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History:

 

History revealsthat achievement, be the lofty or low, are as much the consequence of individual focus as of historical process.   Kodagu is the smallest district in Karnataka State in terms of area is next only to Bangalore Urban district, which is blessed with nature’s bounty.  Right from the days of the brutish rule, the people of the land generously donated land, money and materials for the  construction of the educational institutions. Majority of the high schools, colleges and junior colleges are privately managed.

          In 1968, a new era downed, an era dawned with new visions and dreams of higher education through private enterprise which saw the emergence and coming together of men of dreams, with the resourcefulness to convert the dreams into beautiful colleges. The names of the visionaries who founded the Coorg  Cauvery Education Society and under its banner changed the educational horizons of  Kodagu and carved out a place of repute for Kodagu in the educational map of Karnataka must be recorded for posterity.

          The nucleus of the educational institution, the Library was started along with the establishment of the college in 1968. But it is not separate since the college itself was working in a rented building.  In 1972, when the college started functioning in its own campus the library was
shifted to a separate room with few chairs and tables along with a minute collection. As the  number of students increased the collection also increased.  When the Rao Bahadur Mandanna memorial  Library building came into existence in 1975, the library was shifted to this building, which was inaugurated by Late Field Marshal General K.M. Kariappa.

          The quality of services provided and the satisfaction  of the user depends a great deal upon the kind of collections made available. In order to meet the academic and intellectual needs of both students and the teachers, this library is having sufficient and different kinds of reading materials like Text books, Reference books, Dictionaries, encyclopedias, Year Books and Almanacs, Directories, Bibliographical sources, Biographical sources, Geographical sources, Gazetteer,maps and Atlas and other collections.

          The library found difficult to satisfy the users because there was no proper place for readers to sit and read. With the help of the gifts, donations and UGC grants the collection of library increased and the library has been shifted to the auditorium. Now the library collection has
reached nearly 50,000 which is considered great achievement. The Library is thus serving its users thirst for knowledge by its good collection.

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Total area of the Library(in sq.mts) 120×60

THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS HAVE WORKED AS LIBRARIANS.

 

Sl No

                  Names

Designation

        Years    

From

   To

1

Sri. DEVEGOWDA ,     B.A. B L I Sc

Librarian

1968

1971

2

Sri VARADHA RAJU,     B.Sc. B L I Sc

Librarian

1971

1979

3

Sri M.T. KATTIMANI ,   B.A.B L I Sc

Librarian

1979

1981

4

Sri NAGARAJ ,       B.Sc B L I Sc

Librarian

1981

1982

5

Sri P.R. KUMBAR,    M.A. B L I Sc

Associate Librarian

1982

2016

6.

Smt.Latha T.K., M.Com, M.LISC.

Librarian

2016

Till date

 

 Faculty List: 2022

·      Smt.Latha T.K.                           :Librarian

·      Smt. Anuradha  P. V.                 :Administration Staff

·      Sri.Manu H R                             :Supporting Staff

·      Smt. Ambika  D R                     :Supporting    Staff  


 

 

Collections of the Library:

 

Books:

Collections of the Library: As on 31-03-2022          : Total volumes: 52864

Added books  2021-22     Volumes :418    Amount Rs. 1,05,300.00  

LIBRARY SERVICES

·      Documentation

·      Book  Bank Service

·      Reprography

·      Catalogue / Indexing

·      User Education

·      University question papers / Model question papers & syllabus

·      Circulation

·      Reference Services

·      Compact Disc / DVD

·      News papers Clipping service

·      Internet Service

·      Open Access Free E- Journals/ E-Books & Data Bases.

·      The Library operational activities fully computerization with the help of  Easylib  software (version 4.3.3 . 2009)

 

LIBRARY RESOURCE:

       The  library  resources  included  a  good  collection  of  prescribed Text books, recommended books, Reference books like Encyclopedia, Dictionaries, Hand books, Data  books  etc.  With also has a fairly good collection of bound volumes of old journals.

 BORROWSING FACILITIES:

                Issue of books to library members each made against Bar coding ID cards.  Teachers can borrow books at any time for their reference and the number of books is restricted to 50 (fifty only).    Library facility in made available to the parents and also to the Alumni. 

REPHROGRAPHIC FACILTIES:

          The center offers photocopying facilities to the staff and students at nominal cost and for this purpose it as installed  the  following  machines.  CONICA MINOLTA Machine model  BZHUB 283  and Xerox versalink 7025

 DIGITAL MEDIA:

     Besides conventional media the library and information center provides computer facilities and equipped  LAN  with 5  computers with printer.

 

Internet Section: At present   8 computers in our library with internet connectivity. 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Ø All the students and faculty members who have joined the college can get membership of the library.

Ø The ex-students and other institution members cannot have the privilege of using library resource except with the special permission of the principal.

Ø Borrower’s Call slip for books duly filled in should be dropped in the box kept for the purpose by 9-00 am to 2.00pm. and the books will be issued the next day.

Ø The borrower’s cards are not transferable.

Ø The identification cards should be surrendered for the reading of general magazines/journal/newspapers etc.

Ø At the end of the academic year all the library books must be returned to the library on the day fixed. And if necessary, books are issued during the examination time on the basis of depositing some ¼ cost of the book.

Ø Any damage/loss of books in the users hand will have to pay the present price of the book with the prescribed penal fee.

Ø If the due date falls on holiday, the book will have to be returned on the following day.

Ø A prescribed fee will be charged for the students for issuing him/her the duplicate library card.

OVERDUE CHARGES 

The books borrowed from the library can be used for 15 days and can be renewed 3 times. Overdue charges will be collected from the defaulters who is returning the book after the due date as per below mentioned rates. 

Number of days delayed after the due date

Rates of Overdue charges

First 10 days

1 Rupee per day

From 11 – 20 days

2 Rupees per day

From 21 – 30 days

5 Rupees per day

From 30 days onwards

10 Rupees per day

WORKING HOURS

 Ø Lending section  9.00 am to 4.30 pm

Ø Reference Section 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Ø Browsing section 9.00  am to 4.00 pm

 

Ø On Saturday the library functions on 8.30 am to 1.00 pm

 

GENRAL
RULES AND REGULATIONS

Ø The student should produce Identity Cards for issuing/returning of books.

Ø The issued books must be renewed/returned before the due date not exceeding 15 days.

Ø A fine will be charged for each day if the book is kept overtime.

Ø Marking or writing in the book with ink/pencil, tearing or taking out its pages or otherwise damaging the books will constitute an injury to a book.

Ø Any such injury to a book is serious offence, unless a borrower points out at the time of borrowing the book, he/she shall be required to replace the book or pay the current cost of
the book.

 

 

Ø All books/magazine/periodicals/furniture must be handled with care.                                                                                         

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

          The college library is an integral part of the college. For operational efficiency and the overall policies and objectives of the college library there should be functional administrative structure. Library committee is a body of an organization consisting of the Librarian. Heads of the Department each Discipline, Principle of the Institution and the office Manager of the college. The committee ensures a better understanding between the readers and library polices.

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS:

          Library Committee Supervises and Advises of the Librarian in the policy of  book selection and other administrative Matters. The committee is mainly concerned with executive planning of administrative of the library, overseeing the library and solving its problems.

 

The main Functions performed by the Library Committee are.

Ø To formulate a development plan for the library.

Ø To formulate library policy in relation to development of resources for  instruction.

Ø Providing Sufficient Library materials, text books, Reference books and Periodicals etc.

Ø Organizing and processing it in a way to make it easily available and accessible to the students and staff members.

Ø Informing the user to the arrival of new Edition to the library and other facilities available.

Ø Extending bibliographical services and demand especially from the staff.

Ø Employing Competent and adequate staff.

Ø Ensuring a functional and modular type building at a proper location with  adequate facilities.

Ø Laying down sound Library Rules.

Ø Making Provision for adequate library Services.

Ø Making provision for sufficient funds for Procurements of Documents. Employment of staff, purchase of equipments maintenance of  building etc.

Ø Library Committee approves the budget allocation of funds to each subject annually.

 

Ø To oversee the work of the library and to promote its usefulness for student and teachers in fulfilling the objectives of the library.

 

Members of  the library Committee

 

The suggested membership of the committee is

1.    Principal                            : Chair Person

2.    Vice Principal                     :To chair the meeting in the absence of the Principal

3.    All Departmental H.O.D’s    : Members

4.    Librarian                           : Member Secretary

 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEMBEERS 2021-22

 

SL. NO.

 NAMES OF THE MEMBERS

DESIGNATIONS

1.

Prof. M. B. Kaveriappa

Principal

2.

Smt.T.K.Latha

Librarian and Convener

3.

Prof. R Thippeswamy

Head of the Departments

Kannada

4.

Dr.A.S. Poovamma

English

5.

Smt. P. P. Savitha

Hindi

6

Ms. M C Seema

History

7

Smt. M D Reshma

Economics

8

Ms. Rajeshwari

Geography

9

Smt. K T Seethamma

Political Science

10

Ms.K S Devamma

Chemistry

11

Ms.K V Suman 

Mathematics

12

Ms. A P Kruthika

Botany

13

Ms. C Akshatha

Zoology

14

Smt. M T Kruthika

Physics

15

Dr. Nayana Thammaiah

Commerce

16

Smt.Kavya C T.

General Studies

17

Sri.  V S Ajaykumar

BBM

18

Sri.U T.  Pemmaiah

B.C.A.

19

Sri.M T Santhosh

Physical  Education

20

Sri. Somnath

Office Superintendent

 

 

Best practices as well as specialized services provided by the library

Ø Open access Library

Ø Computerized library with  Easylib Software

Ø OPAC(Online Public Access Catalogue)

Ø Membership with INFLIBNET: Open Access: Free e-books/journals:-

The Project entitled “National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)”, being jointly executed by the e-ShodhSindhu Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, IIT Delhi provides for       cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and e-ShodhSindhu 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.

Ø Drinking Water Facility

Ø  Separate Reading Room for Female Students

Ø  User feedback Practice Through Questionnaire

Ø  Books circulated to Old students & Parents

Ø  CCTV cameras installed in the library

Ø  Power back up in the Library

 

Ø Bio Metric Attendance: Degree students have to maintain minimum 20 library hour of  attendance in a semester. A biometric attendance device  is placed in the library to record the library hour.

Ø Library Best User award: To motivate the students to make the efficient use of the library and its services, the ‘Best Library User Award’ has been started from 2010-2011.Two students are selected one from the Boys and One from the girls of III year degree course, on the basis of the statistical data, accession of  books,  reading aptitude of the student, utilisation of other library resources and discipline.