Library
| 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 |
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.
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.
- 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
Library is located in the centre of College of Agriculture, Latur campus.
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
| Course No. | Title | Non-Credits PG | Total work load |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGS-501 | Library and Information Services | 0+1 | 02 |
| Reference Books | 1000 | Reports | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text Books | 10766 | Journals | 45 (Discontinued) |
| Total Books | 11766 | Thesis | 1451 |
| Daily News Papers | 08 |
| Sr. No. | Subject | No. of Books |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Agriculture | 700 |
| 2 | Agriculture Economics | 400 |
| 3 | Agriculture Engineering | 320 |
| 4 | Agriculture Meteorology | 310 |
| 5 | Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry | 640 |
| 6 | Agriculture Botany | 880 |
| 7 | Agriculture Statistics | 340 |
| 8 | Agriculture Entomology | 600 |
| 9 | Agricultural Extension Education | 470 |
| 10 | Agronomy | 780 |
| 11 | Plant Pathology | 590 |
| 12 | Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science | 680 |
| 13 | Bio Chemistry | 325 |
| 14 | Biotechnology | 280 |
| 15 | Computer Science | 260 |
| 16 | English Language | 260 |
| 17 | Horticulture | 800 |
| 18 | Mathematics | 260 |
| 19 | Microbiology | 210 |
| 20 | Science & Technology | 230 |
| 21 | General | 1000 |
| 22 | Competitive Exam MPSC, SRF/JRF | 1380 |
| Total Books | 11715 |
Presently library services are arranged to user's of following categories.
| Sr. No. | Categories | Users |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under Graduate | 420 |
| 2 | Post Graduate | 210 |
| 3 | Teachers, Researchers and Administrative Staff | 25 |
| Total Users | 655 |
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.
From the security point of view of the library CCTV system has been installed in the library with 8 cameras.
The service like circulation, cataloging (OPAC), periodicals service, are computerized. The Library Management software KOHA is used operationally of all Services.