The document provides an orientation for the V. S. Patel College of Arts and Science Library in Bilimora for the 2019-2020 year. It outlines the library resources including over 45,000 books, 75 print journals, online access to over 9,000 journals and databases. It describes the various library sections and services available to students and faculty including circulation, reference works, and reading rooms. Instructions are provided on how to access and search for materials in the library.

1. VSPC LIBRARY, BILIMORA
2019-2020
V. S. PATEL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
LIBRARY ORIENTATION PROGRAMME by
Dr. D. J. Chauhan, Librarian

2. Agenda
• INTRODUCTION
• LIBRARY RESOURCES
• LIBRARY SERVICES & FACILITIES
• HOW TO GET LIBRARY RESOURCES
• IMPORTANT WEBSITES
• FUTURE PERSPECTIVE
• CONTACT PERSON

3. FIVE COMMANDMENTS OF LIBRARY
 Books are for use.
 Every reader his/her book.
 Every book its reader.
 Save the time of the reader.
 Library is a growing organism.
- S R Ranghnathan

4.  Library plays a vital role for an institution for:
creation of new knowledge through
acquisition;
organization and dissemination of knowledge
resources; and
providing value added services.
 It’s an essential component of the institute's
outstanding research and education mission. It
also enables:
learning and advancement of knowledge; and
promotes discovery and scholarship.
INTRODUCTION

5. Working Hours of Library
• Library Opening Time : 10:30 am.
• Library Closing Time : 05:00 pm.
(Book Reading time same as above)
• Issuing of Library Books Timings are:
11.15 am to 4.45 pm
• Magazine and News Paper Reading time:
10:30 am to 05:00 pm

6. Different Sections in Library
• Acquisition Section :Task of Purchase and Entry of
Library Materials.
• Technical Section : Classification and cataloguing,
Computer Data Entry.
• Circulation Section: Books and Reading Material Issues
and Returned on SOUL Software with barcode system.
• Periodical Section: Selection, Ordering , Payment and
Display.
• Reference Section: Ready reference and others services.
• Stack Room: Books Arranged in cupboard all subjects as
a DDC.
• Reading Room: Facilities of Reading for Students 48+
Students.
• Reprography (Photocopying) Section, On Demand only.

7. Library Rules: Property Counter
• Personal belongings should be kept Outside the
Library/in Property Counter at owners risk.(self service)
• No Valuable items viz., Money, Pass Books, Mobiles;
should be kept in your bag while keeping them in
Property Counter
• Personal Books/ Checked Out Books are not allowed
for consultation/reference in the library
• Mobile Should be Switched Off OR kept on Silent
Mode inside library. Mobile Use is prohibited in
Reading Areas.

8. Access to Library
• A Register for all students is available at
entrance of the library; Students are
requested to make their entry in the
Register while entering and departing from
library.
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9.  BOOKS: More then 33210 reference and
text books
 The subscriptions of 75 National and
International printed journals.
 08 Newspapers. (Gujarati, Hindi &
English)
 Online access of more than 9,000 Journals.
 5000 + textbooks.
 N-list Service. 2,000 Content pages of
Journals, 525 e-books and others
database.
 CAS & SDI service to members on
demand.
 1800 e-books and 510 CD/DVD of
difference subject.
LIBRARY RESOURCES

10. Subject-wise no. of books2019/2020
S.
No.
Subject No. of books
(Approx.)
1 Mathematics 2689
2 Economics 4012
3 Gujarati 10846
4 Chemistry 4753
5 Statistics 1942
6 English 4084
7 Sanskrit 1402
8 Hindi 7319
9 Physics 2843
10 Biology 1634
11 Environment
Science
131
12 psychology 1256
13 General 1336
14 History 1048
TOTAL 45295
Mathematics
Economics
Gujarati
Chemistry
Statistics
English
Sanskrit
Hindi
Physics
Biology
Environment Science
psychology
General
History

11. Library Privileges
• Students : maximum 02 books (for 14 days)
• Teachers/Officers : maximum 20 books (for one semester)
• Other Staff : maximum10 books (for Five month)
• Poor students Library : One Set of Text-Books. {for one Semester}
(On Income proof and two students partnership.)
 With a due permission of Principal , the college facilitates outsiders to
enjoy an access of the library.
► Per day issue data : 30-45,books to students. & 10-15 books to Staff
 Competitive Exam books and journals:- 100 books and 4 journals.

12. Overdue Charges
• Rs. 2.00 for per book per day will be charged,
if book is not returned after the due date.
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13. Library Rules: Issuing Books
 Identity card is must while visiting and using the library.
 Reservation of borrowed books by others may be made in a
Register available in the library.
 Readers shall not write upon, damage, or make any mark upon
any book, journal or magazine, or other material belonging to
the library.
 Any reader observing a defect, or damage to any book or journal
or magazine, or other material shall point out the same to the
Library Staff immediately.
 Borrowers must satisfy themselves about the physical condition
of the book before borrowing. Otherwise they will be responsible
for any damage at the time of returning.
 Books borrowed on a particular day will not be accepted for
return on the same day.
 Books taken for reference from the stack area need to be kept on
the table and not to be merged on the shelves.

14. LIBRARY STACK ROOM
& READING ROOM
1. LIBRARY SERVICES AND FACILITIES:
2.Issuing of books & Journals.
3.Reading Room Facilities.
4.Reference Services.
5.Bibliographical and Documentation
services
6.Online access to e-resources
7.High Speed Internet Connectivity.
extended to 1Gbps soon.
8.Multimedia PC's in the Library.
9.Reprography Services.
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15. HOW TO ACCESS A LIBRARY
 Search for books in the following order.
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Author-wise {l[KkpmiN[}
 Go to the stack area and select your required books
– Books are arranged Subject-wise and Author Surname
Alphabet wise.
 After selection of books you may get books issued from the
Circulation Counter.
 Magazines and Periodicals are only for reference.

16.  FOR ONLINE RESOURCES GOTO WEBSITE.
http://www.vspc.org/library/student corner/Sc or Arts
 http://Inflibnet.ac.in/n-list.ac.in/ username-PW for login
Click on library facilities  vspc Library  Online Resources under construction.
How to get Online Resources

17. E-Resources link
S. No. E-Resources Website
1. Annual Reviews http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/
2. Economic & Political Weekly http://www.epw.in
3. ISID http://isid.org.in/
4. JCCC http://jccc-ugcinfonet.in or www.jccc-
ugcinfonet.in
5. Oxford University Press http://www.oxfordjournals.org
6. Project Euclid http://projecteuclid.org/
7. SIAM http://epubs.siam.org/
8. Springer Link http://www.springerlink.com/
9. Taylor & Francis http://www.informaworld.com/

18. JCCC
(J-Gate Custom Content for Consortia)
A virtual library of journal literature created
as a customized e-journals access gateway
and database solution. It acts as a one point
access to 7900+ journals subscribed
currently under UGC INFONET Digital library
consortium as well as university libraries
designated as Inter Library Loan (ILL)
Centers besides index to open access
journals.

19. We also offer the following facilities and benefits to users:
 Table of Contents Browsing: Users can select journals of their
choice by searching by journal title words and / or subject
categories and browse the table of contents for the latest issues
of the journals.(NISCAIR)
 Database Searching: JCCC@UGCINFONET acts a
comprehensive database of journal articles published in the
7900+ journals. The articles are indexed with subject keywords
and are searchable by - author, title words, abstract words,
subject keywords, author name etc. {nlist and delnet}
 My Journals: Users can select journals of their choice and
create their own alert profiles. JCCC@UGCINFONET sends
e-mail alerts to the users, every week and as and when their
favorite journals are published, to facilitate browsing TOC of
the latest issues.

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21. Free Resources you can access
 Open J-Gate :- sim(yki[n) an&km(Nki ji[vi mLS[. sim(yki[ni p&r[p&ri ai(T<kl ji[vi,
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 OAIster :- sim(yki[n) an&km(Nki ji[vi mLS[. sim(yki[ni p&r[p&ri ai(T<kl ji[vi, vi>cvi
mLS[.
 Delnet.res.in./database online:- p&Atki[ an[ sim(yki[n) an&km(Nki ji[vi mLS[.
sim(yki[ni p&r[p&ri ai(T<kl ji[vi, vi>cvi mLS[. tm[ e-b&ks an[ jn<l aiT)<kl diunli[D kr)
Ski[ Ci[. pisvD< miT[ mLi[.
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22. Open J-gate
• A service by Informatics dedicated to the promotion
of the Open Access movement for scholarly journals
(9302 Open Access Journals)
(6228 Peer-Reviewed)
• Also content service of VSPC Library send to HOD of
Concerned Dept .
• WINISIS software use for Users Provide select
Articals with title,Author and keyword
indexing.

23. DOAJ (Directory of Open Access
Journals)
• Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and
scholarly journals, covering all subjects and
many languages.
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24. OAIster
• OAIster is a union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000
organizations developed by the University of Michigan and harvested using OAI-PMH
(the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).
Digital resources in OAIster include items such as:
o Digitized (i.e., scanned) books and articles
o Born-digital texts
o Audio files (e.g., wav, mp3)
o Images (e.g., tiff, gif)
o Movies (e.g., mp4, quicktime)
o Datasets (e.g., downloadable statistics files)
Collections in OAIster include:
o Theses
o Technical reports
o Research Papers
o Image Collections

25. Types of searches
There are several ways to execute searches. The most frequently
used ways of simple as well as advanced searches are elaborated
below:
•Simple or Basic search: One can simply type a term, word,
phrase, etc as follows: Mechanics
This would display the search results related the term Mechanics
wherever the term is used in the documents and databases.
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26. Citation and References
• Referencing is a standardized method of
acknowledging sources of information and
ideas that you have used in your assignment in
a way that uniquely identifies their source.
• Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism,
and to enable readers to follow-up and read
more fully the cited author’s arguments.

27. Examples
Book
• Madden, R., & Hogan, T. (1997). A handbook of critical approaches to
literature. New York: Oxford University Press.
Article or Chapter in a Book
• Blaxter, M. (1976). Social class and health inequalities. In C. Carter & J. Peel
(Eds.), Equalities and inequalities in health (pp. 120-135). London: Academic
Press.
Journal Article
• Wharton, N. (1996). Health and safety in outdoor activity centres. Journal of
Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 12(4), 8-9.
Journal Article from electronic database
• Madden, G. (2002). Internet economics and policy: an Australian perspective.
Economic Record, 78, 343-58. Retrieved October 16, 2002, from
ABI/INFORM Global database.

28. • Fully Automated Library
• Institutional/Digital Repository
• Knowledge based Resource Centre
• E-books for members free.
• Content pages of all journals will be sent to all members
through email.
• Library web/OPAC/RFID
• Suggestions are most welcome to improve the library and its services.
• FOR ANY QUERY AND HELP CONTACT
• Dr. Digvijaysinh J Chauhan, Librarian
• M.A., M.L.I.SC., M.Phil. Ph.D.
• Mobile- 9925387104 L.L.02634-280631.
• Email: librarianvspc@yahoo.in
FUTURE PLANS

29. Photo of Library Activities.

30. Visitors Of Library 2015-2016
(Students and Staff)
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20%
30%
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Series2
Series1
Month/Fre
quency
Student
s
Staff
July 85 25
August 841 16
September 630 19
October 240 25
November 108 10
December 60 14
January 165 8
February 990 20
March 397 15
April 90 12
May 45 4
June 0 2
3651 170

31. Circulation Data2019-2020
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November
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s
Month
Student
s Staff
July 10 4
August 30 5
September 129 8
October 130 12
November 35 10
December 50 14
January 140 8
February 280 16
March 105 7
April 45 6
May 15 4
June 0 2
969 96