Introduction

The five laws of library science, as imparted by Dr. S.Rangnathan, are generally followed in all the libraries in India and our college library is not a possible exception from it. Our college library has a collection of rare books, pertaining to the subjects offered in the college in the Core Compulsory, Foundation Compulsory, Elective Open and Elective Generic papers. Our former Principals Dr.Sam Mathew K., Dr. R.J.Dave, Dr. R.P. Singh, Dr. C.P.Patel and in-charge principal Dr.B.B.Patel were voracious readers, who played a decisive role in the growth and development. Our library has a collection 12,105 books, generally used by the faculties, students , faculties of the sister concerns under the umbrella of our managing body and the Ph.D research scholars under the guidance of our research supervisors. The institution has a transparent method for purchasing books for the library. Out of the total grant received by the college, specific amount is allotted to all the departments with regard to their requirements. The Principal holds a meeting of all the HoDs and discusses their requirements regarding the books and journals related to their subjects. The librarian visits the bookstores at Ahmedabad and chooses books for the college library.

Our permanent librarian our permanent librarian Shri N.P.Prajapati efficiently carries out his duties in the library.  Our library suffers from the lack of some negligible services.. However, the management and principal along with the librarian are trying their level best to manage the smooth administration of the library. Our institution has a good collection of books, reference books, magazines, journals in the library. The library is well managed. Books are classified properly. So it is very easy for a students and researchers to find them for their definite purposes. The library remains open during the college hours and it may be kept open on the request of students and researchers. The computer, internet and infrastructural facilities are also to be made available to the researchers as per their demand. Our library is situated on the second floor.The Spacious Library of The College is situated in Second floor of College building easily accessible to the users. The library has total no of books 11767,399 CDs are available and 50magazines, 03 daily news paper coming in the library which can be used by students and teachers of our college. Some teachers guide to Ph.D.students, Ph.D. reader as prescribed rules and regulations of the library. The students are able access the library physically during the library hours of library is from 7: 30 to 1: 00 pm Monday to Saturday. Concerned books & journals may be issued to students on their ID card being since after registering.

  1. The college library is rich. The college library primarily serves the students and faculty member. Library has a rich and varied collection of books some of which are rare books (1920 to 1960) gifted by fellowship school, Mumbai. Dr. Priyabala Shah and Shree Ashvinbhai Patel.

The Ph.D.thesis (46) of the faculties, theses of the research scholars under the presiding guidance of our research guides and those under the guidance of Dr. Vijay Pandya as the sources of wide wisdom on the research undertaken. It is noticeable that there are 121 books of Gandhian literature, 213 books of the competitive exams and many research related books of related subjects and reference books of subjects Encyclopedia,Dictionary,Yearbook.etc.

Library is automated using integrated library management system under the service of OPEC cataloguing and searching are available. The issuing of books and getting them back services are conducted under the system of ILMS

Library has Gujarat government gifted soul.2.0 limited college library version software.

  • Name of ILMS software : SOUL 2.0 version
  • Nature of Automation : Partly Automated
  • Year of Automation : 2012

Place

Our college library is situated on the secondfloor of the college building so that readers may feel total tranquility of mind. It is on the ground floor of the main building with total carpet area of 8.30*7.30 Mtrs. The whole library is fully air conditioned and well ventilated. The library is equipped also with Television for the watching of lectures of programmes of Higher Education. The library has the administrative desk for the exchange of books, reading section, a display rack of newly arrived books and the book-cupboards.

Facilities

  1. User orientation programs were conducted regularly by the former librarian. After his retirement, the faculties guide students for the use and access of library during the orientation program
  2. On the arrival of the new books, they are displayed in the section ‘New Arrival’ to bring it to the notice of the reader
  3. The newly admitted students are made aware of the collection of library and facilities provided in the library.
  4. INFLIBNET facility
  5. Book Exchange Section
  6. Air-conditioned Research Zone for Faculty members with Computers and Internet
  7. Adjoining Network Resource Centre is separately given to the faculties and research scholars on their demand of rehearsing the presentations to be carried out in the conferences.
  8. Old Question papers.

 

Additional Services and activity of the library

  • Reference and information service
  • Workshop on reading and book review
  • Occasional planning book exhibition and book fair
  • Guidance for comparative exams and vocational program
  • Paper sets of internal and external exams
  • Display and list of newly added books
  • Free of cost distribution of out dated magazine to  college students
  • Other readers and Alumni students can also avail the facility of library.

Future Plans

  1. The library is to facilitate the facility of photocopying the books on the request of the reader.
  2. We are to establish a book bank in nearer future.

Library Advisory Committee

The library staff is always ready to help the students and teachers in availing library facilities. They keep the library free from noise-pollution so that students can read and write peacefully in the library. Newly arrived books are also displayed in the library so that students and teachers can easily come to know about latest purchase in the subjects of their interest. The students are also helped by the library staff to access the book of their need. Thus, the library staff is always ready to help the students and teachers.

 

 

Dr. R.D.VaghelaChairman
Dr. N.P.PrajapatiLibrarian.
Dr. T.R.PandyaConvener
Dr. S.G.PatelMember
Dr. V.M.ChauhanMember

 

Role of Library Committee

  • Planning of the library related activities at the beginning of the year
  • Involvement of more students and faculties in library activities and inspire them to read books
  • Allotment of budget to each department for books along with the invitation of suggestion for the purchase of books.
  • Receive and redress library related grievance of the staff and faculty members.
  • To provide secure, uninterrupted and undisturbed environment to read and research in the library.
  • To make sure that the students and faculties are satisfied with the facilities provided in the library.
  • To help the librarian and consult with the Principal to increase and improve the facilities of the library.
  • To solve any problem that is brought to the notice of the committee by the librarian.

 

Institutional Repository

 

Sr.noYearTextbookReference bookGifted bookTotal

Amount 

Total

Book 

  Total AmountPayable AmountTotal BooksTotal AmountPayable AmountTotal BooksAmountTotal Books
11997 – 200315495.7513946/-360154322.05133536.65164310860/-290180678.172293
22003 -20042586/-2327/-657686.16856/-8425586.529235858.6441
32004-20054291/-3861/-7125787.1622192/-2101645/-3031723.16311
42005-20065858/-5271/-898309.866290/-973697.55017865.36236
52006-200700017040/-14020/-1012269/-2919309/-130
62007-200800028692/-24262/-2525365/-2634057/-278
72008-20095023/-4121/-7230909/-26200/-1378369.4939244301.49601
82009-20104671/-4204/-5843824/-37739/-1791347/-2049842/-257
92010-20115174/-4504/-52872923.33613203.5293124167.99513902265.323496
102011-201211005/-9700/-130847103.89/-650704/-25052972/-8861080.892643
112012-201326648/-21527/-278390/-330/-30027038/-281
122013-201428250/-21348/-2150000028250/-215
132014-20153870/-3518/-392030/-1895/-124503/-3110403/-82
142015-20166020/-5291/-394090/-3429/-361535/-2811645/-103
152016-201713430/-12087/-10956715/-44895/-1990070145/-308
162017-20183660/-3294/-260003110/-286770/-54
172018-2019000649/-520/-2 9750/-3610399/-38
182019-202000014583/-11666/-51680/-1415263/-65
192020-202117285/-15396/-1290009700.6714126985.67270
202021-2022

Repository of E-Journals

  1. Springer Open :The Springer Open portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, so that we now offer researchers from the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals and books. Publishing with Springer Open makes the concerned research work freely available online for everyone, immediately upon publication, and our high-level peer-review and production processes guarantee the quality and reliability of the work. (Education, Environment, Linguistics, Life sciences )

Link: https://www.springeropen.com/journals

 

  1. SAGE Open Access Journals:SAGE Open is a peer-reviewed, “Gold” open access journal from SAGE that publishes original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Link :- http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgoa

 

  1. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) :DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available.

Link :- https://doaj.org/

 

  1. . HighWireFree Online Full-text Articles :(List limited to journals published online with the assistance of HighWire Press)HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 3/25/15, we are assisting in the online publication of 2,434,604 free full-text articles and 7,659,003 total articles. There are 4 sites with free trial periods, and 84 completely free sites. 163 sites have free back issues, and 346 sites have pay per view!

Link :-https://www.highwirepress.com/

 

  1. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository:The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. The DLC provides free and open accessto full-text articles, papers, and dissertations. This site contains an author-submission portal; an Image Database; the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons; a Keyword Thesaurus, and links to relevant reference sources on the study of the 

Link :- http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/

Links of Free E Journals in English

Sr.No.Name of E JournalLink of E journal
01.Early Modern Literary Studieshttps://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlshome.html
02.International Journal of Education and the Artshttp://www.ijea.org/
03.Consciousness, Literature and the Artshttps://blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/dmeyerdinkgrafe/index.htm
04.Harvard Human Rights Journalhttps://harvardhrj.com/
05.History of Intellectual Culturehttps://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/
06.International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS)http://www.ijhssnet.com/
07.Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Lawhttp://www.jgspl.org/
08.Journal of Undergraduate Research and Innovationhttp://journals.du.ac.in/ugresearch/vol3_June.html
09.Delhi University Journal of the Humanities and the Social Scienceshttp://journals.du.ac.in/humsoc/
10.DU Vidhahttp://journals.du.ac.in/creative/
11.Mental Flosshttps://www.mentalfloss.com/
12.India Todayhttps://www.indiatoday.in/magazine

Links of Free E Journals in Gujarati

Sr.No.Name of E JournalLink of E journal
01.Abhiyanhttps://abhiyaanmagazine.com/
02.Sadhanahttps://www.sadhanaweekly.com/
03.Navneetsamarpanhttp://www.navneetsamarpan.com/
04.Safarihttps://www.harshalpublications.in/gujarati-edition/
05.Krushivigyanhttps://krushivigyan.com/
06.Sahiyarhttps://www.gujaratsamachar.com/news/sahiyar/keep-eating-mushroom-dishes-for-good-health
07.Aarparhttp://aarpar.com/
08.Shabdasrustihttps://archive.org/details/Shabdasrushti414
09.Kavitahttp://kavita.janmabhoominewspapers.com/news_home.aspx
10.Kavilokhttp://www.kavilok.com/
11.Kavitahttp://kavita.janmabhoominewspapers.com/news_home.aspx
12.Kavilokhttp://www.kavilok.com/
13.Latest Facts in General Knowledgehttps://pustako.com/latest-facts-in-general-knowledge-december-2020-liberty.html
14.Buddhi Prakashhttps://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0:Buddhi_Prakash_Gujarati_periodical_1850.jpg
15.AkhandAnandhttps://www.gujaratibooks.com/akhand-anand-gujarati-magazine.html
Udichya H.N.G.Uhttps://www.ngu.ac.in/Udichya.aspx
16Chitralekhahttps://chitralekha.com/

Course ware and Learning Resources

Sr.NoSourceProvide byLink
01SWAYAMMHRD,Govt. of Indiahttps://swayam.gov.in/

 

2e – PGPathshalaINFLIBNET,Gandhinagarhttps://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/

 

3Vidya-mitraINFLIBNET,Gandhinagarhttps://vidyamitra.inflibnet.ac.in/
4Video LecturesUNESCOhttp://videolectures.net/
5Courses Art & CultureConsortium for educational communicationhttp://cec.nic.in/cec/
6Swayamprabha (Channal for Education)Swayamprabhahttps://swayamprabha.gov.in/
7Youtube video lectureConsortium for Educational communication UGChttps://www.youtube.com/user/cecedusat
8  https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
9ShodhgangaINFLIBNET,Gandhinagarhttps://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
10VidwanINFLIBNET,Gandhinagarhttps://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/
11SHODHSINDHUINFLIBNET,Gandhinagarhttps://ess.inflibnet.ac.in/

E – Books

Sr.NoSourceProvide byLink
01Gujarati bookAksharnaadhttp://www.aksharnaad.com/downloads/
02Rare book room Octavo http://www.rarebookroom.org/
03 Open LibraryOAPEN foundation https://www.oapen.org/home
04DOABDirectory of Open Access  books https://www.doabooks.org/
05NCERT Text BooksNCERT Text Bookshttps://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm
06Project GutenbergGutenberghttps://dev.gutenberg.org/
07Librivox free audio booksLibrivoxhttps://librivox.org/

Best open Access Resources: On Line Learning for Students from Home

Sr.NoSourceLink
01Indian Society for Education and Environment https://www.iseeadyar.org/index.html
02National Digital Libraryhttps://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
03Swayam Online Courseshttps://storage.googleapis.com/uniquecourses/online.html
04National Knowledge Networkhttps://nkn.gov.in/
05NPTELhttps://finptel.ac.in/
06Infoporthttps://infoport.inflibnet.ac.in/
07Talks to Teacherhttps://www.ted.com/playlists/182/talks_from_inspiring_teachers
08A-VIEW              (Amrita Virtual Interactive E – Learning World)http://aview.in/
09FOSSEE   (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education)https://fossee.in/
10Spoken Tutorialhttps://spoken-tutorial.org/
11Project Oscar (Open Source Courseware Animations Repository) 
12E- Kalpa (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)https://icar.org.in/content/e-kalpa
13Open Knowledge Repository World Bankhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
14UG/PG/MOOCShttps://ugcmoocs.inflibnet.ac.inugcmoocs/moocs_courses.php
15

 

E-Content Course ware in UG Subjects (Consortium for Educational communication)http://cec.nic.in/cec/
16SNLTR (society for Natural Language Technology Research)https://www.nltr.org/
17Oxford Open Academic (Open Access Books / Journals)https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/books
18Cambridge University Press (Open Access Text books/Books / Journals …)https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/open-access
19Science Direct (Open Access Text books/Books / Journals …)https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9781843342038/open-access
20ILO(International Labour Organization) : The Leading Source of Labour Statisticshttps://ilostat.ilo.org/
21AIDDATA : A Research Lab at William and Mary (Data, Publications of Environment, Health …more topics)https://www.aiddata.org/
22Taylor & Francis Online Open Access :  (Open Access  Books / Journals  Subject of Arts, Social sciences, Language & Literature …)https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess
23Open Access Theses & Dissertationshttps://oatd.org/
24Indian Legal Materials http://www.commonlii.org/in/
25OAPEN Access (Online Library & Publication Platformhttps://www.oapen.org/home
26AGRIS (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nation )https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/index.do
27SC :  Southern Connecticut State university https://libguides.southernct.edu/openaccess
28WILEY Open Accesshttps://authorservices.wiley.com/open-research/open-access/browse-journals.html
29LII Of India (Legal Information Institute of India)http://liiofindia.org/
30online  Gujarati Sahitya Parishad dvara mukayel bookshttps://www.ekatrafoundation.org/books/ebook
31Gujarati Vishwakoshhttps://gujarativishwakosh.org/
32Gujcathttps://gujcat.inflibnet.ac.in/
  

 

Academic Year

2011-2012

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman24-06-11Library
2Exhibition of Books of  Hindi Literature14-09-11Library
3Exhibition of Books at NSS  Camp30-12-11 to 05-01-12Akhaj

 

 

2012-2013

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman25-06-12Library
2Exhibition of Religious Books24-09-12Library
3Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp01-02-13 to  07-02-13Balavantpura
4Book Reading Karykarm (with NSS)13-02-13College hall

 

 

 

2013-2014

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman24-06-13Library
2Career Guidance Programme with Dankesh Oza as an RP30-07-13College hall
3Film Shibir01-08-13Library
4Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp04-01-14 to 10-01-14Vasai -Dabhala

 

 

2014-2015

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman23-06-14Library
2Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp02-01-15 to 08-01-15Dabhala

 

2015-2016

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman17-07-15Library
2Exhibition of Books  & Photos  of  Sardar Patel30-10-15Library & College hall
3Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp06-01-16 to 12-01-16Ghumasan

 

2016-2017

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman21-06-16Library
2Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp29-12-16 to 04-01-17Kherva

 

2017-2018

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman30-06-17Library
3Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp26-10-17 to 04-11-17Motipura Tintodan
04A Collaborative Programme on personality Development with NSS20-12-17 to 21-12-17College hall
05A Film Shibir Collaboratively Arranged  with NSS05-02-18 to 09-02-18College hall

 

2018-2019

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman18/06/18Library
2Exhibition of Books  about Mahatma Gandhi01/10/18 to 02/10/18Library
3Distribution & Exhibition of Books29/12/18 to 31/12/18High school hall
04Exhibition of Books at  NSS  Camp7/01/19 to 13/01/19Dhandhusan

 

2019-2020

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1Granthalay Paribhraman29/06/19Library
2Exhibition of Hindi Novels14/09/19Library
3Exhibition of Recently Purchased Books for Competitive Exams5/02/20 to 08/02/20Library
4A Film Shibir Collaboratively Arranged  with NSS11/01/2020College room no. 11

 

2020-2021

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
1“Gandhi-jivan Path: Samvad ane Acharan”: A Special Lecture in View of the Birth-anniversary of Bapu.01/10/2020Library
2Exhibition of Books and Photo-gallery in View of the Birth-anniversary of Sardar26- 10 – 2020 to 31- 10 -2020Library
4 “SAMNANDH NO SETU”: A Dual Programme of Distribution of Clothes  and a Film Shibir in Collaboration with NSS13-01-2021Library and Room no 11
5Establishment of Reading Club ‘ with the Arrangement of the First Reading Meet 30-01-2021College Activity Hall

 

2021-2022

Sr. No.Name of Activity / EventDatePlace
01Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- I28-07-2021

 

College Activity Hall
02Celebration of the Birth Anniversary of “ “RASHTRIYA SHAYAR” Zaverchand Meghani27/08/2021 To 01/09/2021

 

Library
03Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- II06-09-2021College Activity Hall
04Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- III04- 12 – 21College Activity Hall
05Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- I Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- I Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- IV01- 01 – 22College Activity Hall
06Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- V29- 01 – 22College Activity Hall
07Introduction of  a Book in Reading Meet- V26- 02 – 22College Activity Hall
08Celebration of world book day23-04-2022Library
09 “Motivational Film-festival”  in collaboration with NSS11/01/2022 to 12/01/2022College Activity Hall