Library & Information Center

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER 

The college was established in 1967 by its founding his holiness Jagadguru Dr. Shri Shivarathri Rajendra swamiji. The library started functioning in the year 1967. It has a glorious record of 57 years of worthy service to the Education society.

The library is the heart of any academic institution and important role in all academic activities of our institution. Keeping in view the aims and objectives of the college (institution), the library has been planned, developed & is constantly improvised by staff under the guidance of the library council.

The library has adopted an open access system so as to facilitate readers to have easy access to the library resources. The library has also established links with other important libraries at regional level, in order to provide inter –library access for the benefit of students and teachers of the college. To assist the students and research scholars is locating literature as well as information in research, general reference & current awareness, computerized catalogue have been introduced

Access to internet and INFLIBNET has enriched e-resources for the learning process of the students. Separate Reference section, Reprographic facility, additional reference material, books to prepare for professional courses and civil services examinations are available to students.

Vision

Creating collaborative learning environments that will adopt to the changing needs of the College, to improve the e-resource access in the campus make use of emerging technologies effectively in the library.

Mission

• To promote information and digital literacy to the user community
• To support research activities and thinking critically
• To provide facility will become proficient learners in accessing information in the 21st century

Core Values

      Modesty (ವಿನಮ್ರತಾ) : To be free from vanity : ಅಹಂಕಾರ ತ್ಯಜಿಸುವಿಕೆ 

      Originality (ನವೀನತಾ) : To cultivate innovative thinking 

      Understanding (ಅವಗಮನಂ) : To value people and their feelings : ಜನರ ಭಾವನೆಗಳ ಆದರಿಸುವಿಕೆ

     Leadership (ನಾಯಕತ್ವಂ) : To make a positive difference : ಧನಾತ್ಮಕ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ತರುವಿಕೆ

     Yearning  (ಅಭಿಲಾಷಃ) : To acquire knowledge passionately : ಜ್ಞಾನದಾಹ ಹೊಂದುವಿಕೆ 

      Accountability : (ಉತ್ತರದಾಯಿತ್ವಂ)  To maintain highest standards of integrity : ಪರಮೋಚ್ಛ ನೈತಿಕತೆಯ  ಕಾಯ್ದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ

Goal

Our aim is to realize this vision by 2025. Our strategy is to develop & adopting innovative programmes in basic and emerging disciplines in a phased manner and to update them periodically so as to keep ourselves on track and on time. Our commitment is to involve 100% of the faculty and students in interactive learning environment both within and outside the college campus through contextual and experiential programmes so that they would be builders of a world wide – network of knowledge – sharing and excels in their performance with a winning edge in the wider context of globalization.

Functional Sections

The library has automated make use of KOHA library management software to extending both traditional and IT related services. The library has different divisions/ Sections carrying out various Library professional activities.

1. Acquisition section
2. Technical section
3. Stack area
4. Active stack area
5. Circulation section (Membership Registration)
6. Reference, documentation and archival section
7. Periodical section
8. Information Technology division (Browsing centre)
9. Audorium
10. Text book loan section
11. OPAC
12. Xerox unit