LIBRARY PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES AND  FACILITIES

Text Book Bank General & SC / ST Book Bank:- To cater to the increased demand for prescribed Textbook, a separate Book Bank for General category of Students and SC/ST students have been created. Students are provided with two textbooks per student, per semester.

1. Inter Library loan: - Publications that are not available in the Library and are requested by users can be obtained on loan from other Institutes, likewise publication will also be lent out on a reciprocal basis to other Institutes.
2. Reprographic Service: – Xerox / Photocopying service is made available in the Library.
3. Reference Service: -Library Professionals are pleased to help the users in locating and disseminating information from the available sources in the Library. Special Reference Books for Competitive Exams(CSIR/UGC/NET/SLET,IAS,KAS, Banking, Railways & other exams)
4. Internet Service: – Internet service is available for all categories of users of the Library.
5. Referral service : Directing the user the documents availability in the other institution.
6. User Education/ Orientation Programme:  is a part of the Dissemination of Information the Library. To inculcate reading habits among newly joined students and User Education    Programs/Orientation programs are conducting yearly to introduce about the library collections, services and facilities of the  library.
7. On-line Current awareness Service: – New books, Journals, Other information sources added to the Library will be intimated to the students and Teachers through the e-mail and these can also be accessed through the university website.
8. E- Journals: – Library has subscribed to NLIST package of E-Journals available ‘on-line’ for the benefit of its users. Only the members of the Library can access these journals through LAN.
9. CD’s available in the Library: – for the benefit of users of the Library.
10. Project Reports- these can  access in the library
11. Old  Question Paper: Available in the library
12. Open Source Resource Service: Provision has been made to access Open source resource through website http://www.sumadevi.weebly.com.

ON-LINE INTERNET SERVICES

 Current Awareness Bulletin: Books are sending though e-mail.

• Reminder notice are sending  through  E-mail.
• Career / Employment information services.

LIBRARY FACILITIES

Borrower’s Facility

Book Borrowing Facilities:

To implement the  Circulation  : Electronic and Bar-coded membership card  issued to Student with Photograph.

ICT Facilities:

•  Library is provided with 10 computers of latest version with DVD drive, compatible for web browsing and automation purpose.

• Computer Configuration: Dual Core 1.8 Ghz, 1 GB Ram,320 MDD,Core  2 Duo 2.1     GHz, 2GB RAM, 320 MDD.

• Library is provided LAN facility with Band width 1GB fibre Internet connectivity extensively used by the  students, faculties and library staff.
• Latest Version Ms Office 2010, Nudi, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, installed,
• Antivirus installed to secure computers from virus.
• All Faulty has University E-mail ID to communicate/to provide Library service through e-mail.
• Library is having TV, DVD player with remote to support the students in teaching and learning activities.
• Library is having LCD Projector with Screen is made available to teaching faculty to conduct effective teaching Classes, Orientation Programmes, Seminars/Conferences etc.

•  The Library details is provided in the university website : http://tumkuruniversity.in/index.php/university-college-of-arts-library/

•  Library is having Power back up facility ups with two batteries for  standalone system.

•   Information display and notification: There is notice board out side the library to display circular, news clipping, career opportunities. etc.

 LIBRARY COLLECTION:

 The Library collection consists of Books (including text books, dictionaries, encyclopaedia, competitive books, gazetteers, epigraphs, and year books), Periodicals, Project Reports, CD Rom/DVDs, Audio cassette, etc.

LIBRARY HOLDINGS:

COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY RESOURCES  IS AS FOLLOWS

Audio-Visual  Teaching Aids

COMPUTERISATION OF LIBRARY

•  To bring in total library automation, library data is under computerization with the help of open source software NewGenlib Integrated Library Management software  installed to automate in-house activities and services of the library.

• The Web Online Public Access Catalogue (Web-OPAC) will be made available to the users to identify the status of availability of documents in the library.
• Techfocuz 4.0 Digital Library software is installed in the University Library

E-RESOURCES:   Membership  with INFLIBNET-NLIST

• University College of Arts Library is a member of INFLIBNET-NLIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) Programme under 12B/2F Scheme and subscribes the E-books (More than75, 000) and   E-journals (More than 3,000). Visit:    http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/

  List of  Magazines Subscribed for the Academic year-2012-13