Facilites
CENTRAL LIBRARYCentral Library
The Department of Library and Information Centre, Central Library is being headed by Mr. K.SundaraRao. The Library is geared up with updated equipment’s to meet the academic needs of the faculty as well as the students. The College has a well-equipped modern library housed at B-block .Total area of the library is 708 Sqm . The books are classified and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme and “Open Access” system is followed. The Library has computerized Catalogue .Through “OPAC” (Online Public Access Catalogue) is also available to find out the availability of books. Books are issued to students and staff with bar-coding system.
The Central Library has been established since the inception of the college in the year 2008. The Library has a vast collection of 15,583 volumes (Books) with nearly 2,208 Titles in all the disciplines (U.G & P.G Courses), Dissertation/Projects, Research Papers and articles spanning over the last eight years. In addition, the Library subscribed e-journals through DELNET consortia nearly 1165 full text online journals available and 22 printed technical National & Inter National Journals subscribed directly from publishers and also 10 General Magazines, 10 Newspapers are available. The Library is fully automated with bar-code technology and New Gen Lib software is being used for bibliography data of books and periodicals for generation of bar-codes. The library provides Net based service to the students and faculty. The library has OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) for 3 systems, kept in the entrance of stock area, exclusively for the users to search the catalogue. Digital Library upgraded to 30 systems with Wi-Fi enabled high speed Internet facility side of the entrance of the text book section in the main hall of the library.
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Vision & Mission
VISION
In the present Scientific & Technological scenario, the College Library & Information Centre is committed to a wide ranging vision of making the students fulfill the latest trends and needs found in variant Job fields. Its vision is to sharpen and enhance the creative and researching talent of the student to meet present and future demands of the country as well as the world.
MISSION
The Library & Information Centre of the SVCET is endowed with the sacred Mission of imparting updated knowledge to the student in various disciplines to serve the state as well as the country at a global level. Besides, the Mission of the Library is to make every student self-reliant with good conduct and character to make India occupy a prestigious place in the community of Nations.
Monday – Saturday – 8.00am to 8.00pm .
Sunday – 9.30am to 1.00 pm .
Circulation Timings 09.30am to 4.30 pm (Issue/ Return) .
**** The timings and day of operations shall undergo changes. ****
Library Orientation
User Awareness Programme:
Central Library offers the orientation programme to the students and others in the beginning of every academic year through this programme an effort is made to familiarize every new member with the resources, services and facilities offered by Central Library and its policies .
Library Collection
At the time of establishment of college in 2008, the Library & Information Centre had a collection 15,568 Books. The collection of the Library has grown up considerably within a span of 8 years covering in Technology, Science, various aspects of humanities and extra. The Library collection includes following position as on JANUARY 2017.
Collection Details
| S.NO | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Books | 24173 |
| 02 | Magazines | 10 |
| 02 | National & International Journals | 22 |
| 02 | e-Journals (DELNET) | 1165 |
| 03 | Social Welfare Books | 655 |
| 04 | Thesis / Dissertations | 168 |
| 05 | Non-Book Material | 553 |
| 06 | E-Books | 3002 |
| 07 | Back volumes | ** |
Membership
Filled application in a prescribed form duly forwarded by the Department Central Library along with three recent Stamp size and one passport size photographs shall be submitted to the library. Membership is granted on the express understanding that they rules bind themselves to return all documents issued to them (Which are the Property of the SVCET) on their own and obtain a No dues certificate of the time of end of their membership.
Circulation
Circulation Section is the gateway between users and Documents. So it plays a major role in Library & Information Centre circulation section SVCET Central Library Circulation performs Issues, Returns, and Renewals of Books and other related material using NewGenLib Library Software. In addition to these basic tasks, many other jobs like Membership registration, No dues clearance, interlibrary loan, Reservation, Overdue fine collection, SMS Mobile Alerts, Circular issues, and Over dues preparation etc. are handled by this section.
All kinds of Reference Queries by the users are being performed by this section.
Reference
The Reference section of the Library houses the Library’s reference books; those that are meant to provide quick and accessible information on any particular topic. Reference books include topics that are intended to guide researchers in their studies, but not to be major sources for a paper or other projects. The reference collection contains information on a wealth of topics, but that information does not typically go into great depth. Reference books include materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, and style guides, among others.
Reference books are meant to be accessible to as many people as possible, and as such, are not permitted to leave the library. The Reference section in the SVCET Library is placed on either side of the reading section to provide convenience for the readers. Reference items may be shelved in a reference collection located separately from circulation Items (Books) or Individual reference only items available for keeping.
Examples
- Almanac: A Book Introduction for Specific field of ten by data.
- Atlas: A Set of Maps obtained by Geography.
- Dictionary: All alphabetically listing of words and their definitions.
- Directing: A List of Reference.
- Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Compendium.
- Thesaurus: A List of words with similar, related, or opposite meaning.