The library of Guru Nanak College was established in 1966 when this prestigious institution started in Kapurthala. It is fully computerized library following KOHA Open Source Software. The library has got membership with INFLIBNET and it provides access to Web OPAC for its readers. In order to cater to the demands of curriculum and reading taste of various age groups, the college has a well stocked library with books, reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, journals, magazines & Newspapers. We have subscribed to 11 newspapers in three languages and 40 magazines. Library is equipped with Computers and Internet facility for students as well as teachers. The books are issued for a period of 14 days to the students. The college provides facility of consultation of Library resources by the students of other colleges and universities. Open shelf system in the library helps the students to sift and select the books according to their taste and enrich themselves by reading the same either while sitting in the library or by carrying these to home to read at easy. The students are given training to consult library, to locate appropriate references to an assigned topic, to locate and manage information through internet, to consult educational journals and abstracts, to make their assignments and projects and to compile information from different documents etc. Bound volumes of old educational journals can also be consulted in the library. The library provides many facilities to the students and staff of the college like Internet facility, current awareness service, book bank facility etc.
N-List Subscription
The college library subscribed National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Contents (Ministry of Education Under the NME-ICT now funded by UGC, as college component under e-ShodhSindhu Consortium) through which users (students and Faculty) access E-Resources (E-Books/E-Journals).
Reading Material Available
Total Number of Books – 14700+
Total Number of Magazines – 40
Total Number of Newspaper – 11
Total Number of Encyclopaedias – 133 (total 33 titles)
Total Number of Dictionaries – 150
Total Number of Educational Survey – 5
Total Number of Dissertations – 17
Facilities
Open Shelf Access System
Computer and Internet Facility
Book Bank Facility
Current Awareness Service
Access to Back volumes of subscribed journals
Library Committee
The library has an advisory committee which gives suggestions for its systematic working. The members of the library committee for the current session are-
Ms. Babli Rani – Incharge/Co-ordinator
Dr. Sawinder Arora – Member
Dr. Indu Bala – Member
Mrs. Sukhjit Kaur – Member
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