About

The library of P.K .DAS College of Nursing is located at the centre most part of the main block. The aim of the library is focused to support users in the teaching-learning experience from referrals reading to examination preparations.

The college has a library with a plinth area 3000sq.ft with all modern facilities. The faculty and students refer the print journals to publish/present papers. The library functions on all days except Sundays.

The books in the general library are categorized as references and textbooks. Students can borrow books using the ID card issued by the college. Access to the library is managed by ID card using KOHA software. Library is open from 8.30 am to 5:00pm. (Except on Sundays & Government holidays) .

E-Learning Resources like Delnet, K-hub,J-gate are available in the Library, which is being effectively used by the Faculty and Students.

GENERAL FACILITIES

• NO: OF SEATS IN READING AREA=230
• TOTAL VOLUMES =4064
• TOTAL NO: OF TITLES=2214
• REFERENCE BOOKS =658
• NATIONAL JOURNALS =10
• INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS =7

Rules & Regulations

• Strict discipline and silence is to be observed, any type of group discussion is not allowed inside the library.
• Staff, students and visitors must enter their name in the register maintained for the same.
• Students, faculty members must have their smart card to enter the library.
• Library Transaction time from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm
• The privilege of borrowing books from the Library is restricted to the members only.
• Staff should bring their library card for transaction.
• Members shall not bring personal belongings and any printed materials inside the library.
• A student can borrow 2 books at a time for the period of ‘15’ days.
• Staff can borrow 3 books at a time for the period of ‘30’ days.
• Both staff and students can take CD/ DVD for the period of ‘7’ days.
• Books given on loan may be renewed for a further period provided no other members reserved the same.
• Library books will be issued to faculty members & students only during the scheduled time and can return at any time.
• Library books should be properly looked after and deposited on or before the due date.
• Overdue fine are there for late return.
• properly recorded before getting that book issued.
• If any books is found damaged while returning and there is no record of previous damage, the borrower will be responsible for that. Depending upon the severity of damage or lost, the borrower will have to pay up to an amount equal to double the cost of current price or triple amount of actual cost of the book. The membership of the borrower may also be cancelled.
• Stealing/Marking, underlining, writing, cutting, folding of pages are strictly prohibited and liable to be punished if librarian detects any such damage to the library book.
• Librarian reserves the right to recall the book from the borrower at any time in case of urgency.
• Do not misplace the books on shelf. While browsing books, no book should be replaced by the user on the stack themselves, keep them on reading table.
• Reference books, journals, periodicals, newspapers, projects, reports and question papers are to be read in the library, those are not to be issued.
• Those who are using internet facility are instructed to enter their name in the register maintained for the same. And their search should be limited to academic purpose only.

Digital Library

• Delnet
• K-hub
• J-gate
• E-shodhsindhu
• SWAYAM
• Remote Digital Access

Features

Features of KOHA and icampuz

• Tagging: Each material in the library is separately tagged with all information in Kohasoftware.Tagsare customized as per the nursing curriculum requirement.
• Comment: librarians can share information/news/announcements with their users at any time through user feedback facility is also available.
• Social sharing: It provides new opportunities for collaboration and information sharing betweenlibraries and users’ community. It helps will help to enhance outreach library services.
• Customizable search: It helps the customizable search Modern librarymanagement systems haveweb-based OPACs that allow patrons to interfacewith the library. Koha’s OPAC goes beyondmerely being a search tool andenables patrons to reserve books, manage their accounts, pay library fees online,track their circulation history, and even make reviews and suggestions for newbooks.
• Digital bar code printing system: All items have a unique item number. We have created the barcode with the item number, call number with our institutional ID. The barcodes in KOHAsimplifies the other functions of library such as circulation, stock verification, utilization entry etc.
• OPAC system: Online public access cataloging is the online database of the available material which gives digitalized personal cards for the students and faculty. This feature makes the library function smoother.
• Online circulation: KOHA support the online circulation in libraryManagement System (LMS).Due date, issue and renewal, fine charges,circulation history, reports, patron information. Remarksetc.are visible in circulation module.
• Patron card creation: Library Management System KOHA helps to generate Patron’s card as our requirements.
• Report generation: Reports in Koha are a way to gather data. Reports are used to generate statistics, member lists, shelving lists, or any list of data in your database as per our need. Koha’sdata is stored in a MySQL database which means that librarians can generate nearly any report they would like by either using the Guided Reports Wizard or writing their own SQL query.
• Cataloging: In the library all materials are orderly and systematically arranged with several customized tags like name of author, sub title, year of publication. ISSN, ISBN, edition, volumeetc. with this a catalogue card is completing for each book/journal or any material.