The state-of-the-art College library is enriched with
carefully built collection of books. Library subscribes to various
international and national periodicals (Journals & magazines) and
newspapers. Library’s collection includes books, periodicals, newspapers, maps,
CDs, DVDs, e-journals, e-books, and databases. It contains numerous books
pertaining to the course curriculum as well as general interest areas. The
furnishings of the library also cater to promoting academic knowledge which
inculcates in the students and faculty the desire to learn more. It conducts
User Orientation Programmes from time to time to make familiar its new entrants
with library services and facilities to improve the usage of library
collections. Students can borrow books to carry home or for browsing within the
library. The functions of library are automated with integrated ERP software
named TCSiON. Web-OPAC: Web Online Public Access Catalogue facility for searching
documents available in the library.
The library consists of sections namely Circulation Counter, Stack
Area, Reference Section, Reading Hall, Newspaper Section, Periodical Section, Centralised
Research Facility cum Digital library for students, Pt. Mohan Lal
Digitization Centre and Centralised
Research Facility cum Digital library has computers for staff for accessing
e-books, e-journals, e-resources, e-contents, CMIE ProwessIQ Database. 2 Pentium
dual core computers with JAWS Screen Reading Software reserved for Persons with
Disabilities.
Special reading carrels of the college library on the
first floor provides a reader their own private milieu where they can delve
deep into the domain of learning without any hindrance and distraction from
other readers. These carrels are so artistically and aesthetically done that
they spur a reader to pull down a book to sit down to read.
Pt. Mohan Lal Digitization Centre of the library embraces new
technologies to digitize special collections to support and enrich the
educational, cultural and economic endeavors of the college and communities
beyond. In this section, a special collection of handwritten diaries,
documents, books, photographs related to our college founder Pt. Mohan Lal Ji
are kept digitized form. Library also publishes an
annual book of News Clippings of news related to college that appears in daily
newspapers.
GGDSD College Library Readers' Club of the library
holds different activities throughout the year to promote the habit of quality
reading among students.
Information Services like Plagiarism Checking, OPAC
(Online Public Access Catalogue) search, Reprographic Service, ILL (Inter
Library Loan), Internet Surfing, Current Content Alert, SMS Alert Services,
Previous Year Question Papers Alert, Employment News and New Arrival Books are
provided to the users of the library.
The subscribed resources, software and database include the subscription of EBSCO ebook academic collection, McGraw Hill ebooks collection for Computer Science books, CMIE ProwessIQ database, and Urkund anti plagiarism software. College Library has institutional membership of INFLIBNET N-LIST and National Digital Library of India (NDLI). The online resources subscribed to by the Library are accessible to staff and students (using passwords) from anytime, anywhere. Students can give feedback through Online Feedback Form. Users can also register for e-resources through online e-resources form. Library offers plagiarism checking services using Urkund software to its faculty and research scholars.
Infrastructure
& Facilities
The
elegant Library Resource Centre cum IT Block consists of Circulation Counter,
Stack Area, Centralised Research Facility cum Digital library, Reading Hall,
Periodical Section, Newspaper Section, Reference Section, and Pt. Mohan Lal
Digitalization Centre. The library shelves more than 71,561 books, 10,18,158 e-books (through INFLIBNET N-LIST, NDLI, EBSCO ebook academic collection and
McGraw Hill), 6000+ e-journals (through INFLIBNET N-List Programme), 90 periodicals, 22 Newspapers, and 3,525 CD/DVDs. The library has a screen reading
software facility- JAWS for facilitating Persons with Disabilities. The library
also provides access to a wide range of electronic resources through
institutional membership of INFLIBNET N-LIST and National Digital Library of
India (NDLI) and subscription of EBSCO ebook academic collection, McGraw Hill
ebooks collection for Computer Science books, CMIE ProwessIQ database, and
Urkund anti plagiarism software.
