In the context of a higher educational institution, a library is considered to be a vital sub-unit as a learning resource. In today’s high-tech learning environment, the library as a learning resource is taking up increasingly more academic space and time in the life of a learner. So, the improvement of the library of a higher educational institution gets the utmost importance for retrieving information. Moving up with the other parts of the world, Digboi College, within its limited capacity, is also trying its best to improve library activities.
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The central library of Digboi College has a collection of more than 39,000 printed books (textbooks and reference) comprising arts, science and commerce subjects. The books were classified using the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme, 24th edition. All the text books available in the central library are pasted with barcode code label. Barcode provides a simple and inexpensive method of encoding text information that is easily read by inexpensive electronic readers (barcode reader). It facilitates library circulation functions such as faster check-in and check-out, easily sorted books, reduced staff workload, increased accuracy and efficiency, and improved circulation capabilities. The library has been subscribing 9 journals, 10 magazines, and 7 newspapers.
The library membership is compulsory for all the students and teachers of Digboi College and it provides open access facilities to all. The library has been maintaining footfall record (online attendance system) which is integrated with SOUL management software. The central library has various sections like processing, periodicals, reference, reprography, circulation, reading room, and digital library service section. The seating capacity of the central library is 100.
The central library of Digboi College is fully automated library system using SOUL 2.0 integrated library management software since 2019.The library was partially automated from the 2016 to 2018 academic year. The library performs administrative, cataloguing and circulation modules through the library management software. The central library provides an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility for the user community. They can able to search the database by author, title, classification number, subject, title to know the availability of the books using OPAC.
The library has membership of the National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST), INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat; and DELNET E-Resources, DELNET, New Delhi. The N-LIST provides facilities to access 6,150 e-journals and 31, 64, 309 e-books for member institutions.
The central library has implemented an institutional repository in the year 2019. An institutional repository is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution. The Digboi College institutional repository has covered 208 records, including question papers, college magazines, photos, theses, and administrative documents. The library has facilitated to access the Digboi College institutional repository through a quick response code.
All bonafide students, faculty, and staff members of the college are enrolled as members of the library.
Category |
Number of books can borrow |
Period of Loan |
Fine policy |
Teaching Staff |
20 |
30 days |
No |
Non-teaching staff |
10 |
30 days |
No |
H. S. |
2 |
7 days |
Rs. 1/day |
UG |
3 |
7 days |
Rs. 1/day |
PG |
4 |
7 days |
Rs. 1/day |
The period of loan may be decreased based on the type of collection, the number of books available in the library, etc.
The borrower should return the borrowed books on or before the due date, or they can renew the books two times consecutively if no other users have reserved or demanded the book.
If the borrower fails to return the books on the due date, a fine of Rs. 1 per day per volume will be charged.
S. No |
Name of the Journal |
Frequency |
1 |
Indian Journal of Public Administration |
Quarterly |
2 |
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies |
Bi Monthly |
3 |
Indian Journal of Marketing |
Monthly |
4 |
Indian Journal of Finance |
Monthly |
5 |
Yojana |
Monthly |
6 |
Kurukhetra |
Monthly |
7 |
University News |
Weekly |
8 |
Aitihya The Heritage |
Bi- Annually |
9 |
The Sahitya Akedemi |
Bi Monthly |
S. No |
Name of the Magazine |
Frequency |
1 |
India Today |
Monthly |
2 |
Compitition Success Review |
Monthly |
3 |
General Knowledge Today |
Monthly |
4 |
Reader’s Digest |
Monthly |
5 |
Current Science |
Monthly |
6 |
Prantik |
Monthly |
7 |
Satsori |
Monthly |
8 |
Gariyokhi |
Monthly |
9 |
Priyohokhi |
Monthly |
10 |
Bismoi |
Monthly |
S. No |
Name of the Newspaper |
Frequency |
1 |
The Hindu |
Daily |
2 |
The Times of India |
Daily |
3 |
The Assam Tribune |
Daily |
4 |
The Purbanchal Pohori |
Daily |
5 |
The Asomiya Pratidin |
Daily |
6 |
The Amar Asom |
Daily |
7 |
The Dainik Janambhumi |
Daily |
S. No |
Name |
Organisation |
Location |
1 |
DELNET E-Resources |
DELNET |
New Delhi |
2 |
E- ShodhSindhu |
INFLIBNET |
Ahmadabad |
The central library of Digboi College has been using SOUL 2.0 integrated library management software since 2019. The library performs administrative, cataloging and circulation modules through the library management software. The central library provides an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility for the user community.
The central library has implemented an institutional repository in the year 2019. The institutional repository has covered 208 records, including question papers, college magazines, photos, theses, and administrative documents.