KASTURBA GANDHI DEGREE & PG COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
WEST MARREDPALLY, SECUNDERABAD, TELANGANA - 500026
(Sponsored & Managed Jointly by the Osmania Graduates’ Association And The Exhibition Society, Hyderabad)
(Sponsored & Managed Jointly by the Osmania Graduates’ Association And The Exhibition Society, Hyderabad)
Library is open on all Working Days. It functions from 9:15AM to 4:00PM.
The Library is primarily for the use of the teaching faculty, non-teaching staff and student of the college. A new entrant must enroll at the circulation counter by filling the prescribed form.
Vision of the Library is to generate, disseminate and preserve Knowledge and to empower students to efficiently use current and emerging technologies.
Our purpose is to provide free and open access to wide range of information resources and services for all age and backgrounds for Life Long Learning. Our mission is to provide information and transform lives of learners to an Intellectual person. Library’s goal is to create healthy environment. We provide an ideal place for everyone to create, discover and share information and ideas to develop themselves. Our motto is to inculcate reading habits among users by creating learning environment for academic learning and to create collaborative reading environment to adapt to the changes in the society.
| NAME | QUALIFICATION | DESIGNATION | EXPERIENCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vanaja E.L | M.Sc, M.L.I.Sc, Ph.D | Librarian | |
| Ms.K.P.Radhika | M.A., M.L.I.Sc. | Asst. Librarian | |
| Ms. P. Sowmya | B.Sc, B.L.I.Sc, B.Ed | Asst. Librarian | |
| Ms. Padmavathi | B.A | Record Asst | |
| Ms. M. Sherisha | B.A | Record Asst | |
| Ms. S. Jyothi & Ms. Surekha | Attenders |
| S.NO | NAME | DESIGNATION | EXPERIENCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smt. Varalaxmi | Librarian | 1973-1977 |
| 2 | Smt. Laxmi | Librarian | 1977-1979 |
| 3 | Dr. K.H.Sunitha | Librarian | 1979-2013 |
| 4 | Sri. SheshagiriSarma | I/C Librarian | 2013-2015 |
| 5 | Dr.Vanaja. E.L | Librarian | 2016 |
Dr Vanala E.L have completed ARPIT online course on “ Emerging Trends & Technologies in library and information services” from SWAYAM
Harvest: An International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research
Journal (Online peer reviewed journal)
E-ISSN: 2582-9866; Volume II Issue III July- September 2022 ;
Impact Factor 5.4
Usage and Impact of E- resources in Special Libraries of Hyderabad
ISBN: 978-93-94596-63-4
Good Writers Publishers , New Delhi 2022.
Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science (JALIS) is an
Online Journal.
JALIS is peer- review Journal and publishes Four Issues per Year.
ISSN 2277-2219 ; VOL. 11. No.3. 2022. pp.329-335
Title- Library Attendance Management System by Face Recognition using
Deep Learning Algorithm
Library Blog
https://kgcwdegreelibrary.wixsite.com/mysite/about-degree-libraryLending Service:
Brownie’s Card System is adopted to lend books to the students. Two cards are issued to each student. Books are issued for a fortnight and the same can be renewed subject to availability. Reservation of book is allowed either manually or on-line through OPAC.
Reference Service:
This service is a very personalized service, where in, the library personnel have a scope to interact with the students thoroughly to know their specific needs to give specific information. The students are encouraged to refer Dictionaries, both general and subject, for the meanings of technical terms and difficult words. Encyclopedias, general and subject, are referred and consulted very frequently by staff and students for preparation of class seminars, Departmental Exhibition, writing of articles, essays etc., Year books are used for various inter-collegiate competitions like quiz etc., Our library caters to the needs of students aspiring for admissions into foreign universities by procuring books on TOEFL, GRE etc. A special collection for competitive exams is maintained and students are encouraged to prepare for Civil Services Examinations by procuring books for the same.
Research support service:
Our Reference Section is also used by post graduate students and Research Scholars of our college and other universities.
Inter Library Loan:
When there is a demand for books which are not available in our library the same is arranged for our readers by borrowing books from other libraries on Inter Library Loan. This service is returned to other libraries when there is a request for books not available with them. Since the library is a member of DELNET, ILL services of DELNET are available to the members.
Current Awareness Service:
Members are informed about the new arrivals i.e., documents, either books or journals by displaying the list or jacket of the books on the notice board and in the library under the heading ‘New Arrivals’. A Xerox copy of the content page is circulated to the staff members. The list of new arrivals can be accessed through OPAC.
Bibliographic Service:
Subject bibliographies and author bibliographies are prepared with the help of Dictionary catalogue, on demand. Most of our faculty members have availed this service for their research work. Ever since the library is automated an on-line search is made under the title or subject to prepare bibliographies. Separate subject registers are maintained.
Career Counseling /Guidance:
The Library often offers this service to students by maintaining books and newspapers like ‘Employment News’, ‘Yojana’ etc., which cater to careers and job related issues. Advertisements related to education and jobs abroad are displayed on the notice board. Newspapers clippings on career guidance are maintained in the form of Scrap book. Library collection also includes special collection on career guidance.
Newspaper clipping service:
All the Daily newspapers are scanned for important information related to notification of jobs, admissions to the universities, Current affairs, clippings on Science and Technology, to be displayed on the Library Notice Board for student’s attention. Later, the same information is filed and maintained in the form of a SCRAP BOOK by the library staff. The files are weeded out when they are outdated. In addition to the above mentioned services, some files which are very useful, relevant and interesting for both staff and students are maintained.
Information pertaining to health is given special attention and issues like Book Reviews, Biographies of famous Personalities in the news, Current Affairs in Politics, sports (special events) Science and Technology are selected from newspaper clippings and this information is preserved for Ready Reference Service in the library for future needs.
Reprographic Service:
Library provides a Xerox facility to staff within the library premises.
| As per Accession Register (March 2022) 33,894 | 33,894 |
| Gift Books | 2,383 |
| Total No. of Books | 36,277 |
| Total No. of Titles | 10,883 |
| Total No. of Volumes | 25,394 |
| Total No. of Reference books | 7,255 |
| Total No. of Text books | 29,022 |
| Total No. of Journals | 20 |
| Total No. of Magazines | 34 |
| LIST OF JOURNALS |
|---|
| Applied Economics |
| Current Science |
| Corporate Governance |
| Computer Science |
| Developmental Microbiology & Molecular Biology |
| English Studies |
| Entrepreneurship Development |
| International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry |
| Indian Journal of Business Mgt. & Entrepreneurship |
| Indian Journal of Marketing |
| International Relations |
| Information Technology |
| Journal of Community Guidance & Research |
| Resonance: Journal of Science Education |
| Soft Skills |
| Viveka Veena |
| LIST OF MAGAZINES |
|---|
| Biology Today |
| Business India |
| Business Today |
| Competition Affairs |
| Chemistry Today |
| Competition Success Review |
| Digit |
| Down to Earth |
| Employment news |
| Edu Tracks |
| Femina (English) |
| Frontline |
| Gruha Shoba (Hindi) |
| Gruha Shoba (Telugu) |
| G.K. Today |
| Han’s (Hindi magazine) |
| India Today |
| Inside Outside |
| Meri Saheli (Hindi) |
| Mathematics Today |
| Outlook |
| Physics for you |
| Readers Digest |
| Readers Digest |
| Science Reporter |
| Swathi(Telugu) |
| Sri Rama Krishna Prabha(Telugu) |
| Sport Star |
| The Vedanta Kesari |
| The Week |
| The Week |
| Woman’s era |
| Yojana (English) |
| Yojana(Telugu) |
E-Services:
Library is a member of N-LIST, National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for scholarly content.
Background: The Project entitled "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)", being jointly executed by the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, IIT Delhi provides for i) cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and UGCINFONET resources for technical institutions; and ii) access to selected e-resources to colleges. The N-LIST project provides access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions through server(s) installed at the INFLIBNET Centre. The authorized users from colleges can now access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed at the INFLIBNET Centre. All e-resources subscribed for colleges under the N-LIST Project are now accessible to these 2954 colleges through the N-LIST website
E-Resources@N-LIST The Consortium subscribes to the following resources for the colleges. All electronic resources subscribed under N-LIST Programme are available from the publisher's Web site.
DELNET (Developing Library Network): ( sharing with PG Library)
Our college library is a member of DELNET (Developing Library Network) on-line services and resources are provided through DELNET to the users. DELNET was started at the India International Centre Library in January 1988 and was registered as a society in 1992. It was initially supported by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. It was subsequently supported by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. DELNET provides an array of facilities. DELNET'S relentless efforts in resource sharing have proved extremely effective. It has contributed a lot towards the modernisation of libraries in India.
National Digital Library:
It is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) to develop the pilot of a National Digital Library. The charter of the pilot is to build a virtual repository of learning resources in digital form and provide single-window search portal to facilitate focused searching. So, those learners can retrieve the right resource with least effort in minimum time. It is being developed and hosted at IIT Kharagpur. The URL of NDL portal is
Educational Materials are available for users ranging from primary to PG Level .
More than 60 types of learning resources are available.
Items are available in more than 70 languages.
Circulation Section:
Circulation Section:
All the documents are classified according to Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme (Library is using 23rd edition, which is the latest at present) Books are catalogued to AACR II and Unit Card System i.e. Author, Title and Subject cards, Multiple card system is followed. Books are thus arranged according to the call number of the book in a classified order. The library maintains a Dictionary Catalogue to facilitate easy location of documents. Author and Subject bibliographies are prepared, on demand, with the help of the Dictionary catalogue.
OPAC
The Library provides Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) through LAN. Online search can be made through OPAC by using different search strategies i.e. Author, Title, Subject, Keywords, ISBN etc to know the status or availability of the book. Users are given the facility to reserve a book or give their requirement to the Librarian online with the help of a unique identity number and a common password.
News Papers:
The Library has subscription for a variety of News dailies to help the students and staff keeps abreast of current affairs. A spacious reading room is also marked for News Paper reading.
Magazines/Journals Section:
Apart from the Daily newspapers, the library subscribes to various magazines and subject journals. Students and staff read the magazines for recreation and make thorough use of the subject journals to update knowledge in their respective specializations. Users have access to e-journals and back Volumes of the subject journals.
Reference Section:
The collection in this section is varied. It includes general and subject Encyclopedias, General and Subject Dictionaries, Yearbooks, Biographies, Geographical sources of information, Books on Personality Development, Health, Travel, Competitive Books and other General Knowledge books.
Stack Room:
The general collection of the Library, including the Text book is arranged in a classified order according to the call number, in this section. The library follows the Open Access System.
1.5.7 Information Resource Centre:
Internet facility is provided to the members for on-line browsing.
A Directory of Open Access Resources is provided for searching information.
DELNET services are accessed by the members.
Free usage of e-journals, e-books, articles, databases, theses and dissertations is made available through UGC-NLIST membership.
Free access to Google books.
Directory of Open Access Journals, URL:http;www.doaj.org http://e-books org.
Directory of Open Access Repositories URL:http://www.opendoar.org/index.html
National Digital Library, which is an initiative of MHRD, through its NMEICT (National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology) to develop the pilot of a NDL. It is a new initiative from HRD and IIT KGP. 6.5 million books are now available in one single portal, where you can read online, or download the books. There are text books, audio and video content. Just browsing them all may take years! National Digital Library is an initiative by the HRD ministry. It is a huge collection of learning resources (68 lakh books) from primary to PG LEVEL. Students can use it free of charge.
To register , go to: URL:https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in
