1. CHMK LIBRARY
Established in 1971
Floor Area of 2056.79 square metre
More than 1 Lakh documents and 5000 users
Distinction of being the first fully automated
University Library in the state of Kerala
Full fledged Infonet Centre
Research Centre for Library & Information
Science and Sociology
2. Collections
Books 97913
Current Journals 272
Theses and Dissertations 2671
Microforms 205
Bound Volumes of 2105
Periodicals
CD-ROMs 67
3. Working Hours
8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Second Saturdays : 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Sundays : 8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Remain closed only on public holidays
On an average the library works 325 days in a
calendar year.
4. Standards followed
Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme
Anglo American Catalogue Rules with local
variations
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Koha Software in Client-Server Environment
20. Migration from LibSys to Koha
Library have moved from LibSys to Koha open
source Integrated Library Management
System
The process of migration successfully
completed by a group of library professionals
of University of Calicut