017

About GFGC –Periyapatna
 Institution of Higher Education
 Established in the year 1991
 Helping Rural Students to obtain higher education with minimal
cost
 Obtained “B” Grade From NAAC in 2016
 More than 450+ students
 Courses –B. COM, B.B.A. and BA (HEG/HES/HPG/HEK)
 Creating responsible and socially aware students

What is Library?
A collection or group of collections of books and/or
other print or nonprint materials organized and maintained for
use (reading, consultation, study, research, etc.).
Institutional libraries, organized to facilitate access by a
specific clientele, are staffed by librarians and other personnel
trained to provide services to meet user needs

About the Library
• The Library is part of the institution since its inception in
1991
• Library has very rich collections of Books on Various Branches
of Knowledge
• Serving as the Nerve Centre of the College
• Almost 24000 collections of Books are housed in the Library

Vision of the Library
• To Serve as a Knowledge Hub of the College
• To Inculcate Reading Habits among the students and
Teaching Community
• To Help Rural Students to Enrich their Knowledge to
Create Better World for Themselves

Objectives of the Library
• Cultivate reading habits among students and teaching
community
• Provide accessibility to information in a well-organized
and coherent manner
• Provide facilities and services for teaching community
and students to discover needed information and use
them according to their needs
• Develop an efficient and effective college library which is
adaptable to the changing academic environment

Library Advisory Committee (LAC)
Name Designation Role
Prof. K.J. Rangaswamy Principal Chairman
Dr. Vasantha Raju N. Librarian Convener
Dr. M.S. Veda Associate Professor of
Kannada
Member
Prof. Jayanna Assistant Professor of
History
Member
Ms. Kavitha Superintendent Member
Class Representatives Students Member

Library Rules and Regulations
• ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಕಾಯಯನಿ಴ಯಸಣೆಯ ವೇಳೆ : ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ 10.00 ರಂದ ಸಾಯಂಕಾಲ 5.00 ಗಂಟೆ಴ರೆಗ್ಗ.
• ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯದ ಪುಷತ ಕಗ್ಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಗುರುತುಗ್ಳನ್ನಾ ಗ್ಲಿ, ಇನಿಾ ತರ ಯಾವುದೇ
ಹಾನಿಯನ್ನಾ ಮಾಡುವಂತಿಲಲ . ಯಾವುದೇ ಹಾನಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ಕಂಡುಬಂದಲಿಲ ಸೂಕತ ಕರ ಮ
ಜರುಗಿಷಲಾಗುವುದು.
• ಩ರ ತಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ರ್ಥಯಗ್ಗ 2 ಪುಷತ ಕಗ್ಳನ್ನಾ 15 ದಿನಗ್ಳ ಅ಴ಧಿಗ್ಗ ಎರ಴ಲು ಩ಡೆಯಲು ಅ಴ಕಾವವಿರುತತ ದೆ. 15
ದಿನಗ್ಳ ನಂತರ ಹಂತಿರುಗಿಸು಴ ಪುಷತ ಕಗ್ಳ ಮೇಲೆ ದಿನ ಒಂದಕ್ಕೆ 1 ರೂಪಾಯಿ ದಂಡ಴ನ್ನಾ
ವಿಧಿಷಲಾಗುವುದು.
• ಪುಷತ ಕಗ್ಳನ್ನಾ , ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕ್ಕಗ್ಳು ಮತುತ ಇನಿಾ ತರ ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಩ರಕರ ಎರ಴ಲು ಩ಡೆಯಲು
ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾರ್ಡಯ‍ನ್ನಾ ತೆಗ್ಗದುಕಂಡು ಬರುವುದು ಕಡ್ಡಾ ಯ.
• ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾರ್ಡಯ‍ನ್ನಾ ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಴ರ್ಗಯಹಸುವಂತಿಲಲ .
• ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾರ್ಡಯ‍ನ್ನಾ ಕಳೆದುಕಂಡಲಿಲ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಗ್ರ ಂಥಪಾಲಕರ ಗ್ಮನಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವುದು.
ನಕಲು ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯ ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾರ್ಡಯ‍ನ್ನಾ ಩ಡೆಯಲು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಴ರ 20 ರೂಪಾಯಿಯನ್ನಾ ಪಾ಴ತಿಸಿ
ನಕಲು ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾರ್ಡಯ‍ನ್ನಾ ಩ಡೆಯಬಹುದು.
• ಗ್ರ ಂಥಪಾಲಕರು ಪುಷತ ಕಗ್ಳನ್ನಾ ಎರ಴ಲು ನಿೀಡು಴/ನಿೀಡದಿರು಴ ಸಂಪೂಣಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರ಴ನ್ನಾ
ಹಂದಿರುತ್ತತ ರೆ.
• ವಿದ್ಯಾ ರ್ಥಯಗ್ಳು ತಮಮ ಅಂತಿಮ ಴ಶಯದ ಕನೆಯಲಿಲ /ಅನಿವಾಯಯ ಕಾರಣಗ್ಳಿಂದ ಮಧಾ ದಲಿಲ
ಕಾಲೇಜು ಬಿಟ್ಟ ಲಿಲ ಕಡ್ಡಾ ಯವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯದ ಷದಷಾ ತವ ಕಾಡಯನ್ನಾ ಹಂತಿರುಗಿಸಿ
ಗ್ರ ಂಥಾಲಯದಿಂದ ಬೇ-ಬಾಕಿ ಩ರ ಮಾಣ ಩ತರ ಴ನ್ನಾ (No-Due Certificate) ಩ಡೆಯತಕೆ ದುು .

Library Opening Hours
LIBRARY TIMINGS
Monday to Friday 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM
Saturday 10.00 AM to 3.00 PM
Library Book Issue/Return Timings
Monday to Friday 10.30 AM to 4.00 PM
Saturday 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM
During Examinations and vacation our college library
functions as usual.
Closed on Public Holidays

Library Collections
• More than 24ooo Printed Volumes (Books)
• Journals/Magazines
• Newspapers
• Electronic Resources (E-Journals)
• Other items in various formats including
government documents, Reference materials,
Videos and more

Library Collections- Books (Printed Volumes)
• Library has good collections of books on various
branches of Knowledge
• More than 23000 volumes of printed materials
(books)
• Student Book Ratio: 1:40

Total Library Collections (Printed Volumes) : Subject-
Wise Distributions
Sl.
No.
Subject-Wise Distributions of
Books
Number of Books
Available in the
Library
Number of
Titles
1 Commerce and Management 4616 897
2. Computer Science 284 87
3. Economics 2890 145
4. English Language and
Literature
2200 985
5. General Studies 1437 710
6. Geography 173 24
7. History 3750 321
8. Kannada Language and
Literature
3800 1393
9. Political Science 2200 235
10. Sociology 1397 92
Total 23437 4889

Library Collections- Journals/Magazines
• Our Library Subscribes Good Number of
Journals/Magazines
• Total 16 journals/magazines are subscribing to the
library at present
• Importance has been given to journals which covers
interdisciplinary subjects (i.e., Current Science, Economic
and Political Weekly and Down to Earth)

Journals/Magazines Subscribed to the College Library

List of Journals/Magazines Subscribed
SL
No.
Title Periodicity Subject
1. Careers 360 Monthly Commerce
2. Creative Image Bimonthly Arts and Culture
3. Current Science Fortnightly General Science
4. Down to Earth Fortnightly Environmental
Science
5. Economic and Political
Weekly
Weekly Social Science
6. Frontline Fortnightly Contemporary Issues
7. Haruhu-Kuruhu
ಅರುಹು-ಕುರುಹು
Quarterly Kannada
8. Hosathu
(ಹಷತು)
Monthly Kannada
9. Krishimithra
(ಕೃಷಿಮಿತರ )
Monthly Agriculture
10. Mayaura (ಮಯೂರ) Monthly Kannada

List of Journals/Magazines Subscribed
Conti…
SL
No.
Title Periodicity Subject
11. Spardha Chithra
ಷಪ ರ್ಧಯ ಚೈತರ
Monthly General
Knowledge
12. Spardha Spurthi
ಷಪ ರ್ಧಯಸೂಪ ತಿಯ
Monthly General
Knowledge
13. Sudha (ಸುರ್ಧ) Weekly Kannada
14. Taranga (ತರಂಗ್) Weekly Kannada
15. Udyoga Varthe
(ಉದ್ಾ ೀಗ್ವಾತೆಯ)
Fortnightly Employment News
16. Yojana
(ಯೀಜನ್ನ)
Monthly Social Sciences &
Humanities

Library Collections- Newspapers
• Newspapers are the key source of information on current affairs
• It helps one to keep abreast with current information
• Help us to enhance our knowledge on various issues
• Good Source of information on sports and Entertainment
• Help us to cultivate reading habits
• Help us to have snippets of latest developments in the field of
science and technology

List of Newspapers Subscribed in the College Library
SL. No. Name o f the Newspaper Numbers
1. Andolana ( ಆಂದ್ೀಲನ) 01
2. Deccan Herald 01
3. Kannada Prabha (ಕನಾ ಡ ಩ರ ಭ) 02
4. Mysore Mithra (ಮೈಸೂರು ಮಿತರ ) 01
5. Prajavani (಩ರ ಜಾವಾಣಿ) 02
6. The Hindu 01
7. The Times of India 01
8. Vijay Karnataka (ವಿಜಯ ಕನ್ನಯಟ್ಕ) 02
9. Vijaya Vani (ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ) 01
Total 12
English Newspapers- 03
Kannada Newspapers-06

Library Collections-Electronic Resources
(N-LIST)
• GFGC Periyapatna Library is also has made provisions for its users
to access electronic resources through INFLIBNET N-LIST
Program
• GFGC Periyapatna is part of the N-LIST Programme and has
obtained the membership to access N-LIST Electronic Resources
since June 2016

Electronic Resource is nothing but which can be accessed
by computer- in particular, via email, CD-ROM, or more
commonly via the World Wide Web
Because of currency (up to date information), convenience,
relational mobility, low costs of contents libraries are
making provisions for its users to access e-resources
through purchase, subscription, consortia basis and freely
available electronic resources

Full-Text E-Journals Accessible Through N-LIST
SL No E-Resources Number of Journals
Accessible
Publishing
Country
1. American Institute of Physics 18 USA
2. American Physical Institute 10 USA
3. Annual Reviews 33 USA
4. Cambridge University Press 224 UK
5. Economic & Political Weekly 01 India
6. Indian Journals 186 India
7. Institute of Physics 46 UK
8. JSTOR 2500 USA
9. Oxford University Press 206 UK
10. Royal Society of Chemistry 29 UK
11. HW Wilson 3075 USA
Total 6328

E-Books Accessible Through N-LIST
SL. No. E-Books Publishers/Vendors Number of
Books
Publishing
Country
1. E-brary 124212 UK
2. Cambridge Books Online 1800 UK
3. EBSCO-Host NetLibrary 936 USA
4. Hindustan Book Agency 65 India
5. Institute of South East Asian
Studies (ISEAS) Books
382 India
6. Oxford Scholarship Online 1402 UK
7. Springer e-book 2300 Germany
8. Taylor & Francis E-Book 1800 UK
9. Myilibrary-McGraw Hill 1124 USA
10. Sage Publications eBook 1000 UK
11. Open Access (Net Library) 3500 US
Total 138521

(CD-ROMs/DVDs)
• The Library has a good collections of CD ROMs on various topics and
also some of the movies of national and international acclaimed.
• The library has almost 70 CDs/DVDs on various topics mainly film
CDs/DVDs
• Students can borrow the films available in CD ROMs from the library
• Film CDs/DVDs are also used to screen in the computer lab or class
rooms for students
• Library is in the process to build a good collections of Academy Award
and National Award winning films available in CDs/DVD format

Films (CDs/DVDs) Available in the College Library

Library Resources in a Nutshell
SL
No.
Type of Resources In
Numbers
1. Number of Books 23347
2. Number of Titles 4889
3. Reference Books
(Includes dictionary/Encyclopaedia/Competitive
examination books/Year Books, etc.)
1437
4. Number of Journals/Magazines 16
5. Newspapers 13
6. E-Resources Subscribed through N-LIST (E-Books
+ E-Journals)
138521+
6328
7. CD-ROMs of Various Genre 68

Library Services Provide at the GFGC Periyapatna
Following Library Services have been Providing for the students and teaching
Community
 Circulation Service
 Reference Service
 Book Bank Facilities for SC/ST students
 Question Bank Facilities
 Over Night Borrowing Facilities for Faculty and Students
 Photocopying and Printing Facilities
 Library Orientation Program
 Internet Facility
 Career Guidance and Counselling For Students
 Weeding Out Policy

Library Services: Circulation
• The circulation desk in the college library performs
following functions
– Lending library books to the student and teaching staff
– Returns and reservation of library books
– Collecting user statistics (Patron Transactions)
– Safeguarding library books from mutilation and damaging
– Assisting students and teaching community at the
circulation desk
– Charging overdue fines

(Lending Service for Students and Faculty)
SL
No
Library Users Number of Books
Issued
Period
1 Students
(First and Second Year)
3 Books 15 Days
2. Students (Final Year) 5 Books 15 Days
3. Teaching Community 05 Books 6 Months
4. Non-Teaching Staff 05 Books 6 Months

(Single Card System for Borrowing Library Books)

Library Service: Reference Service
• We are providing reference service for both faculty and students
• Whenever there is a information need for students and faculty we are
helping them to find and use it
• We have a good collections of reference materials such as Encyclopedias,
Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Yearbooks, General Studies Manuals, Atlases
and Government documents etc.
• The library has all the 36 volumes of Britannica Encyclopedia
• Everyday an on average 120 students visits library reference and reading
newspapers

Library Service: Book Bank Facilities
• Book bank facility is one of the important facilities for
students coming from underprivileged sections of the society
• GFGC-Periyapatna library provides book bank facilities for
SC/ST students
• Books will be issued at the beginning of the each semester and
collects back after their completion of examinations.
• Students who have come from underprivileged sections of the
society have taken this benefit and excelled in their academics.

Library Services-Question Banks
(Old Question Papers for Reference)
• Library has also made provisions for students to refer old question
papers for preparing their examinations
• Students are allowed to use old question papers from Monday to
Friday between 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.
• The library preserves previous four years question papers.
• Students are allowed to take the photocopy the question papers
using their mobile phones
• In certain occasions photocopy facility is provided for students
• Planned to provide e-versions of the question papers in the coming
days

Library Service: Over Night Borrowing Facilities for Faculty
and Students
• Library is extending over night borrowing facility for teaching and
students community
• This service is provided when the borrowing limits of the faculty
and students exceeds.
• The borrower has to return the books immediately after a day or
two.
• This facility helped many students and teachers when there is an
urgent need of library materials.

• The computer attached to the librarian desk is having the
Internet connection through College LAN
• The computer system is used to access N-LIST and other
electronic resources
• The library staff is assisting students and faculty in
identifying information on the web and also filling online
applications for scholarships and jobs.
Library Service: Internet Facility

Library Service: Career Guidance and Counselling for Students
• The library is offering career guidance and counselling for
students in its own way.
• College library is subscribing Udyoga Varthe, Sparda Spurthi
and Sparda Chaithra magazines which contains information on
various job openings in government and other sectors.
It is the pride of the library to document here that two of our
students who had seek the career guidance in the year 2012
and 2014 have successfully excelled in their field.

Library Best Practices
( Library Automation or Computerization)
Library automation is the use of data processing machines (computer) to
carry out traditional library activities such as acquisitions, cataloguing,
circulation, serial control and other library related activities.
• The Library automation work is under process (Data entry is going on)
• The Library is using E-Granthalaya 4.0 ILMS which is hosted on the
cloud
• The library software is developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC),
New Delhi
• At present the library OPAC of GFGC Periyapatna is searchable with
limited number of documents
• In the due course of time complete searchable Web OPAC will be made
available.

GFGC-Periyapatna Web OPAC Search Interface of E-Granthalaya
ILMS

Best Practices
(Organizing interdisciplinary talks/speeches )
• This is one of the Unique aspects of the GFGC-Periyapatna
library
• The Library has been organizing various interdisciplinary talks
in collaboration with other Departments
Following Talks/Speeches have been organized in the last two
years

Talks/Speeches Organized at the College by the Library
SL
No.
Title of the Talk/Lecture Resource Persons Date in which the
program was
conducted
01 “Is Tobacco Good for Human
Consumption?”
(“ತಂಬಾಕು ಮನ್ನಶಾ ರಗ್ಗ ಅ಴ವಾ ವೇ?”)
Sri. Vasanth Kumar
Mysoremath, Convener, Anti-
Tobacco Forum (ATF), Mysuru
30-03-2015
02 “Farmers Suicide and Remedial
Measures”
“ರೈತರ ಆತಮ ಸತೆಾ ಮತುತ ಩ರಹಾರ
ಸಾಧಾ ತೆಗ್ಳು”
Dr. B.J. Vijay Kumar
Social Activist
Sri. Subramanaya
President, Taluk Journalists
Association, Periyapatna
28-09-2015
03 “Our Lakes”
“ನಮ್ಮಮ ರ ಕ್ಕರೆಗ್ಳು"
Sri. Naveen Kumar, Reporter,
Vijay Karnataka Daily
Newspaper, Periyapatna
26-09-2016

Best Practices
(Display of Unique Images)
• This is another unique practice that is being implemented in the library
• Pictures or paintings can ignite new ideas or imagination
• In order to create or encourage our students to develop the aesthetics
of images the college library posts/displays images (photos/paintings)
of various kinds in its notice board every fortnight.
• This has attracted the attention of our students

Best Practices
Display of New Arrivals
• The college library displays new arrivals as and when new books are
procured to the library.
• There is a separate display rack put in place in the library to display
new arrivals.

Best Practices
Librarian’s Day Celebrations
• Library is organizing various programmes to celebrate librarian’s day
in the college
• In the last two years following programs have been organized in the
college on the occasion of librarian’s day
SL .No. Librarians Day Celebrations Date in which the
program was
conducted
01 Special Lecture on “Book Culture”
(Resource Person: Dr. Satish Chandra, Associate
Professor, Govt. First Grade College, Saligrama)
26-08-2015
02 Organized Quiz Competition for Students 12-08-2016

Best Practices
Receiving Suggestions and Feedback
• We at the GFGC-Periyapatna library have the practice of
interacting with students to improve the existing facilities
• Whenever students approach us for purchasing new titles, the library
has given at most importance to procure the titles
• Library receives feedback from outgoing students by interacting
with them
• Now formal suggestion box have been put in place to receive
suggestions and feedback from students and teaching community

Library Staff Details
Name Designation Educational Qualification
Vasantha Raju N. Librarian MLISc, Ph.D.
Pallavi Library Assistant BA, B.Ed.

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