CENTRAL LIBRARY OF GUSHAKARA MAHAVIDYALAYA
LIBRARY HOURS
MORNING SHIFT:
8.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. (Monday to Saturday except Sundays and Holidays)
DAY SHIFT:
10.00 a.m. to 5.00p.m. (Monday to Saturday except Sundays and Holidays)
PRESENT LIBRARY STAFF
|
SL.NO. |
NAME |
DESIGNATION |
QUALIFICATION |
|
01 |
DIPANWITA RAY |
LIBRARIAN |
M.A.(English), MLIS |
|
02 |
KRISHNA PADA ROY |
LIBRARIAN |
M.A. (Bengali), MLIS |
|
03 |
HEMANTA MUKHOPADHYAY |
LIBRARY PEON |
B.COM |
|
04 |
AMITAVA MALIK |
LIBRARY CLERK (Morning Shift) |
B.A. |
The library is housed in a three-storey building with a total area of 45,000 square feet. On the first floor, you'll find the Librarians' desks, stack areas for all subjects except Economics and Commerce, Reference Collection materials like dictionaries and encyclopedias, staff areas, the information display unit, the Koha server, and information retrieval terminals for users. Additionally, there are three CCTV cameras for surveillance on this floor and one in the reading hall on the second floor.
The second floor features a spacious and well-lit reading hall with a capacity for thirty-six seats. Other amenities on this floor include four toilets and a water purifier. Stack areas for Economics, Commerce, the RUSA Collection, the Special Collection, and the Periodicals Collection are also located here.
The library boasts a collection of over 42,000 books, including both textbooks and reference materials, all cataloged in the Koha Library Management Software (LMS). Koha, an open-source software, has been upgraded from version 15.11 to version 21.05. Both students and faculty members can easily access the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of Koha to find the books they need.
Accession numbers for books and patron card numbers are generated using Barcode Technology. Additionally, the library subscribes to various journals, magazines, and newspapers. As a member of the NLIST project, the college provides access to over 6000 e-journals, 1,99,500 e-books, and 6,00,000 e-books from the National Digital Library (NDL) through e-ShodhSindhu.
Link to NDLI for open access to journals and periodicals