About

The College library was established in 1968. The library was maintained by the Librarian with supportive staff and students under the supervision of Principal. A qualified librarian was appointed in 9-10-2021. The library has with total number of 30, 000 volumes of books belonging to various disciplines and 2 no. of journals and magazines, 3 daily newspapers. The College has central library and separate reading room containing books, periodicals, news papers; maps and e-resources. It plays a vital role in promoting the progress knowledge among staff and students. It is an integral component of this institution where the students have direct open access to the books, periodicals and journals relevant to their academic disciplines. Library automation is processing with e-Granthalaya4.0 from NIC; New Delhi. The individual departments have departmental libraries with text and reference books. Books from the central library and the department libraries are issued to the faculty members and the students. Annual membership of INFLIBNET-NLIST is paid which give access to e-resources like e-Journals and e-books. The college librarian has developed a Google site to access categorized online e-resources from available Internet Open Access Resources by developing through ELearning Portal via College website. Which provides National Digital Library of India (NDL), SWAYAM, CCE, Swayam Prabha, Shodh Sindhu, N – List, e- Pathshala, MHRD virtual labs and Spoken Tutorial by IIT Bombay and subject wise e-Books, Subject wise e-Journals, e-dictionaries, e-encyclopedias, e- Competitive exam resources , e-Atlases etc. .

Vision

To develop, organize, provide access to and presence materials to meet the needs of present and future generation of students and staff.
To explore and implement innovative technologies and services to deliver information.
To provide well equipped and functional physical spaces.
To develop, promote and provide innovative services

Mission

The college library day by day strengthens and enhances services at Visvodaya Govt. Degree College.
The library promotes intellectual growth and creativity by developing collections.
Facilitating access to information resources through WWW.

Objectives

Recognize users as our primary focus.
To innovative and proactive
To support self education, learning and research.
To promote equity of access to information
To defend intellectual freedom
To develop our human resources and support continuous professional development.
To aspire to be a flexible and experimental organization that encourages innovation and staff collaboration

Working hours

College Timings: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Reader's Details

Teaching staff: 25
Under Graduate Students: 250 from all groups

Equipment

Sl.No.	Details of Major Equipments	Numbers
1	Computer Systems	1
2	Xerox Machine	1
3	Power Backup Facility	1
4	Printer

Total collection of Documents

Sl.No.	Details of Library Resources	Numbers
1	Total Books	30000
2	Condemnation Books(Pest Damaged Books)	5944
3	Condemnation Books(Pest Damaged Books)	5944
4	Available Text Books	24056
5	Text Books	17056
6	Reference Books	6284
7	Journals	2
8	Magazines & Periodicals	6
9	News Papers	3
10	Encyclopedias	32 volume set of Britannica
11	e-Resources Through this URL access https://sites.google.com/view/vgdclibrarye-learningportal/home	e-Journals e-Books e-Encyclopedias- e- Dictionaries- e-Competitive Exam sites
12	Digital Initiatives	National Digital Library SWAYAM MOOCs NPTEL database Virtual Labs e-Shodhsindhu Vidya Mitra Spoken Tutorials
13	INFLIBNET-Nlist	Available

Library Automation

Library automation is processing with e-Granthalaya4.0 of National Informatic Centre, New Delhi. E-Granthalaya is a Digital Agenda for Automation and Networking of Government Libraries - is a Digital Platform developed and maintained by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. This Cluster of e-Granthalaya is dedicated to Libraries under Government Colleges in various States of the Country where e-Granthalaya 4.0 on NIC Cloud is being used for Library Automation and Networking. The OPAC of these libraries are available in public domain where various online services are provided by participating libraries.

Services

Circulation Services
Information display and notification services
Reference services
User Orientation/Information Literacy
Internet / digital resources available

Use of Library

Our College Library is Academic Library. Hence the library users are Staff and students. Library period is allotted for students in their regular time table to use the library. And also students are using the library in their leisure periods for physical access of the print books.

Library Advisory Committee

The library is monitored by an Advisory committee which meets once in six months and takes important decisions for improving the library service to the staff & students.

Libaray rules

Library is open for use for all students and staff of the college.
Library is kept open on all working days from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00p.m.
Library will remain closed on all public holidays.
Each student is eligible to borrow two books from the library.
The loan period is 15 days from the date of the issue.
Renewals are allowed on the basis of demand. Book and person should be presented for each renewal.
The Librarian may recall any book at any time.
Member should verify and report, if any defect is found in the book at the time of borrowing.
If any defect is found at the time of return, the member is required to replace the book.
Member will be held responsible for all the defects which she does not point out at the time of borrowing.
No reference book will be issued outside the library.
All marking, underlining etc., is forbidden.
Silence should be strictly observed in the library.
Internet browsing will be available through the Librarian.

Redirecting to https://sites.google.com/view/vgdclibrarye-learningportal/home

E Resources URLs

Staff Details

Dr. P.Anuradha,

M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D.,UGC-JRF Lecturer in Library Science Know more

D. Siva Shankar,

M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., Assitant Librarian

Best Practices

Library automation is processing with e-Granthalaya4.0 of National Informatic Centre, New Delhi.
VGDC-E-Learning Portal has developed by the Librarian with Open Access E-resources for Staff and Students to access through online. The URL is https://sites.google.com/view/vgdclibrarye-learningportal/home
Displaying newspaper clippings on the notice board periodically.
Career/Employment Information/ Services.
Electronic Resources to different user groups.
Information literacy/user orientation programs.
Conducting book review competitions.

Library Activites

S.No	Year	Title	Document Link
1	2022-23	Library Activities	Download/Open
2	2021-22	Library Activities	Download/Open
3	2020-21	Library Activities	Download/Open

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