"The Highest Law of Love is Service"
NAAC A+ Grade Reaccredited
Affiliated to University of Mumbai
(NAAC A++ Grade Reaccredited)
Beneficiary of RUSA 2.0 Component 9.0-Infrastructural Grant
The College library is the gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for life-long learning, independent decision-making, and cultural development of the students and the teachers. Focusing upon the very important role of the library, our college Library has been growing steadily over the years.
| Library | Main Library | PhD. Reading Room |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2800 sqft | 64 sqft |
| Timings | 8.30a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (Monday to Saturday) The Library timings are changed during the vacation |
To make the library more learner-centric and user friendly the college has constituted a Library Advisory Committee. It facilitates effective and smooth governance of the Library.
| Article | 11246 |
|---|---|
| Book | 14451 |
| Bound Volume | 1748 |
| CD | 380 |
| Dissertations | 1151 |
| E. C. E. Lab, Material (H.D.) | 1306 |
|---|---|
| E-Journals | 1306 |
| Journals and Magazine | 35 |
| Fiction | 933 |
| Ph. D. | 29 |
The reading hall of the library is on the fourth floor of the college. It accommodates about 100 readers. There is a separate section for Ph.D. Students & Staff members. The students have to show their identity cards and library tickets while entering into the reading hall. The hall is kept open between 8.30 am to 6.00 pm. on all working days.
A reader requires a book for home reading and a copy of the same book is not spared with home lending counter, then the book is issued to the reader against his/her identity card with a written permission from the Librarian, for overnight only at closing time of the library.
Periodicals/Magazines, Newspapers are to be referred to in the library only. Students are required to deposit their identity cards with library staff for borrowing those materials.
The counter for home lending is kept open between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. on all working days of the week. Students can borrow study books for five days and fiction books for fifteen days from this counter
The staff of the library and librarian help the readers in finding their queries. Readers are also provided with relevant documents, which are of interest to them and they are shown the technique of finding information.
List of books is provided to the faculty as well as students if it is demanded by them. Also the list of new arrival is given to respective departments.
The library has been indexing articles from research journals and this facility is made available to the library users.
The College Library provides inter-library loan facility to its readers to cater to the extra reading needs of its readers.
Students are provided with letters to enable them to visit other libraries and access their library material.
The library has been providing photocopying facility to its readers. The library possesses a good collection of reference books that cannot be given to the readers for home reading. Readers can get a part of those documents, photocopied at the rate of Rs.1 per black &white page and Rs. 8/- for per color page.
The library has provision for printout at the rate of Rs. 3 per page(black and white )
The library has been providing Internet services to its readers free of cost.
The Early Childhood Care and Education laboratory material is stored in the library. The material consists of developmentally appropriate books, puppets, flashcards, games and toys to be used as teaching aids - some of which are purchased while some are made by students as part of their coursework at SYBSc, TYBSc (HD) and MSc (HD) levels.
The College library has subscribed following e-journals, which are used by the Ph.D. and M. Sc. students
| SR. NO. | PARTICULAR | STATUS | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Journals of Sports Nutrition & Metabolism | (P+O) | 72606.00 |
| 2 | International Journals of Food Nutrition & Diet | (P+O) | 6000.00 |
| 3 | Journal of Food Science & Technology | (P+O) | 6800.00 |
| 4 | American Journal of Nutrition | Online only | 48528.00 |
| 5 | Journal of Nutrition | Online only | 64631.00 |
| 6 | Childhood Education | (P+O) | 23527.00 |
| 7 | Nutrition Reviews | (P+O) | 42266.00 |
| 8 | Merrill Palmer | (P+O) | 32487.00 |
| 9 | Psychological Studies | (P+O) | 5700.00 |
| 10 | Asian Journal of Research in Marketing | Online only | 3600.00 |
| 11 | Training & Development Journal | Online only | 2300.00 |
| 12 | Journal of Marketing | (P+O) | 42250.00 |
| 13 | Journal of Entrepreneurship | (P+O) | 3500.00 |
The N-LIST project provides access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions. The users from our college can now access 6000+ e-journals and 3100000+ e-books. Registered members can download articles and book chapters required by them directly from the publisher's website.
Register Member LoginAn orientation program is held for all new students (Junior college, UG and PG courses) at the beginning of every academic year. Through this program, an effort is made to familiarize every new member with the use of the library and acquaint them with its policies. The resources, services, facilities etc. offered by the Library are discussed.
New books, which are recently added to the library collection, are displayed in the glass display racks to make students and faculty aware about them.
Visitors are allowed to use the library on payment of fees.
The Library Committee has instituted a ‘BEST READER OF THE YEAR AWARD’ to be given to two students from the year i.e. 2009-10. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a rotating trophy.
The criteria for selection are as mentioned below.
The Library of Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science conducts a Book Review Competition for Junior College students.
The criteria for judging this competition are:
Feedback of any fiction/non-fiction book read on the following aspects:
To have a glance at recent publications and to facilitate bulk purchase of books, a two-day book Exhibition is held in the library. Students and staff members can select good books for the library and for personal reading.
On the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Diwas a one day book exhibition is organized in the Library. The display includes different categories of Marathi Books e.g. Marathi novels, Marathi biographies, historical books, Marathi reference books, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar books and rare Marathi books.
Former President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's birth anniversary is celebrated as 'Vaachan Prerna Din' (reading inspiration day). On the occasion, a book exhibition is organized and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam books are displayed.
Students can discuss any problem related to the library and its services with the librarian.
The librarian tries to settle them in her capacity and if unresolved the Principal of the
college
can be approached.
A suggestion box is kept in the library seeking valuable suggestions and recommendations
from the readers of the library. The suggestions made by them are taken up, discussed in the
library committee meeting and implemented, if relevant.
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