The main library of the college, called Sri Bharathi Theertha Library is the cynosure of all eyes. Spread over about 10,000 square feet, the library is home to about 47,000 books. Endowed with a mezzanine floor that houses a portion of the library's book racks, the library is centrally air-conditioned and provides a lovely ambience to sit and read.
The people who run the library are:
# |
Name |
Designation |
1 |
Mrs. S. Maidhili, M.A., M.Phil., M.L.I.S., NET, PGDCA |
Librarian |
2 |
Mrs. S. Kalaivani, B.A. |
Record Clerk |
3 |
Mrs. T. Vijaya * |
Sweeper |
4 |
Mrs. B. Padmini * |
Library Assistant |
* Management Staff
Open Access system is followed in the library for all books and closed access system for reference books and journals, magazines and periodicals. There are shelf guides provided to facilitate easy access to books. There is also an Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) that visitors to the library can use to know the availability of books. The OPAC area of the library is an enclosure furnished with 5 computers, which students and faculty members can use to access the OPAC.
Library automation has been done using Autolib. All resources of the library have been bar-coded and bar-code scanners are used along with Autolib for the issue and return of books. Internet facility is also available in the library if students wish to browse for information.
Special Features of the Library
- Well furnished areas to read
- Librarian's cabin
- Air-conditioning
- Mezzanine floor
- OPAC service
- Five computers accessible to students in a separate area
- Bar-coding of all library resources
- Bar-code scanners are used in the issue and return counters
- Internet browsing service which can be accessed by all users
- Power backup for computers
- All stock is maintained through the Library Automation software, Autolib
- All data are maintained in central servers
- Backups of data are taken every day from the central server
- Store Room
- Reference section
- Special place for research scholars to do reference comfortably
- Large number of journals in various subjects
- Back volumes of journals
Services available in the Library
- INFLIBNET’s N-LIST programme which gives access to more than 50,000 e-Books and more than 1,200 e-Journals
- OPAC
- Internet browsing service which can be accessed by all users
- Bulletin Board Service
- Educational CDs
- Display racks for journals
- Photocopying facility
- Reprographic facility
- Clip Boards
-
Special collections
- Periodicals, magazines and journals are available for reading
- Newspaper service
- List of new arrivals is pasted in the notice board frequently
- Selective dissemination of information (SDI) and current awareness services (CAS) are carried out systematically
- Feedback is collected and necessary steps are taken based on the feedback
- Important topics from periodicals and journals are pasted regularly in the notice board to expose the new arrivals or publications to the users
- Clippings and new arrivals are displayed and exhibitions are arranged to create interest in students, making the system more accessible and easy
- Scrap book is maintained
- Reader facility is extended for visually challenged students
- Important subject databases
- Back volumes of journals
- Membership of the USIS Library at Chennai
The Library Committee allocates funds to various departments for purchase of books and oversees the overall functioning of the library. It also suggests and implements innovations and brings in technology improvements.
Book exhibitions are held now and then with displays of books from the reference section in order to showcase the available materials to freshers.
List of Journals
- Health Physics
- International Journal of Nano-Technology
- American Journal of Physics
- International Journal of Physics
- International Journal of Pure & Applied Physics
- New Advances In Physics - An International Journal
- Indian Journal of Science & Technology
- Economic Affairs (International)
- Global Review of Business & Economic Research
- Indian Economic Journal
- Sustainability Tomorrow
- Journal of Rural Development
- Southern Economist
- India Economy Review
- ACM: Journal of the ACM
- ACM: Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions
- ACM: Transactions on Information & System Security
- ACM: Transactions on Algorithms
- International Journal of Image Processing & Networking Technology
- International Journal of Neural Networks & Applications
- International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing
- International Journal of Computer Science & Knowledge Engineering
- Journal of Computer Science
- Journal of Computer Science & Applications
- Living Digital- Technology Review
- Mathematical Modeling & Applied Computing
- Current Science
- Resonance
- Bulletin of Materials Science
- Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Journal of Biosciences
- Journal of Chemical Sciences
- Journal of Earth System Science
- Journal of Genetics
- Pramana
- Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences
- Sadhana
List of Magazines
- Amman Darisanam
- Amudha Surabhi
- Deiviga Jnanam
- Frontline
- Madras Musings
- NBT Newsletter
- Nuclear India
- Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam
- Suttru Soozhal
- Tamil Arasu (English)
- Tamil Arasu (Tamil)
- Tapovan Prasad
- Tattvaloka
- Vaikarai
- Vedanta Kesari
- Vivekavani
List of Dailies
- Business Line
- Dinamani
- Financial Express
- The Economic Times
- The Hindu
- The Indian Express
Some of the E-Resources available under INFLIBNET's N-LIST Programme
- American
Institute Of Physics ( 18 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
- American
Physical Society (10 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
- Annual
Reviews (33 Titles And 10 Years Rolling Backfiles Access)
- Cambridge
University Press (224 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
- Institute
Of Physics (46 Titles And Access From Vol 1)
- Oxford
University Press (206 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
- Royal
Society Of Chemistry (29 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
- Economic
And Political Weekly (1 Title And Acces Form 1966)
- Indian Journals
(150+ Titles And Access From 2007)
- Ebscohost(H
W Wilson )(2800+ Titles )
- Mathscinet
(Bibliographic Database)
- Cambridge
Books Online (1000 Titles)
- Oxford
Scholarship-Ebooks (902 Titles)
- Netlibrary-Ebscohost
(936 Titles)
- Myilibrary-Mcgraw
Hill-Ebooks (1124 Titles)
- Hiindustan
Books Agency -Ebooks (65 Titles)
- Institute
Of South East Asian Studies(Iseas) Books (382+ Titles)
- Springer
Ebooks (2005-2011) (1500 Titles)
- Taylor
And Francis -Ebooks (1000 Titles)
- Taylor
And Francis -Ebooks (1000 Titles)-New Platform
- AI EDAM
- APSIPATransactions on Signal and Information Processing
- Combinatorics,
Probability And Computing
- Journal of
Functional Programming
- The Knowledge
Engineering Review
- LMS Journal of
Computation and Mathematics
- Mathematical
Structures in Computer Science
- Natural Language Engineering
- Organised Sound
- Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
- RAIRO - Operations Research
- RAIRO - Theoretical
Informatics and Applications
- ReCALL
- The Review of Symbolic Logic
- Robotica
- Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
- Reflections on Computer Science
- Computer
Science Research Articles
- Computer
Algebra Algorithms
- Techniques
& Architectures For Fault Tolerant Computing
- Computing the Future
- Special
Issues on Computational Science & Engineering
Library
support grant of Rs. 1.5 lakhs for buying books on Environmental
Economics from the World Bank through the Department of Environment,
Government of India under the capacity building program on
Environmental Economics.
- Materials
acquired under special schemes (IEEE, ACM, NBHM, DST, etc.)
- Malcolm
Elizabeth Adiseshaiah Trust – 139 books
- Physics (Books
acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- Economics (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- Zoology (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- Mathematics (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- Commerce (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- History (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
- MCA
Entrance Examination
- MBA
Entrance Examination
- GMAT
- GRE
- TOEFL
- TNPSC
- GK
books
- CAT
- SLET
- BSRB
- UPSC
- General book bank in the main library
- Book
bank in the Departmental libraries
- Book bank
for SC/ST Candidates of MCA
- Collection
of Sir. C.V. Raman works – 385 Volumes
- Books
funded by Meera Memorial Trust for Physics - 505
- Atlases
- 28
- Maps
– 37
- Encyclopedia
– 57 volumes
- Software
manuals – 65
- Project
Dissertations / Thesis - 1425
- Tamil
Pezhai – 306 Volumes
- Video Tapes - 45
Departmental Libraries and Departmental Book Banks
Each Department houses a mini library in which relevant books are kept for students and faculty to borrow. There is a periodical shifting of books done between the Main Library and the Departmental libraries so that latest books relevant to the courses of study are maintained in the Departmental libraries.
The Departmental Book Banks are maintained in the main library itself. |