St. Joseph’s College Library

Library

About Department

St. Joseph’s college Library is one of the oldest private govt. aided autonomous degree college library in Visakhapatnam. It spreads in an area of 3806 sq ft. The library is located in a separate two storied building with mezzanine flooring situated very close to the main block. The Library is equipped with fire alarm, Tripod turnstile based entry, CCTV surveillance.

The collection includes text books and reference books, journals, magazines, CD/DVD’s, back volumes in a wide range of subjects such as English literature, pure sciences, arts, history and social sciences, languages, general topics etc. The library has a spacious air-conditioned reading hall and reference section that can accommodate more than one hundred users at any point of time.

The library is automated with integrated library management software SOUL 3.0 (Software for University Libraries) of INFLIBNET. The various housekeeping activities of the library such as data entry, issue and return of books, member logins etc are done through the software. OPAC (Online public access catalogue) service is also provided where the users can search the collection of books by title, author, publisher etc. Barcode technology is implemented at the circulation counter. The Open Access system in our library facilitates quick and better access to the books. The books are classified according to Dewey decimal classification.

Apart from the printed books the library is having access to e resources through NLIST (National library Information services and Infrastructure for scholarly content) of INFLIBNET and also our institution has registered for National Digital Library where the students can have access to e books, e journals, databases etc. The Various services offered are Circulation service which is issue and return of books, back volumes, reprographic service, and CD/DVD and internet service.

Vision

The St. Joseph’s College library is an exceptional center for learning, discovery and research and is equipped with the best of resources, facilities and services to enable its members to become proficient information users.

Mission

To Understand and provide comprehensive resources and services to support teaching, learning and research of the user community. To Develop, organize, and maintain the collection to meet the needs of the user community. To Participate in and respond swiftly and creatively to technological developments relevant to users’ needs and standards.

Objectives

Provide books, printed materials and other electronic resources for teaching, learning and research.
Access to knowledge, promote scholarly communication and provide information to academic community to support teaching, learning and research activity.
Organize materials to acquire, manage, and disseminate and make use of library.
Provide guidance and aid to the people in their use of the library’s resources.
To work with faculty in integrating information skills, knowledge of information sources, and the use of technology in accessing information needed to strengthen their instruction, research and extension programs.
To provide an appropriate and comfortable environment and facilities for the use of library

Committee Members 2022-2023

Mrs. M V L Prasanna	M.L.Sc
Sr. S .Hema	M.Sc,B.Ed (Ph.D)
Dr. P. Sarada	M.Sc, Ph.D
Mrs. K. Naga Sireesha	M.Tech
Dr. N. Jyothi	M.B.A, Ph.D.
Dr. A. Mousami Shankar	M.Sc, Ph.D
Divya ( III BBA)	Student representatives
Yesaswini (II B.Sc.)	Student Representative
Sahitya (II M.Sc, Psy)	Student Representative

General Rules:

The College Library will be opened for staff and students from 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on all working days of the college.

Only pen and white papers are allowed into the
Silence shall be strictly observed in the
Books should be handled with Fine will be levied for mishandling of books.
Marking or writing on the library books and folding the pages edge are absolutely

Rules for Borrowing Books:

Each student will be given library ID. No. and two library tickets on admission, which will entitle her to borrow two books at a time from the library. These must be presented at the issue counter whenever students borrow books. The library tickets are not transferable.
Books will be issued from 9.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. only.
Books will be issued for a period of 2 weeks each time. The book may be reissued if there is no damage for it.
If a book is not returned on the due date, a fine will be levied. The membership will be cancelled after a delay of 5 days from the due date.
Students are not allowed to sub lend the library books to other students.
Students should check, whether the book lent to her is in sound condition. If not she must report immediately to the Librarian. Other- wise she is liable to be responsible for the replacement of the book.
If a student loses any library book, she shall make a written complaint (in triplicate) to the Librarian. If a book issued is damaged or lost, the student must replace it. If one volume of the set is damaged or lost, the whole set must be replaced.
The following books are for REFERENCE within the library only: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias. Etc., Art books and expensive books, Single copy text-books and some reference books.

Collections

1.	Total Collection	:	32289
2.	Textbooks	:	29920
3.	Reference Books	:	2386
4.	Periodicals	:	46
5.	Non Book Materials (CD’s)	:	501
6.	No. of Computers	:	25
7.	Back volumes	:	6205

Last Five Years Data– Collection

S. No	Academic Year	Text books	Reference Books	Periodicals	CD’s	E-Resources	Digital Library
1	2018-19	451	23	65	–	N-LIST	NDLI
2	2019-20	364	12	66	–	N-LIST	NDLI
3	2020-21	315	13	66	–	N-LIST	NDLI
4	2021-22	193	52	49	–	N-LIST	NDLI
5	2022-23	237	104	60	8	N-LIST	NDLI
5	2023-24	47	12	46	8	N-LIST	NDLI

SERVICES

Circulation Service (Issue, Returns & Renewals)
Reference Service
OPAC (Online Public Access catalogue)
Current Awareness Service
Display of Information and Notifications
Display of New Arrival of Books
Periodical Service (Journals & Magazines)
Previous Question Papers
Bound Volumes
Reprography
User Awareness Service
Digital Library

Facilities

- - Internet Access Facility
  - Reading & Reference Section
  - Photocopying Facility
  - OPAC Search Facility
  - Periodical Facility (Journals & Magazines)
  - Educational CD/DVD’s
  - Wi-Fi Access Facility
  - Closed Circuit Cameras for Surveillance
  - Online Database Access Facility
  - N-LIST of INFLIBNET (E-Resources )
  - Library Webpage Facility
  - Library Orientation Facility
  - Question Bank Facility
  - 2 Fire Safety Units Provided
  - 6 Smoke detectors
  - 11 Air Conditioners
  - 2 Printers
  - 1Barcode printer
  - 1 Barcode scanner
  - UPS (Uninterrupted power supply)
  - Tripod Turnstile

Digital Library Initiatives of GOI – INFLIBNET

Inflibnet Services

N list (E-Books, E –Journals and Data bases )

NDL : (Digital Library)

E-PG Pathshala: (E-content of PG Courses)

Eacharya/Vidyamitra: (E-content portal)

Shodhganga: (E-Thesis)

Shodhgangotri: (Synopses of PhD scholars)

Swayam: (On line courses)

Vidwan Database: (Data base profiles of faulty)

SwayamPrabha: (32 DTH channels educational Programmes)

Egyankosh: (National Digital Repository of IGNOU)

Quick Reference Links:

FREE e-BOOKS:

One look Dictionary

Merriam Webster Dictionary

Engineering Dictionary

Webster’s Online Dictionary

Dictionary

Free Dictionary

Computer Dictionary

USER STATISTICS:

YEAR	No. of Logins	No. of Issues / Returns	No. of Working Days
2018-19	80862	9401	218
2019-20	81685	11450	213
2020-21	20284	5061	206
2021-22	53873	11490	216
2022-23	64005	8195	218