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E-Journals	Library Blog
Free E- Books	NSDL Resources
E- Thesis	e-PG Pathshala
Indian Union Catalogue	LMS

Introduction:

Our College library play important role in educational process of the institution. Library is valuable resources for students, staff, researchers etc.A Library is considered as a storehouse of knowledge. A well-organized library is essential for teaching and learning process, especially when the emphasis is shifted from classroom teaching to learning centered process. The library service enriches the quality of the learning process.

Infrastructure facilities:

The library is housed in a first floor of Dr. Ghali College building specially planned for the purpose. It is designed to provide comfortable reading accommodation in abundant light, fresh air and serene atmosphere. It has adequately equipped furniture. The area of the library is about 78.28 sq. meters. Our college library has 31074 books and subscribes 46 periodicals and 12 newspapers. Library is fully computerized and users (teachers & students) get the information on computer terminals about books and periodicals.

The College has facilities of e-resources of INFLIBNET-N-LIST. Through these facility 6247 e-journals & 135000+ e-books are available to stakeholders

The library followed D.D.C. Scheme for classification and AACR II. system for cataloguing.

AIMS OF THE LIBRARY

1. To develop collection of reading resources useful for various courses.
2. To provide various library services and facilities to the readers.
3. To support research activity for its progress and qualitative development.
4. To preserve and conserve the collection of reading material in the library.
5. To support parent institution for developing quality of learning and teaching.
6. To Provide Books for Various job-related examinations to the students.
7. To Provide reading culture among the student, faculty and the Society.

Best Practices of the Library

1. Assistance to poor and deserving students.
2. Value Added services to differently abled students
3. User Orientation & Information Literacy to student.
4. Career /Employment Information.
5. Suggestion Box and timely response.
6. Displaying new arrivals list.
7. Organizing book exhibition.
8. Reading motivation day ( 15 th Octomber) celebration in the memory of Late Ex .President of India Dr. A. P .J. Abdul Kalam.

Library Staff

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Qualification
1	Mr. Savekar Rajendra Sakharam	Librarian	M.Sc.,M. Lib.& I. Sc., M .Ed, NET, SET.
2	Mr. Pawar Popat Kalu	Library Clerk	B.A.
3	Mr. Jadgale Ashok Sambhajirao	Library Attendant	H. Sc.
4	Mr. Gavali Raju Babu	Library Attendant	B. A.
5	Mr. Rane Suresh Baburao	Library Attendant	S.S.C.
6	Mr. Kutakole Subhash Laxman	Library Attendant	B.Sc.

Working Hours

Library Time - 7.30 am. To 5.30 pm. (Monday to Saturday)

The circulation counter remains closed on all Sunday’s and National holidays. The reading hall and Periodicals section remain closed on selected national holidays. The library is proud of having many rare collections of encyclopedia’s, dictionaries in various languages, research articles, thesis, dissertations of our staff and authors in the Gadhinglaj area.

Stock verification:

Stock verification is done every year to take a review of the circulation of books and prepare a list of missing books. The physical verification of all holdings of the library is done annually with help of staff members and library staff. Stock verification is carried out with the help of separate sheets containing accession numbers in consecutive order.

Library Committee:

Every year the college constitutes Library Committee for its smooth functioning of its activities. The main objective of library committee are to decide and adopt policies to govern the management and programs of the library, to prepare the annual budget, rules and regulations of the library. The committee also looks into students grievances, if any. The committee consists of Principal as a Chairman, Librarian as a Secretary and senior faculty members of each department of college.

The library committee for the academic year 2016-17

Sr.No.	Name of Faculty	Designation
1.	Principal Dr. Mangalkumar R. Patil	Chairman
2.	Librarian Shri. Savekar R.S.	Secretary
3.	Shri. Bhukele S.J.	Member
4.	Dr. Sanghraj S.S.	Member
5.	Dr. Masal N.B.	Member
6.	Smt. Arabole S.A	Member
7.	Dr. Sawant R.S.	Member
8.	Dr. Patil D.M.	Member
9.	Shri. Janvekar S.N.	Member

Library Services

1. Library provides following services to its users:

Separate Notice Boards for displaying information about Entrance examinations, Competitive Examinations, Campus Interviews, etc.
Reference services
E-Resources under N-LIST facility of INFLIBNET (Ahmedabad ,Gujrat)
Newspaper Clipping services
Current Awareness Services
Open Access Services
E-mail Services
Providing previous University Examination question papers to the students and the faculty.

2. The library provides following computerized services:

Cataloguing and accessioning through software.
Online circulation service of books with barcoding facility.
Online books search facility through OPAC (in Campus through LAN)
Online books search facility through Web-OPAC
Online books issue/return facility through NEW GEN LIB software
Report generation through NGL Software.
Status and name of books / borrower.
Statistics. Annual reports, stock Checking etc.
Smart card service ( Identity -card and Library borrow card together )
Q. R. code service for searching books available in Library.

3. Support facilities available in the library

Library Automation Software with Online Public Access Catalogue
INFLIBNET facility.
Nine computers.
Broadband Internet facility for students and staff.
Reprographic facility (in College Office ) - One.
News Paper Reading Section
Separate Section for Research work and Research publication.
Free access to the students in the library

4.Library Extension Work

We are conducting 1 year bachelor degree course in Library & Information Science (B.Lib.&I.Sc.) affiliated to Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. It is recognized by UGC, New Delhi.

Library collection at a Glance as on 31/03/2017

Sr.No.	Particulars	Numbers
1	Total No.of Books	31074
2	Total no.of Titles	24360
3	Total no. of Text Books	17217
4	Total no.of Reference Books	13852
5	Total no of Competitive Exam Books	618
6	Total no of Bound Volume	171
7	Total no of News Papers	12
8	Total no of Journals/Periodicals	46
9	Total no of CD's	56
10	Online e-Journal (NLIST)- Library Consortium (e- shodhsindhu )	6247
11	Online e- Books (NLIST)- Library Consortium (e- shodhsindhu )	135000
12	Total Cost of Books in Rupees	3718291.00

Circulation Statistics during Year 2016-2017

Month	Check Outs	Check ins	Renewal	Total
Jan	1121	1040	10	2171
Feb	1050	940	7	1997
Mar	930	785	15	1730
April	860	814	25	1699
May	287	240	60	587
June	789	741	71	1601
July	1155	1029	45	2229
Aug	1245	1121	35	2401
Sept	1089	988	62	2139
Oct	1072	1032	65	2169
Nov	1097	858	28	1983
Dec	1087	959	17	2063
Total	11777	10547	440	22764

Online Public Access Catalogue Usage 2016-17

Sr.No.	Month	Total Hints
1	Jun	141
2	July	148
3	Aug	115
4	Sept	119
5	Oct	227
6	Nov	335
7	Dec	342
8	Jan	365
9	Feb	417
10	March	560
11	April	247
12	May	156
Total		3172

Future proposals:

We propose to have a separate and independent Building of Library including reading hall, audio-visual facility room, periodicals section for students and the staff, Stack section which will help us to promote the dissemination of information more effectively.

Contact :

Rajendra S. Savekar
Librarian,
Dr. Ghali College, Gadhinglaj,
D- Kolhapur.(Maharashtra)
Pin-416502.
Ph-02327-222119 extension no.23
Mob.- 09403452999.
E-mail- drghalicollegelibrary@gmail.com.

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