General Rules and Regulations

● All the students/professionals and outsiders entering the Library shall deposit their bags and other belongings at the entrance. Only notebooks and the Library books to be returned will be allowed inside. Do not leave any valuables at the CheckPoint. Library is not responsible for any loss of personal belongings.

● College Identity Card is compulsory for getting access to the library.

● Books removed from the shelves by students, if not required for reference, should be kept on the book trolley or on the table nearest to them. Please do not try to shelve them yourself. Please remember that a book misplaced is a book lost.

● The newspaper(s) should be folded properly after reading and kept back in the designated place.

● Readers should not deface, mark, cut, mutilate or damage library resources in any way. If anyone is found doing so, he/she will be charged the full replacement cost of the resource. Books Borrowed should be protected from RAIN, DUST, INSECT, etc.

● Students are advised not to issue Books to others on their names.

● Conversation and discussion disturbs library ambience. Therefore, all are requested to maintain silence. If discussion is necessary, the common room should be utilized for the same.

● All users are requested to keep their mobiles switched off or in silent mode in the Library.

● Beverages and Eatables are not allowed inside the library.

● Library reserves the right to call back any issued book/item at any time.

● All students are advised to come to the Library in decent dress as they are in the classrooms.

● Demand and suggestion slips are available at the circulation desk for your use.

Library Timings

● Reference Timings

• Monday to Friday:-  9 AM to 6 PM
• Saturday:- 9 AM to 2 PM
• Sunday and Holidays:- Library will remain closed on holidays

● Circulation Timings

• Monday to Friday  10.30 AM to 4.30 PM
• Saturday 10.30 AM to 1 PM

Periodical Details

List of News Papers Details

On 2021-22

● Indian Express

● The Hindu

● Prajavani

● Vijaya Karnataka

● Samyuktha Karnataka

● Kannada Prabha

● Udayavani

Library Resources

● Books - Subject Collection in all Disciplines and Fiction in Kannada and English

● Encyclopedias

● Dictionaries

● Magazines and Journals

● Newspapers

● N-List Consortium Resources

● E-Journals

● E-Books

Library Committee

  The Function of the Library Committee is to advice the functioning of the Library and prepare budget for the Library resources. The principal has been frame the Library Committee for 2 years once.

Committee Members List:

 1. Dr. N. Shankaresh - Chairperson of the Committee

 2. Hombalamma H. - Member

 3. Dr. B.N. CHandrashekar - Member

 4. Dr. Nirupama M.  - Member

 5. Sridhar A.N.  - Member

 6. Sanjana C.P.  - Member

 7. Parvathamma  - Member

 8. Nandeesha S.C.  -Member

 9. Kavitha J.N.  - Convener

All Committee Members of the library shall participate in the meeting as invitees to provide required inputs.

Library Collections

● Total No. of Books: - 25,877

● Total Reference Book: - 8,469

● Text Book: - 17,296

● e-Books:- 1,95,809

● No. of Journals: - 02

● e-Journals: 6293

● Magazine: - 06

● No. of News Papers: - 06

● e-Resources:- N-List

List of Magazines and Journals

● Yojana Kannada

● UNIVERSITY NEWS

● Southern Economist

● Sparda Spoorthi

● Science Reporter

● Down to Earth

● Hosathu

● Vijnana Loka

● Samajamukhi

● Business Today

List of e-Journals

● American Institute of Physics [18 titles]

● Annual Reviews [33 titles]

● Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)  [1 title]

● Indian Journals [180+ titles]

● Institute of Physics [46 titles]

● JSTOR [2500+ titles]

● Oxford University Press [262 titles]

● Royal Society of Chemistry [29 titles]

● H. W. Wilson [3000+ titles]

● Cambridge University Press [224 titles] (2010-2016)

Mission

 Build collections and create tools to support learning, teaching and research.

 Serve as a Learning Resource Center and develop a comprehensive collection of resources.

 It tends to incorporate the latest technology and adopt user-friendly approach towards accessing e-resources by students and faculty members.

 Integrating librarians, programs, and services into the academic curriculum.

 Developing the mode of access.

Vision

 Right Information to the Right Users at the Right Time and in the Right Format.

 To support students and faculties for their academic and professional growth through providing well equipped library collection and services.

Introduction

The Library of Sri Adichunchanagiri First Grade College, Channarayapatana established in the year 1979. Since then the library has made consistent progress in terms of collection of books, periodicals, e-books, e-journals, services and infrastructure provided

It plays a central role in enhancing the quality of learning and teaching environment by providing required resources in the college. It is fully equipped with all resources related to syllabus to meet the end-users demands effectively, and is identifying and adopting good practices towards providing better services to the users. It collectively supports the teaching, learning and extension activities of the institute. All the students and faculty members of the institute are entitled to make use of the library facilities on taking library membership.

1. Name of the department : LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTRE

2. Year of Establishment  : 1979