Library

Library - College of Agriculture, Latur
Library, College of Agriculture, Latur
Name Of The Library Incharge :Kamble Bhagwan Ganpati, Assistant Librarian M.A. M.Lib.I.Sc. SET
Email Id :bhagwankamble2004@gmail.com
Contact No. :7588082113
Introduction

In this age of fast developing information technology, a well-developed library with information services is the basic necessity of any educational institution. The library of College of Agriculture, Latur is not an exception to this. It has played a vital role in uplifting and maintaining the educational standard of this College by providing feedback of required information to the educationalists, researchers, academic staff and students of this college through its multifarious services. At present this library successfully caters to the information needs of the academic community of this College. This library is growing day by day with the continuous growth of this College.

Mission

The mission of the library is to provide fast access to information resources and services that meet the information needs of the users; like students, teachers, researchers, extension workers, administrative and technical staff of the College.

Objectives
  • To provide the library and information services to students, teachers, researchers, extension workers and farmers.
  • To increase the library collection.
  • To increase the use of agricultural information sources.
  • To process and to disseminate information with modern information and communication technology.
  • To cooperate with other agricultural university libraries for resource sharing
Organizational structure of Library

Library is located in the centre of College of Agriculture, Latur campus.

Organization

The Librarian's prime duty is to organize, manage and sustain library services. In order to serve readers effectively, the library is further organized in to functional sections as below.

  • Acquisition section
  • Periodical and reference section
  • Circulation section
  • Current information service section
  • Technical – processing section
  • Reprographic section
Teaching Work Load (P.G.)
Course No.TitleNon-Credits PGTotal work load
PGS-501Library and Information Services0+102
Library Collection
Reference Books1000Reports50
Text Books10766Journals45 (Discontinued)
Total Books11766Thesis1451
Daily News Papers08
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Subject wise books available in library as on 31-03-2024
Sr. No.SubjectNo. of Books
1General Agriculture700
2Agriculture Economics400
3Agriculture Engineering320
4Agriculture Meteorology310
5Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry640
6Agriculture Botany880
7Agriculture Statistics340
8Agriculture Entomology600
9Agricultural Extension Education470
10Agronomy780
11Plant Pathology590
12Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science680
13Bio Chemistry325
14Biotechnology280
15Computer Science260
16English Language260
17Horticulture800
18Mathematics260
19Microbiology210
20Science & Technology230
21General1000
22Competitive Exam MPSC, SRF/JRF1380
Total Books11715
Library Membership

Presently library services are arranged to user's of following categories.

Students and Staff Members
Sr. No.CategoriesUsers
1Under Graduate420
2Post Graduate210
3Teachers, Researchers and Administrative Staff25
Total Users655
Library Building

The college library has been shifted to its new building in May 2007. The building is having length of 100 feet and width of 50 feet. The carpet area of Reading Room is about 1500 Sq.Ft. The building has a capacity of stacking twenty five thousand volumes and can accommodate 100 readers at a time.

Library service strength

From the security point of view of the library CCTV system has been installed in the library with 8 cameras.

Computerized Library Service

The service like circulation, cataloging (OPAC), periodicals service, are computerized. The Library Management software KOHA is used operationally of all Services.