This document provides an orientation for freshers at the JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science library. It introduces the library aims and laws, staff members and their roles, library areas and facilities, services offered like access to printed/digital resources, borrowing policies, and more. The document aims to familiarize new students with the resources and services available at the college library.

1. By
Srinivasa
Librarian
JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science
Oty Road, Mysre-25
Wel come
to
Library Orientation Programme for
freshers

2. His Holiness Jagadguru Dr. SRI SRI SHIVARATHRI RAJENDRA MAHASWAMIGALAVARU,
Founder of JSS MAHAVIDYAPEETA

3. Dr. S. R. RANGANATHA
Father of Library & Information Science
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OUR AIM:
Laws of Library Science
1. Books are for use.
2. For every reader, his or her book
3. For every book, its reader
4. Save the time of the reader
5. A library is a growing organism

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 Promote intellectual growth and creativity by developing
collections, facilitating access to information resources
 Teaching the effective use of information resources
 Develop, Organize, provide Access to and preserve both physical
and virtual library resources to meet the needs of students and
faculty.
 Explore and implement innovative technologies and services to
deliver information resources

5. “KNOWLEDGE IS FREE AT OUR LIBRARY, JUST BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER”
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 To provide faculty and students with materials that enrich and support the
curriculum and meet the needs of the students and faculty served
 To support the institution's curricular needs
 Recognize the library’s role in providing for the specialized research needs of
student and faculty conducting independent and advanced research
 Assist librarians and faculty who are making decisions about resources
including the library’s print collection, digital resources, and databases
 Provide a balanced collection with diverse and differing points of view or
intellectual thought
 Service users are: UG / PG students, Research Scholars, Alumni and backlog
students, students preparing for competitive examinations and visiting
students & staff of peer institutions

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# Names Designation Role
1 Dr. Vijayendra Kumar M P Principal Chairperson
2 S.P. Udayashankar Selection Grade Librarian Member
3 S.C. Shobha Librarian - Grade 1 Member
4 T.V. Latha Lecturer Member
5 Prathibha Lecturer Member
6 Sujathakumari Lecturer Member
7 L . Mallesha Lecturer Member
8 M. Shivakumar Lecturer Member
9 Navyashree.B Lecturer Member

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# Name Designation Qualification
1 S.P. Udyashankar Selection Grade Librarian M.A, M.LISc
2 S.C. Shobha Librarian – Grade 1 B.Sc, M.LISc
3 M.C. Manjunath Library Assistant M.A., M. LISc
4 Geetha Murthy Library Assistant B.A., B. LISc.
5 Dinagaran Attender B.A., M. LISc., DCA
6 Dharanendrababu Attender PUC

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Circulation Counter
Property Counter
Reference Section
Journal Section
(Ground Floor, Plinth area 7,200 Sq. feet with seating capacity of 100)
OPAC Section
Reference Books
Notice Boards Section
Suggestion Box
Key Areas in Library
Reading Room
General Magazine Section News Paper Section
(First Floor, Plinth area 4,800 Sq. feet Seating Capacity 200 Students)

9. Working Days 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
General Holidays 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
During Vacation 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
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Access to
Printed
Documents
and
E Documents
Automated
Cataloguing
Services
CAS and SDI
Services
Reprographic
services
(Access to
Rare Book
Collection)
UGC Info-net
Consortium
Services
INFLIBNET
N-List project
Journals

11. “KNOWLEDGE IS FREE AT OUR LIBRARY, JUST BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER”
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 An ID Card and a borrower card will be issued to students for library use
 Every student is entitled to borrow 2 books at a time on depositing the borrower card at the
books issue kiosk
 Student can hold a book for a period of 2 weeks from the date of issue
 On return of the book, borrower card will be returned back to student
 Renewal of borrowing will be done for a maximum of additional 2 weeks, for book(s) in
demand
 Books borrowed can be returned only after 5 days of issue
 To avail digital services, student should compulsorily enroll in the library by providing their
personal E-mail IDs.
… http://www.jsscacs.edu.in
… http://www.jsscacs.edu.in/library
Penalty Fees Applicable
 Penalty will be levied for,
… Loss of book(s), as per UGC norms
… Books returned after due date, as per college norms
 Student can replace the lost book with the latest edition of the same book
 On case-to-case basis, penalty fee(s) will be considered / waived on scrutinization

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 E-Books & E-Journals : N-List INFLIBNET
http://www.jsscacs.edu.in/library
 Internet facilities to the users
 Access to Audio / Video materials
 Providing OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)

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 Book Bank facility
 Inter-Library Loan
 Question Papers
 Career Guidance council
 Collection of JSS Publications
 Photocopying services
 Soft copying services
 Reprographic services
 Competitive Exam Books

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 Dedicated media center is established within the library area
and available for access during the library working hours
 Media Center has access to following in audio visual form. Some
of the topics include
 Nano Biotechnology
 Business Research Methodology
 Research Articles by Staff
 Karnatakadalli Gandhi (Documentary film )
 Manorama Year Book
 Lecture Capture Systems (LCS) can also be accessed (both
curriculum and non-curriculum) in the media center
 Access to virtual class room sessions and seminars organized by
various Indian universities, AICTE, UGC, IITs, etc. are also being
pursued upon

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Printed Documents Periodicals Non-book Materials
 Text books
 Reference
 General knowledge
 Competitive Exam
Books
 Rare Books
 General Collections
 Dictionaries and
Encyclopaedias
 Subject Journals
 General
Magazines
 News Papers
 Back-Volumes
 E-Journals
 Open Access
Journals
 Dissertations
 Project reports
 Audio / Video
Materials
 Old Question Papers
 News Paper Clippings
 JSS publications
 Databases

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76,168
47,066
132
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52
9,000
75,000
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1915
422
519
# Asset Name Quantity
1 Books 76,894
2 Titles 47,352
3 Journals 143
4 News Papers 17
5 General Magazines 54
6 E-Journals 95,000 +
7 E-Books 75,000 +
8 Back Volumes 1,915
9 Audio / Video Materials 422
10 Dissertation and Projects 1200

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American Institute of Physics (18 titles) http://journals.aip.org/
Annual Reviews (33 titles) http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) (1 titles) http://www.epw.in/
Indian Journals (180+ titles) http://www.indianjournals.com/
Institute of Physics (46 titles) http://iopscience.iop.org/
JSTOR (2500+ titles) http://www.jstor.org/
Oxford University Press (206 titles) http://www.oxfordjournals.org
Royal Society of Chemistry (29 titles) http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals?key=title&value=current
H. W. Wilson (3000+ titles) http://search.ebscohost.com
Cambridge University Press (224 titles) [2010-2016] http://journals.cambridge.org/

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Cambridge Books Online (1800 titles) http://ebooks.cambridge.org
E-brary (125000+ titles) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/inflibnet-ebooks
EBSCoHost-Net Library (936 titles) http://search.ebscohost.com
Hindustan Book Agency (65+ titles) http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary
Institute of South East Asian Studies(ISEAS)
Books (382+ titles)
http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary
Oxford Scholarship (1402+ titles) http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/
Springer eBooks (2300 titles) http://link.springer.com.
Sage Publication eBooks (1000 titles) http://knowledge.sagepub.com.
Taylor Francis eBooks (1800 titles) https://www.taylorfrancis.com/
Myilibrary-McGraw Hill (1124 titles) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/inflibnet-ebooks

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# Description URL’S
1 Open Access Journals Search Engine http://www.oajse.com/
2 49 Full Open Access Journals http://www.hindawi.com/journals/
3 Digital Learning http://www.digitallearning.eletsonline.com/
4 Directory of Open Access Repositories http://www.opendoar.org/
5 Nano Technology Open Access Journals http://jgateplus.com
6 List of Online Free/Open Access E-Journals
Subjects of Business, Management, Economics
and commerce
https://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/amulib/drc_comm
erce.pdf
7 Omics; Open Access Journals https://www.omicsonline.org/chemistry-
journals-india/
8 JustFreeBooks searches the content of more than
700 websites that offer books without charge,
including gutenberg.org, wikibooks.org and archiv
e.org
http://www.justfreebooks.info/index.php

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Library Genesis or LibGen ,a search engine for articles and books on
various topics, allows free access to its database with more than 2.7
million books, 58 million science magazines
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

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# Description URL’S
1 One look Dictionary http://www.onelook.com/
2 Encyclopaedia http://www.encyclopedia.com
3 Encyclopaedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com
4 Merriam Webster Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com
5 Free-e book
http://www.free-
ebooks.net http://www.bookfordownload.com/
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Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice,
Director of Archaeological Researches in
Mysore
https://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso
/page/
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Science Citation Index
https://clarivate.com/products/web-of-
science/databases/
http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/scie
nce/science_products/a-z/science_citation_index/
8 Free book http://physicsdhttp://physicsdatabase.com/free
9 Rare Book Society
https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.orgrarebookso
cietyofindia.or

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https://archive.org/details/jou
https://archive.org/details/journals?and[]=year%3A%222017%22 rnals?&sort=-
downloads&page=2

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28. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but
not every man’s greed”. Mahatma Gandhi
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