This document provides information about the library at Basanti Devi College. It summarizes the library's resources and services. The library has a central library, departmental libraries, and reading rooms. It has over 30,000 printed books and journals as well as over 100,000 e-books and 4,500 e-journals. Services include book lending, reference services, career guidance, and access to online resources. The goal is to make the college community fully digitally literate and serve as a center of excellence for digital learning.

1. BASANTI DEVI COLLEGE
LIBRARY
Welcome to the
World of
Learning…………
Dr. Sabuj Kr. Chaudhuri, Librarian

2. First e-Library in College in West Bengal (25th March
2010) & under CU
Dedicated College Library Website
Firewall system for safe browsing
'Earn-While-You-Learn Scheme‘ launched in 2010 for
the students
Coordinate Career oriented programs
Coordinate whole ICT infrastructure of the College
Coordinate a Cine Club
Highly appreciated by NAAC
Laurels in a few……

3. Library System
E-
Library
Central
Library
Departmental
Library
UGC-NRC
Reading Room
ICT Teaching –
LearningCentre
Book
Bank
Career
Guidance

4. Physical Infrastructure
 Air-conditioned Central Library
 Air -conditioned Reading Room
 Air-conditioned UGC-Network Resource Centre
 Air-conditioned ICTTeaching-LearningCentre

5. Fully Internet & Wi-Fi Connected Central Library, Reading Room, UGC-Network
Resource Centre and ICTTeaching- Learning Centre
CCTV Surveillance in the Central Library & in the Reading Room
28 Standalones, LAN connected with HP LASER Printer & Scanner
Very sophisticated Firewall System for safe browsing
3M shadow less patented super projection system
BOSE & Senniheiser Acoustic System
High end Cannon Digital Copier
11 Free VPN connectivity from the MHRD & BSNL internet connectivity for
internet connection
2 Sophisticated LED Projectors have been added very recently to it for more
ICT penetration
ICT Infrastructure

6. Library Resources (Analog & Digital)
Analog
Printed Books-30000 (app.)
Printed Journals-19 (peer-
reviewed) + 8 popular
Journals
Newspapers (daily)-2
Bengali+2 English
Career Guidance-2
newspapers (Bengali) + 1
English
Competitive Exam. Journals-
1 (Bengali) + 1 (English)
 Digital
E-books-Over 1 Lakh
books
E-journals-Over 4500
scholarly Journals including
JSTOR
E-Database-1

7. 4 Permanent Staffs
Librarian----1 (Skilled)
LibraryAssistant----1 (Semi-skilled)
Library Attendants -----2 (Unskilled)
1 Non-permanent staff
Library Clerk------1 (Unskilled)
Human Resources in the Library

8. Central Library

9. Inside the Central Library

10. Digital Photocopier

11. Reading Room

12. UGC-Network Resource Centre

13. ICT-Teaching Learning Centre

14. Library is open access
Resources are developed in the library by purchase & donation
After receiving funds from the UGC & the State, Library Committee
decides fund allotment depending on the requirement & strength of
the Department.
Newly formed Departments and Students requisitions are specially
taken care of
Besides faculties, students can provide their requisition and it gets
priority over the faculties
Only Good contents are purchased
Certain % of the funds are allocated for storybooks & other General
Reference works
Recently we have earmarked some amount for the development of
Film Collection for our Cine Club
Library Policy

15. Books are classified based on Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC) System
Books & Non-books contents are catalogued based on AACR-2
Very Recently we have purchased MARK & UNICODE
compatible Library automation software SOUL 2.0 from the
UGC –INFLIBNET and its content database is being created .
Once the DB is created basic library services will be automated
with Barcode.
Regular Dusting is done by our staffs with our own Wet
Vacuum Cleaner
Pesting is done quarterly and it is outsourced
Book binding is done annually
Library Resource Organization &
Maintenance

16. Circulation of Books & Journals
Access to e-resources
Both off & online Reference Services to its patrons
Both off & online Current Awareness Services
Internet searching
Induction/orientation to the new students
Open access eBooks/ejournals downloading
Open Courseware from highly reputed institutions of India and abroad.
Information about other higher academic institutions/universities
Information about CSIR/UGC/GATE/SET Examination
Career oriented Books and news papers
Reprographic services
Book Bank for needy and poor students
Book Bank Service for Remedial Coaching Program
Earn-while-Learn Scheme
R & D services
Institutional Membership of British Council Library & American Library
Library Services

17. Archive on Basanti Devi- a great freedom fighter of
India
Participation in Community Development
Computer assisted services for differently abled
students
Make college community fully eliterate so that they
can harness the maximum benefit of digital content
revolution
A centre for excellence for Scientific & Social
Informatics and Digital Humanities
Future Vision

18. Thank You