LIBRARY AS A LEARNING RESOURCE

Introduction

The library of Rayat College of law is situated at the first floor and housed in spacious room. It offers safe, comfortable, well lighted, clean space with adequate and appropriate seating arrangement to ensure effective use of library resources. The carrels are also placed for the focused study. There is a fixed space for the teachers. The library is housed in spacious room with adequate space for reading, circulation counter, magazines/ periodical display rack and information display. The sitting capacity is adequate as per norms.

The ambience of the library is regularly taken care for providing lively environment for study and research.

The library is enriched with resources for the reference and circulation also. It is regularly updated with journals, magazines, newspapers and database to cater the legal and intellectual requirement of the users. The library is partially automated with “LIBSOFT software”. It has computers and internet facilities for the users.

The library is managed by well qualified librarian and staff. The focus is to serve the users with positive attitude. The students are guided to fulfill their requirements related with resources.

Library vision and objectives

The core objective of the library is to support the teaching, learning and research based requirements of its users. Provide access to information in organized and coherent manner.

Provide the facilities and services to teaching community and students to discover the information and use them as per their information need.

Develop an efficient and effective college library which is adaptable to the changing academic environment.

The aim of the library is to bring its target users to the library and ensure its optimum usage.

In order to manage the library and information resources, the guidelines and rules are framed for the smooth functioning of the library.

Library Staff: - The institution has a qualified librarian, assistant librarian and library attendant. The librarian takes care of all the record of the library i.e. transaction of books, maintenance of all library resources available in the library. The focus is to serve the users with positive attitude. The students are guided to fulfill their requirements related with resources.

Budget: - Library Advisory Committee examines the prospects and makes suggestions before taking any final decision for purchasing of Books and subscription for Journals. Catalogues of different publishers are made available to the faculty and books are purchased as per their requirements keeping the students and faculty in mind.

Library advisory committee

The library advisory committee is constituted to address the various issues involved for development and evaluation of the services and to frame new policies for the improvement of library infrastructure and resources. The meetings are scheduled on the regular basis and some important decision with regarding purchase of books, journals, library software, and furniture has been made. The library committee used to play an important role as a connector between library staff and users, which helps to improve the services and resources of the library.

Library working hours

The library is open in the college working hours from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm.

Library collection

The collection of the library is the important indicator of a good library. The satisfaction of the library users depends on the collection. The resources are an inevitable part of the library. Therefore, the thorough focus is made to develop the collection of the library very judiciously as per the requirements of the users. The library is well stocked with resources for the reference and circulation also. It is regularly updated with journals, magazines, newspapers and database to cater the legal and intellectual requirement of the users.

The library has proper collection development policy. The requirements of faculty and students are taken care at the time of acquisition of books for the library has   been done. The suggestions from the faculty and students are asked for preparing the book list.

 Resources of the library:                  

1.Books: 4551

2.Journals: 12

3.Back volumes of journals

4.Magazines: 7

5.Newspaper: 7.

6. Book bank

7. E - Database (case laws): SSC online

Availability of Electronic resource

The library has the subscription of Manupatra: An online database to search the cases, judgments and scholarly information on the legal domain. 

Best practices for the strengthening the library services

·       Information literacy program: Online Workshop on use of Manupatra Database for the faculty had been organized on Oct. 20, 2022. The resource person was Mr.Sanjay Sharma was the resource person.

·       Library information on college website

·       Visitor’s attendance record has been maintained.

·       Display for news clips on bulletin board of library.

·       Career /employment related information can be given through blog

·       Best user award

·       Activities like slogan writing/poster making on some occasions

·       Books exhibition

·       User survey