CENTRAL LIBRARY

VIVEKANANDA MISSION MAHAVIDYALAYA

P.O.: - CHAITANYAPUR (HALDIA), PURBA MEDINIPUR,

WEST BENGAL, INDIA, PIN.: - 721645

For Details: https://vmm-opac.kohacloud.in

or

https://vmmahavidyalaya.in/library/

 

KNOW YOUR LIBRARY 

The Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya Library system consists of The Central Library and 19 Departmental Libraries attached to various Departments.

The Central Library, at present, has a collection of more than 30,500 books, various journals, magazines, newspapers, CD/DVDs, etc. The Central Library and Departmental Libraries serve the entire College community.

The Central Library provides more than 6,000 e-journals, 1,99,500 e-books under N-LIST and 6,00,000 e-books through NDLI to all users of the College. Our teachers and students can access these e-resources and download the e-contents anywhere and anytime. There is also an ICT Lab within the Central Library with highspeed internet facilities. High speed Wi-Fi facilities are also there for smooth surfing the e-resources. The Central Library has also created an OER for single window searching facilities with various hyperlinks and e-contents. OPAC, online syllabus and question papers can be accessed through this site, https://vmmahavidyalaya.in/library

                                                                                     LIST OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

E-RESOURCES:

    

American Institute of Physics	Cambridge Books Online
Annual Reviews	E-brary
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)	EBSCoHost-Net Library
Indian Journals	Hindustan Book Agency
Institute of Physics	Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS) Books
JSTOR	Oxford Scholarship
Oxford University Press	Springer eBooks
Royal Society of Chemistry	Sage Publication eBooks
EBSCO-OmniFile Full Text Mega	Taylor Francis eBooks
Cambridge University Press	Myilibrary-McGraw Hill
ISID	South Asia Archive
	World e-Books Library

                                                                        NDLI E-RESOURCES 

Please remember that the normal hours of service of the Central Library are Monday to Friday: 10:30 AM to 05:00 PM and Saturday: 10:30 AM to 02:30 PM. The Central Library also gives services beyond College hours from Monday to Saturday: 09:00 AM to 07:00 PM (Except Sundays and Holidays).

Besides this, the hours of service of the Departmental Libraries are Monday to Friday: 11:00 AM to 04:30 PM and Saturday: 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM. Actually, the Central Library services will be available 30 minutes after of the opening time and up to 30 minutes before of the closing time due to opening and closing preparations. In case of abnormal, urgent or unforeseen circumstances, the Central Library or any of the Departmental Libraries may be opened later or closed earlier instead of the scheduled hours at the discretion of the Library Authorities.

TO GET THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT, PLEASE LEARN HOW TO

• Use the catalogue (WEBOPAC) to find books, etc., https://vmm-opac.kohacloud.in

• Locate various e-books and articles of journals using online databases, https://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/, https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/, etc.

• Search the OER of the Central Library effectively, https://vmmahavidyalaya.in/library/

• Search the official website of the College effectively, https://www.vmmahavidyalaya.ac.in/

• Find your appropriate and relevant information.

AN ABSTRACT OF THE LIBRARY RULES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR USERS

• BOOK LIMITATIONS

i.                    Amount of issue of books to the UG (HONS.) Students: 2 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 15 days and renewal– 2 times @ 15 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

ii.                   Amount of issue of books to the UG (GEN) Students: 1 copy at a time and last date of return of document– 15 days and renewal– 2 times @ 15 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

iii.                 Amount of issue of books to the PG Students: 2 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 15 days and renewal– 2 times @ 15 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

iv.                 Amount of issue of books to the Physically Challenged Students: 5 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 15 days and renewal– 2 times @ 15 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

v.                   Amount of issue of books to the Teachers (Full-Time): 5 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 30 days and renewal– 2 times @ 30 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

vi.                 Amount of issue of books to the Teachers (SACT/ Guest Teacher): 3 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 30 days and renewal– 2 times @ 30 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

vii.               Amount of issue of books to the Non-Teaching Staff (Full-Time/ Part-Time/ Contractual): 3 copies at a time and last date of return of documents– 30 days and renewal– 2 times @ 30 days (for Home Issue only) and 1 copy within the same day (for Day Issue only).

viii.             RULES FOR LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARIES- Book Limitation: 1 copy at a time and last date of return of document– 07 days (for Home Issue only) and as per necessary.

Note: Issued book (s)/ Identity-Cum-Library card (s) are not transferrable.

LIBRARY FEES AND OTHER CHARGES

VARIOUS CHARGES

i.                    Library Caution Deposit (refundable) for the students of B.A. (Hons.)/ B.Sc. (Hons.)/ B.Com. (Hons.)/ M.A.- Rs. 150/- and for the students of B.A. (Gen.)/ B.Sc. (Gen.)/ B.Com. (Gen.)- Rs. 100/- respectively at a time (To be collected at the time of admission).

ii.                   Library Fee (non-refundable) for the students (both UG and PG)- Rs. 80/- for each Academic Session [To be collected at the time of starting of the Academic Session (s)].

iii.                 Identity-Cum-Library Card charges (non-refundable) for the students (both UG and PG)- Rs. 20/- for each Academic Session [To be collected at the time of starting of the Academic Session (s)].

iv.                 The defaulters will have to pay fine due to late return of the books @ 50 paise for home issue and @ Rs. 1/- for daily issue respectively per volume per day.

v.                   The borrowers shall be responsible for loss, mutilation or damage of any book (s) borrowed by him/her from the Library. Same new copy/ photocopy with well-bound of the book (s) is/ are to be replaced or three times current price will be applied in these cases for each book if not available in the market.

vi.                 No late fine will be collected from the Physically Challenged users.

Note: These fees structures may be changed time to time as per decision of the College authority and Library Sub-Committee.

REPROGRAPHIC SECTION-CUM-PRINTING

This section is attached to the Central Library and maintained by franchise. Users may get xerox and printing facilities from here with reasonable price. Copyright Rules will be strictly maintained in this Section.

Note: Book (s) issued for xerox purpose should be dealt from the internal counter of the Reprographic Section-Cum-Printing. User (s) should produce valid Identity-Cum-Library card at the time of issuing these books from the Circulation Section. Other xerox and printing facilities will be dealt from the external counter of the Reprographic Section-Cum-Printing.

PLEASE NOTE

• Every users are bound to collect Library Clearance Certificate from the Librarian at the end of the course of study/ at the time of their leaving the College returning all due Library materials and Identity-Cum-Library card

DO’S AND DON’TS

PLEASE DO

• return the Library materials timely, actually borrowed by you to avoid fine and as a courtesy to other users.

• bring your valid Identity-Cum-Library card with you for verification.

• take care the Library materials, furniture and equipment to keep them in good condition for future.keep swich off or mute your mobile phone to avoid disturbance.

• share the computer terminals to others. Because, those are for all users.

• read or work silently.

• help the security for checking your books or other properties when entering or leaving the Central Library.

• don’t hesitate! Ask Library staff for any help. We are here for you.

PLEASE DON’T

• disturb the study of other users by talking or with your mobile phone.

• eat in the Library premises.

• violet the copyright rules when makes copy or downloads the copyrighted materials.

• carry any personal book (s), photocopied or printed papers within the Library premises except those book (s) are meant for return at the Circulation counter.

WELCOME ALL