LIBRARY ACTIVITIES 2014 onwards...

Session 2014-15

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” book exhibition held on 21^st  August, 2014

To begin with, two days long “LIBRARY ORIENTATION PROGRAMME” was organized as usual for new admitted students on 21^{st to} 22^nd August, 2014. This programme was aimed at educating the new students about the important role of  library in widening their mental horizon and to tell them, that reading good books was   must.  This programme   was organized   in two   parts,   which      included  

“Instructional” under which guidelines and instructions on how to make the best use of the library services were given. Second part of this programme was personal contact programme in which all the students were taken round the library to acquaint them with the layout, setup and wealth of the library. All the students were taken round the library by the library staff to make them aware about the arrangement of books, how to locate the same and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

BOOK EXHIBITION:  

Library department has a healthy tradition of organizing “Know  Your Library” book exhibition  objective of this exhibition  was to make the students aware of library collection.

Principal, Dr. Gurjeet  Kaur inaugurated the book exhibition. She appreciated the efforts of the library staff.  She said that the library is an asset of an institution. She advised the students to read as much books as they can during their stay in the college to succeed in life and make the best use of the college library in realizing their full potential.

Approximate 450 students attended the programme.

The students and faculty members of this college are eagerly looking forward to see the book exhibition and appreciated the efforts of the library staff.  

DISPLAY BOARDS:   Audio visual section of the library displays current information on various aspects e.g. information relating to health, career, religion, Amazing facts etc.

On 31st Oct 2014 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel birth anniversary was celebrated as National Unity Day. On this occasion a Book Exhibition was held. Books and clippings on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel were displayed. A large number of students visited the exhibition.

LIBRARY RELATED COMPETITIONS:           As part of the readers motivation programme library department organized the following competitions from 26^th to 28^th November 2014:-

a.     Book /Reference Hunting

b.     Essay Writing

c.      Book cover Making

d.     Slogan Writing

e.      Collage  making

The sole objective of these competitions is to bring the college students to the library, making them library minded and to inculcate love and interest for reading of good books.37 Students participated in these competitions.

                                              Session 2015-16

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” book exhibition held on 18^th August, 2015

To begin with, two days long “LIBRARY ORIENTATION PROGRAMME” was organized as usual for new admitted students on 18^th & 19th August, 2015. This programme was aimed at educating the new students about the important role of library in widening their mental horizon and to tell them, that reading good books was   must.  This programme   was organized   in two   parts,   which      included   “Instructional” under which guidelines and instructions on how to make the best use of the library services were given. Second part of this programme was personal contact programme in which all the students were taken round the library to acquaint them with the layout, setup and wealth of the library. All the students were taken round the library by the library staff to make them aware about the arrangement of books, how to locate the same and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

BOOK EXHIBITION:  

       

Library department has a healthy tradition of organizing “Know  Your Library” book exhibition  objective of this exhibition  was to make the students aware of library collection.

Principal, Dr. Gurjeet Kaur inaugurated the book exhibition. She appreciated the efforts of the library staff.  She shared her life experience and said that the library is an asset of an institution. She advised the students to read as much books as they can during their stay in the college to succeed in life and make the best use of the college library in realizing their full potential.  More than 650 students attended the programme.

The students and faculty members of this college are eagerly looking forward to see the book exhibition and appreciated the efforts of the library staff.  

DISPLAY BOARDS:   Audio visual section of the library displays current information on various aspects e.g. information relating to health, career, religion, Amazing facts etc.

LIBRARY RELATED COMPETITIONS:           As part of the readers motivation programme library department organized the following competitions from 27.01.2016 to 29.01.2016    

        a.         Book /Reference Hunting

        b.        Essay Writing

c.       Book covers Making

d.       Slogan Writing

e.       Collage making

The sole objective of these competitions is to bring the college students to the library, making them library minded and to inculcate love and interest for reading of good books. 53 Students participated in these competitions. Results of these competitions are as under:-

1.     Books locating and Reference Hunting Contest

1^st Prize           2064/14           B.A. III                        Akash Mandyal

            2^nd Prize          1470/14            B.A.II                          Nisha

3^rd Prize           1210/13            B.A. III                       Ruchika

2.     Essay Writing

            1^st Prize              305/14          B.Com III                       Seema

          2^nd Prize          1003/13           B.A III                            Nishu

            3^rd  Prize         2064/14         B.A. III                             Akash Mandyal 

3.     Slogan Writing 

1^st Prize           1210/13            B.A. III                        Ruchika

 2^nd Prize         6121/15            B.A. I                         Sanjay Malik

             3^rd Prize          1317/14           B.A.II                          Shivani

4.     Book  Cover Making 

             1^st Prize           1003/13            B.A III                          Nishu           

2^nd Prize           1210/13            B.A. III                         Ruchika

3^rd Prize          2064/14            B.A. III                          Akash Mandyal

            5.Collage Making

           1^st  Prize          2064/14           B.A. III                         Akash Mandyal

           2^nd  Prize          1003/13            B.A III                          Nishu           

           3^rd  Prize          1697/14            B.A.II                           Sandhya

The winners will get prizes at the time of annual prize giving function of the college.

BOOK EXHIBITION: Library department will organized an exhibition of books and clippings on  the occasion of 150^th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai.

COLLECTION BUILDING:  College library purchased books of more than   Rs.3 Lakhs and subscribed several new subject journals during this period. Total number of Newspapers, Magazines & Journals is 17, 47 & 28 respectively. The collection of books  is 40628 .

Workstation This year a workstation was built with 11 separate cabins supported with the facility of computers and internet for the benefit of teachers / students alike.

                                               Session 2016-17

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” book exhibition held on 9th August, 2016

To begin with, two days long “LIBRARY ORIENTATION PROGRAMME” was organized as usual for new admitted students on 9th & 10th August, 2016. This programme was aimed at educating the new students about the important role of library in widening their mental horizon and to tell them, that reading good books was   must.  This programme   was organized   in two   parts,   which      included   “Instructional” under which guidelines and instructions on how to make the best use of the library services were given. Second part of this programme was personal contact programme in which all the students were taken round the library to acquaint them with the layout, setup and wealth of the library. All the students were taken round the library by the library staff to make them aware about the arrangement of books, how to locate the same and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

BOOK EXHIBITION:  

       

Library department has a healthy tradition of organizing “Know  Your Library” book exhibition  objective of this exhibition  was to make the students aware of library collection.

Sh. Jitender Yadav IAS,Director Higher Education inaugurated the book exhibition.  He appreciated the efforts of the library staff and said that the library is well maintained.  More than 450 students visited the library during  this programme.

The students and faculty members of this college are eagerly looking forward to see the book exhibition and appreciated the efforts of the library staff.  

Activities performed to motivate the students

DISPLAY BOARDS:   Audio visual section of the library displays current information on various aspects e.g. information relating to health, career, religion, Amazing facts etc.

LIBRARY RELATED COMPETITION: As part of the readers motivation programme library department organized the following competitions from 6.02.2017 to 9.02.2017.   

           a.         Book /Reference Hunting

           b.        Essay Writing

 c.       Book covers Making

 d.       Slogan Writing

 e.       Collage making

The sole objective of these competitions is to bring the college students to the library, making them library minded and to inculcate love and interest for reading of good books. 89 Students participated in these competitions. 

BOOK EXHIBITION: Library department will organized an exhibition of books and clippings on  the occasion of 150^th Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai.

COLLECTION BUILDING:  The collection of books  is  41133.Total number of Newspapers, Magazines and Journals is 17, 47 & 27 respectively. 

                                                 Session 2017-18

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” 

book exhibition held on 13th September, 2017

1.  1.   Library Orientation Programme : In order to bring awareness among the college students  Library department organized two days long Library Orientation Programme and “Know your Library” book Exhibition on 13^th & 14^th September 2017. The purpose of orientation programme  is to guide and tell the new admitted students   about facilities provided by the college library. Students were taken around the library to make them aware about the rules of the college library , the arrangement of books and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

2. Book exhibition : “Know your Library” book Exhibition was held on 13^th & 14^th September 2017.    The objective of this exhibition was to make the wealth of the college library known to the students of the college and to enable them to read maximum number of books.

Sh. B.L. Sharma, IAS, Education Secretary inaugurated the Book Exhibition. 

He appreciated the efforts of the library staff and said that the library has a nice collection of books, well maintained and befitting in Institution of Higher Learning. Approximate 450 students visited the library during this programme.

3. Library Related Competitions:

          - Reference Hunting

          - Essay Writing

          - Book Jacket Making

          - Slogan Writing

          - Collage Making

These competitions were organized on 29th January to 1st  Feb., 2018. 44 students participated in these competitions.

4. Prize Distribution :  The Principal gave away the prizes  to the winners of the competitions on 24^th February , 2018.

5. Book Exhibition  : A book exhibition of competitive and motivational books  was held on 24.02.2018.

 6. Display Board:   Audio visual section of the library displays current information on various aspects e.g. information relating to health, career, religion, Amazing facts and stress free examination etc.

 7. Clipping file: It is maintained with all the news related to the college and education.

COLLECTION BUILDING:  College library purchased books of  Rs.13,68,842/- including value of the gifted books of Rs.14,210/-)  and subscribed several new subject journals during this period. Total number of Newspapers, Magazines and Journals is 17, 56 & 31 respectively. The collection of books  is  44044.

                                           Session 2018-19

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” 

book exhibition held on 24th September, 2018

1.  1.   Library Orientation Programme : In order to bring awareness among the college students  Library department organized two days long Library Orientation Programme and “Know your Library” book Exhibition on 24^th & 25^th September 2018. The purpose of orientation programme is to guide and tell the new admitted students   about facilities provided by the college library. Students were taken around the library to make them aware about the rules of the college library, the arrangement of books and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

2. Book exhibition : “Know your Library” book Exhibition was held on 24^th & 25^th September 2018.    The objective of this exhibition was to make the wealth of the college library known to the students of the college and to enable them to read maximum number of books.

 Dr. J.K. Sehgal,Principal inaugurated the Book Exhibition.

He appreciated the efforts of the library staff and said that the library has a nice collection of books, well maintained and befitting in Institution of Higher Learning. Approximate 550 students visited the library during this programme.

3. Library Related Competitions:

          - Reference Hunting

          - Essay Writing

          - Book Jacket Making

          - Slogan Writing

          - Collage Making

These competitions were organized from 6^th February to 9^th February, 2019. 79 students participated in these competitions.

 4. Display Board:   Audio visual section of the library displays current information on various aspects e.g. information relating to health, career, religion, Amazing facts and stress free examination etc.

 5. Clipping file: It is maintained with all the news related to the college and education.

 6. World Book Day: The Library department and Literary Society "VAANGMAYA" of Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh celebrated World Book Day on 23rd April 2019.The event was formally inaugurated by our worthy Principal Prof. (Dr.) Rosy Walia Joshi. Students were made aware about the history and importance of celebrating World Book Day through articles displayed on display board.

7. National Digital Library: Library is an active member of National Digital Library initiative of Govt. of India.

Membership of U.G.C. INFONET:

To promotes open access to e-resources, library has the membership of UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium (E-Resources@ N-LIST) (http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/).This programme provides access to more than 6000 e-journals (including current issues with 5-10 years back files) and more than 97000 e-books. 

COLLECTION BUILDING:   The collection of books  is  45377. Total number of Newspapers, Magazines and Journals subscribed is 17, 49 & 24 respectively.

                                             Session 2019-20

Library Orientation programme  and “Know your library” 

book exhibition held on 27th August, 2019

1.  1.   Library Orientation Programme : In order to bring awareness among the college students  Library department organized two days long Library Orientation Programme and “Know your Library” book Exhibition on 27^th; 28^th August 2019. The purpose of orientation programme is to guide and tell the new admitted students   about facilities provided by the college library. Students were taken around the library to make them aware about the rules of the college library, the arrangement of books and how to use the OPAC to search the location of a book.

2. Book exhibition : “Know your Library” book Exhibition was held on 27^th & 28th
August 2019.    The objective of this exhibition was to make the wealth of the college library known to the students of the college and to enable them to read maximum number of books.

Principal, Prof. (Dr.) Rosy Walia Joshi inaugurated the Book Exhibition.

She appreciated the efforts of the library staff and said that the library has a nice collection of books, well maintained and befitting in Institution of Higher Learning. She shared her life experience and said that the library is an asset of an institution. She advised the students to read as much books as they can during their stay in the college to succeed in life and make the best use of the college library in realizing their full potential. Approximate 750 students visited the library during this programme.