The College library is housed on two floors and a meticulous effort is made every session to upgrade the existing resources. In the session 2013-14, many new books and related resources were added to the existing corpus. An annual refurbishment of the Reference Section too takes place on a regular basis. The library has an exclusive section for the Postgraduate departments. A broadband internet facility has also been made available for the staff.
As per accession record, the library has a collection of approximately 50,674 books, 41 subscribed journals, 20 magazines, 16 newspaper subscriptions and 336 CD ROMs. Special collection includes result gazettes of Panjab University Examsfrom 1967-2005 after which theresults are available online. Newspaper Clipping Service and Employment alerts. During the session 2013-14, the College library acquired 166 books (including History maps) in the subjects of Economics, Commerce, History, Physical Education, Hindi, Physics, Botany, Computer Science, Religious Studies and reference material worth Rs. 1, 28,785 approximately.
The fully automated College Library uses UGC recommended SOUL (Software for University Libraries), a user friendly software by INFLIBNET in a fully networked environment. An Online Public Access Catalogue is available for quick retrieval of information. In this session, two computers have been allocated for Faculty members with Internet facility.
Ms Anita Chhatwal, Librarian and her team of 10 members manage the library efficiently.
LIBRARY RULES
1. The library remains open during college hours (9:00 am to 4:00 pm).
2. Under book loan privileges –
a. 2/ 4 books to undergraduate/ honours and postgraduate students are issued for a period of 14 days with an overdue charge of Rs. 1.00 per book per day if kept beyond 14 days.
b. The students will be issued as many Reader’s Tickets as the number of books they are entitled to borrow. If lost, a duplicate Reader’s Ticket would be issued on payment of 50.
c. Reference books, text books, rare books,periodicals, CD-ROM databases and other documents are placed in restricted category and are not to be lent.
3. No Dues Certificate –
a. Before the commencement of annual exams or before a student leaves college/ migrates he/she will have to obtain ‘No Dues Certificate’ from the Librarian.
b. After obtaining ‘No Dues Certificate’ books can be issued on payment of special security which is refundable.
4. Loss or damage of a Library book will be met by a penalty as per library rules.
5. Library cum Identity Card A Student is issued a bar coded laminated Library-cum-Identity card,bearing his/her photo, name, roll-number, class and signatures, which he/she has to carry with him/her all the time. If lost, new card will be issued on payment of Rs 100.
6. General Rules – Use of mobile phones, eatables,belongings and valuables are not allowed in the library.
The Library Rules and Regulations shall be modified from time to time and shall be binding on all concerned. The Library Notice on Library Rules and Regulations may be consulted for further and detailed information.
