The current issues of the periodicals are available from periodical section for reading in the library. Back issues are bounded & kept in this section only and can be made available if required.

List of periodicals is available in the library.

For home issue facility the student must get their Home Issue Reader's Ticket according to the dates on the notice at the beginning of the year. Nobody will get the card after those dates.

For Home Issue Reader's Ticket students are required to bring their Identity Card, Fee Receipt and Identity Size Photograph.

The textbooks of all subjects are issued immediately on Home issue card. Reference books, rare books, costly books, Journals, Bound volumes of journals are not issued. The books other than this will be issued on the next day after filling the demand slip.

One book issued per card.

Books are issued for a period of 7 days. The student can retain the book if there is no demand for the book.

Students are required to return the book issued to them on the given date or reissue it, failure to this will be fined RS.2/- per day.

All the reference books like dictionaries (general & subject), encyclopedias, handbooks, statistical handbooks, biographical dictionaries, directories, general knowledge books, costly books etc. are available in this section. These books, marked "R" before class number, are to be referred inside the reference counter only and are not for home issuing. The referral service is also provided to the student i.e. in case the required material is not available in the library then the students are recommended to the other libraries for reference work. Inter Library Loan Facility is also available to the students & staff within the campus libraries.

All students & staff members should handle these books very carefully as they are costly and are required by everybody.

At the current reading counter the textbooks, general books, periodicals, question papers are provided for current reading only; against the Identity Card.

At a time a student can get one book/periodical against the Identity Card.

Whenever required by student the book can be issued for overnight only if three or more copies of the same book are available at the counter.

It is necessary to take the Librarian's permission for borrowing books for overnight.

The student must return the overnight book the very next day and in time as below-

Senior College - before 9.00 a.m.

Junior College - before 12.00 p.m.

If the book is not returned in time the student will be fined Rs. 10/- per day.

Reference Books marked "R" before class number, rare old books & costly books will strictly not to be issued for home reading.

Question papers will be given out for Xerox.

Free Internet facility is available to students from 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

The Scholar’s Card as an extended library facility provided only to Topper students of each class and not applicable for ATKT. The Scholar’s Card is strictly non-transferable and strictly not to be misused by its holder.

The facilities provided to the Scholar’s Card holder are –

Ø      One additional book for home lending.

Ø      Priority for internet access.

During the second half of the last academic year 2004-05 and  first half of the current academic year 2005-06 in the senior college approximately 1719 new books worth Rs. 6,46,384/- were added to a previous year collection of 25607 books. Whereas in Junior college approximately 141 new books worth Rs.33, 500/- were added to a previous collection of 6278 books. Thus the library presently houses a total of 31885 books, including 759 bound volumes of periodical journals.

The studious students (Toppers) are extended the facility of additional Home-Issue cards to encourage their studies.

From last academic year we have instituted a “Best library User Award” which will be given to each from teaching & non-teaching staff as well as students for having read more number of books other than text books and for having made optimum use of the library during the year.

We have started “Inter library loan” facility for staff and students among all libraries in the campus. For this the users are required to fill up the application form available in library, Moreover, our teaching staff can use B.N.H.S. (Bombay Natural History Society) and B.C.L. (British Council Library) Library. Out of the six library cards of BCL five cards may be used for borrowing the books & one for non-book material i.e. audio, video, cassettes, C.D. etc.

Students and teachers are using computer facility such as “Internet” and retrieving information regarding their research, seminars, workshops, projects work etc.

From last academic year we have started displaying the monthly “New Arrival” list of books, “Thought of the Week”, “Book Review” (published in newspaper).

The Library Committee meeting has been held once during the second term. The committee has given many good suggestions which will be implemented in the near future.

During the first half of the current academic year, 2006-07, approximately 306 new books worth Rs.2,44,802/- were purchased for the Senior College & approximately 684 books worth Rs.41,476/- were added to the Junior College. Thus the library presently houses a total of 36,008/- books including 1050 bound volumes of Periodicals/ Journals.

The toppers thirteen in number from each faculty were extended the facility of additional Home-Issue cards to encourage in their studies.

From the last two academic years, we have instituted the “Best Library user Award”, which is given out for having read maximum number of books other than text books and for having made optimum use of the library during the year. The award is given under three categories viz., students, non-teaching staff, and teaching staff.

The Library Advisory Committee meeting was held during the first term. The committee put forward many good suggestions, which will be implemented in the near future.