Education is the act or process which imparts or acquires general knowledge, develops the powers of reasoning and judgment, and trains the individual for mature life. It is the result produced by instruction, training or study. In this regard, library plays a vital role in education system in any institute. The collection helps in supporting higher education as well as research activities; and has assumed a new dimension today in the context of the phenomenal growth of knowledge. The institute has a separate team for the library which looks after its continuous development and upgradation. The team has been formed to formulate rules for book policy, book procurement, communication with the various journal publishing authorities and rules and regulations for the usage of library. Located at the first floor, the library of the institute has a separate reading arrangement where students and faculties can share their ideas and explore the world the pharmacy. The carpet area of the library measures around 150 Sq.m. Library has a book issuing counter, a desk for the librarian, stack for book and journal, a Reference section, Section for Novels. Access to the library can be done from 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. on all weekdays. Ms. Juri Devi, B.Sc, MLISc. manages the library.
Library has an open access system that follows the abridged latest edition of “Dewey Decimal Classification 23 Edition, 2011” with the edition of” DDC 615 Pharmaceutics, Therapeutics, Toxicology.” The library uses UNIV software for the management of library book records. Library collection includes Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacy Management & related subjects, Reference books like the IP, Martindale, and Manuals etc.; besides this the collection also includes books to improve English proficiency, Question banks, previous years question papers of ASTU and SSUHS. Library has a collection of Reference Books & Journals. At present the library has a collection of 450 book titles and 2074 book volumes, 7 national and 8 international journal in the field of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy. The college management invests more than 1 lakhs yearly for the upliftment and upgradation of the book collection annually. Near about 300 readers are enlisted in the library register and on average more than 50 students uses the library everyday including faculty members. Three books are issued for students for a period of 10 days. Separate registers are maintained for daily entry and issue for faculty and students of each batch. Reprographic service is available to all at a nominal cost at the photocopy centre situated on the ground floor in the office room. Besides circulation of books & periodicals the library staffs are always ready to render reference services to readers. Recently the library is under the process of computerization and online access of the library collection, where the user can see the status of a book. For assuring the security, the library is installed with 24 X 7 CCTV surveillance system. With the limited financial resources, the college, in spite of this the college is trying to develop library that is equivalent to international standards. It is the aim of the library team to keep the library updated to sufficent the needs of staff and students.
Library Area:
Total Area in Sq. m. 150
Book Stack Area in Sq. m. 50
Journal Stack area in Sq. m. 20
Library Infrastructure:
Fans: 10
Library tables (for students): 26
Library tables (for faculty): 3
Seating chairs (for students): 60
Seating chairs (for faculty): 5
Rack & Almirah for keeping belongings: 27
Library facilities:
Working hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5 p. m. (weekdays except holidays)
Subject Standard Classification: Dewey Decimal Classification, 2011
Circulation of Books: 3 Books for 10 days (students)
5 books for 15 days (faculty)
Reference service: Available
Reprographic service: Available
Internet facility:
LAN: Available
WiFi: Available
Newspaper service: Available
Library Books:
No. Of Titles: 792 titles
Total volume of Books: 3934
Yearly Addition of Volumes: 150
No. of Textbooks: 3880
No. of Reference Books: 54
No. of General Books: 91
E-Books:
Total no. of Audio-Video Materials: 2
List of Printed Journals: 15
International Printed Journals: 12
1. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research
2. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
3. International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics
4. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
5. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
6. Asian Journal of Chemistry
7. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
8. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
9. Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
10. Indian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
11. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research
12. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
National Printed Journals: 2
1. International journal of Pharmacognosy and life Science
2. Journal of Hospital Pharmacy.
Library Staff:
Library staff includes one Librarian Ms. Juri Devi, B.Sc, MLISc. and one Library attendant.
There is a library committee to decide policies budget, Rules & regulations related to the
working of the library.
Classification:
This is the Pharmaceutical academic library with the “Dewey Decimal Classification, 2011”
with the edition of “DDC 615 Pharmaceutics, Therapeutics, Toxicology”