Library Profile and Objectives

CHINTATARANGA   CHORA – GOLAGHAT COMMERCE COLLEGE

CENTRAL LIBRARY

• Books are for use
• Every reader his/ her book
• Every books its reader
• Save the time of the reader
• A library is a growing organism

—- S. R. Ranganathan’s

The five laws of library science is a theory proposed by S.R.Ranganathan in 1931, detailing the principles of operating a library system.

Golaghat commerce college library (Chintataranga chora) was started in 1972 in the year of establishment of the college. In the beginning it had only a few books. At present Library has a collection of over 20,000 (Twenty thousand) text books and reference books (for Commerce and Arts disciplines) covering a wide range of subjects. Besides, useful Journals, Magazines and News papers are subscribed regularly. The  Library is an integral part of the institution. The institution is in the process of acquiring new online research Journals to suffice the academic needs of the teachers and students. In the reading  room , attached  to the library,  Text  books , Reference books , Journals, Magazines and Newspapers  can be consulted.  Besides , every department keeps books in their departmental libraries .To increase reading habits among the users, the Library Committee has introduced the “Best library user” award which is awarded on different occasions. The college library is computerized and users can personally check the availability of books they need through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). The College Library have ‘Dspace’ , an open source software for creating open access repositories. In Digital Library Internet facilities have been installed for N-List, research work and advanced studies work. Reprography facility is also available for users. College has access to many Journals online and is also connected to N-List library facilities supported by Govt. of India. The library also takes feedback from visitors. There is a Suggestion Box  for taking feedback regarding library services from the users.

• Objectives:

 

• To support study and research by providing perpetual access to information resources.
• To collect, consolidate and circulate information and knowledge to students, research scholars and other academic communities.
• To preserve, protect and reuse the invaluable collection for its users.
• To maintain universal and democratic ethos of library.
• To promote the use of various sources of information and knowledge among the users.