Central Library

CENTRAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE

College Library of Co-operative Arts and Science College has a long 42 years history on parallel with the history of the college. College Library provides the opportunity for self-education and access to a rich diverse and enduring source of knowledge. Our college library facilities and services necessary for the success of all formal and informal programmes of the institution.

Objectives:

• Support to teaching, learning and research initiatives.
• Conducts cultural programmes for the members.
• Provide career employment information resources to the users (through competitive skills development programme).
• Provide access to Internet, OPAC, and E-resources.
• Create a suitable atmosphere for the usage of library resources.
• Assistance in retrieval and reference of print material and E-resources.

Collections:

• Library houses 15023 books at present and it has a vast collection in all subjects.
• Library has 38 subscribed journals, periodicals related to subjects and also to recreational magazines.
• Library subscribes Malayalam and English newspapers.

The college library will be open from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on all working days.

Open on All Working Days Including Vacation

Library automation and barcoding

By using linux platform library automated with open-source software koha and online public access catalogue is created. Barcode technology increases the speed and accuracy in operation.

Services:

• Books borrowing services
• Reference services
• Career guidance/competitive skills development
• Inflibnet N-List resources
• NDLI Resources

INFLIBNET-N-LIST-E-Resources

Focused on providing e-resources through the membership with NLIST (The national Library and Information service infrastructure for scholarly content) of INFLIBNET/UGC. Full text electronic resources from academic societies. N-list: nlist.inflibnet.ac.in provides 6000+electronic journals and 97,000 electronic books. For E-Resources

National Digital Library of India

It is a digital repository containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio books, lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media. The NDLI provides free of cost access to many books in the Indian languages and English.

Library rules and regulations

• All students, teachers and non-teaching staff are the members of the Library.
• Students are allowed to the library only on production of their authorized college ID cards.
• Career guidance/competitive skills development
• No personal belongings and textbooks allowed inside the Library.
• Students are eligible to borrow three books for fourteen days.
• Faculty members are eligible to borrow ten books for fourteen days.
• Books borrowed should be returned with in due date, if not an overdue charge of Rs.1/-volume per day will be levied.
• Books due on a holiday may be returned on the next working day. No fine will be levied in such cases.
• Reference books journals and magazines are only for consultation within the library and are not to be taken out off library premise.
• Strict silence to be maintained and no group study allowed inside the library.
• Using mobile phones is strictly prohibited in the library premises.
• Online Journals- if any violation is reported in the access period of online journals, user name and password of users will be blocked for the entire academic year.

It is a digital repository containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio books, lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media. The NDLI provides free of cost access to many books in the Indian languages and English.