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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE


The St. Francis College Library started in 2019 and housed on the ground floor of the St. Francis College. The library covering an area of 247.14 square meter (2,720 sq. ft) providing different section like Stock Section, Circulation Section, and E-Library. Separate Reference section and reading rooms including periodical section established in front of the library with 150 seating capacity with good furniture. The library has sufficient windows, modernized focus lights and fans.

Vision
To be a hub of knowledge providing organized, completely and timely access to both local and remote resources.

Mission
To employ new developments in Technology to expose the ever-expanding frontiers of knowledge to staff and students.

Objectives of the Library:
1. To develop the collection of the library by acquiring books and Periodicals in print as well as in digital format.
2. To encourage reading habits among students and faculties
3. To support the improvement of library and information services.
4. To develop the habit of self-learning and lifelong learning

Library Automation:

St. Francis College library is fully automated with Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) supported by “Easylib software 6.2a- Web Version”, since August 2019. The same software upgraded to “Easylib Software 6.4a Cloud Version” since July 2024. The library functions are Acquisition, Member Registration, Circulation, Cataloguing, Stock verification, WebOPAC, Overdue list, Fine statement and, etc.

Biometric Technology:
Biometric technology system is installed for library foot falls and for books circulation with Easylib and 2CQR library automation software’s. Users have to biometric at the time of entry into the library and exit from the library.

Biometric system for Library footfalls

Using Biometric for Book Borrowing



RFID Technology:
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology implemented for library security purpose since December 2022. All the books are pasted RFID Tags and also bar-code sticker.

Library Staff
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Dr. Ramakrishna

Chief Librarian
Library and Information Centre

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Mr. Kiran C.B

Librarian

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Mr. T.A. Jose Babu

Library Assistant

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Ms. Shobha

Library Assistant

Collections
Total Collections (as on 12-02-2025)
Sl.No Particulars No. of Books
1 Total No. of Books 17,227
2 No. of Titles 5,872
3 No. of Reference Books 2345
4 Book Bank (SC/ST) 268
5 World Book Encyclopedia 22 Vol.
6 Special Collections, (UGC/NET/JRF Competitive Exam) 60
7 No. of National Journals 37
8 No. of International Journals 6
9 No. of News Papers 10
10 No. of Magazines 10
11 No. of Compact Disks (C.D) 145
12 No. of Project Reports 350
13 E-Databases 05
Department-wise break up of collections (as on 12-02-2025)
Sl.No Department No. of Titles No. of Volumes
1 Under Graduate 2,934 9,177
2 M.B.A 1,627 4,336
3 M.Com 124 614
4 M.C.A 993 2,832
Total 5,872 17,227

E-Resources

Databases:
1. N-List (Inflibnet): Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is an autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Which provides access to more than 6000+ E-journals and 800000+ E-books from 22 publishers’.
2. DELNET: DELNET collections covered E-books, E-journals, Thesis/Dissertations, Newspapers, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Archives materials, and other online databases.
3. National Digital Library of India (NDLI): National Digital Library of India Club is a project sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. In this club all the membership institutions conduct both physical and virtual events through the NDLI club and uploaded to this.
4. E-ShodSindhu: Ministry of Education has formed e-ShodhSindhu with merging three consortia, namely UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, NLIST, and INDEST-AICTE Consortium. The e-Shodh Sindhu will continue to provide current as well as archival access to more than 10,000 core peer-reviewed journals, bibliographic citations and factual databases in different disciplines from a large number of publishers.
5. Shodganga: Shodhganga is a digital repository of Indian E-theses and dissertations. It is hosted by the INFLIBNET Centre.

Open Access Databases
DOAJ: Director of Open Access Journals
DOAB: Director of Open Access Books
Shodhganga
e-Shodh Sindhu
Google Books
Google Scholar
American Libraries Free Books (Internet Archives)

Students Accessing E-Resources

E-Library:

E-Library established inside the library hall with 27 computers, including a high- speed internet connection and Head Phone facilities (If required will provide). Users can access e-resources like e-journals and e-books through E-databases which are subscribed by the institution.

Advisory Committee

Library Advisory Committee Members
The principal of the Institution is the Chairman of the Committee. The Chief Librarian is the Member-Secretary of the Committee. HODs /faculty members of various disciplines and four students (Two from undergraduate and two from Postgraduate) representative are members of the library committee. The meeting will be conducted two times in an academic year.

Library Advisory Committee Members for the academic year 2024-25
Sl.No Name of the Members Head of Dept. Designation in Committee
1 Dr. R. N. Subbarao Principal Chairman
2 Dr. Ramakrishna Library Secretary
3 Dr. Nazura Javed MCA Member
4 Dr. Chandrika Reddy P MBA Member
5 Dr. Jesmon Raj Commerce Member
6 Ms. Nethra Management Member
7 Ms. Sabitha S Computer Science Member
8 Mr. Satishkumar T English Member
9 Dr. Santhosh Kumar R M Kannada Member
10 Dr. Lathif Ahmed B Hindi Member
11 Ms. Jayanthi Y S Science Member
12 Ms Usha Lakshman Arts Member
13 Ms Sowmya S English Member
14 Mr. Kiran C B Library Member
15 Ms Pooja Kumari MBA Student Member
16 Mr. Vishnu K L MCA Student Member
17 Mr. Niranjan BBA Student Member
18 Ms. Sinchana H Shetty B.Com Student Member

Library Services:

• Circulation
• Reprographic facilities
• Reference Service
• Referral Service
• Newspapers Clipping Services
• Display of New Arrivals
• Internet/Wi-Fi facility
• Question Bank Services
• OPAC
• Book Bank Service

Club

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Activities

Student Orientation Programme : Every year after the admission of the students we organize an orientation program for the new users of our college. In this program, we give them some information about our library collections and services and guide them how to use the library.

Book Exhibition : We conducted books exhibition on 11th February 2020 in library premises for benefit of the students.

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Staff Orientation Programme: We also organized a staff orientation program for the teaching staff about the e-resources every year.

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Rules and Regulations
Library Rules and Regulations
• Students are allowed to Library only on production of their authorized college ID cards.
• No personal belongings (Bags, your own textbooks) are allowed inside the library.
You should keep it on the property counter at your own risk.
• Users should make Biometrics at the time of entry into the library and at the time of exiting from the library (i.e. after using the library). This will be considered for library attendance.
• Strict silence to be maintained and no group study/discussion allowed inside the library/Reading Room. Library and Reading Rooms covered with CC Camera.
• Using mobile phones is strictly prohibited in the library premises.
• Two books will be issued to the students for two weeks, Renewals are allowed only once (if that book is not in demand)
• Users should return borrowed books on or before the due date, if failed they have to pay Rs 5/- per day per book as an overdue charge. The due date is mentioned on the due date slip attached on the last page of the book.
• Books should be handled with care. Marking on the books, tearing pages etc. are most objectionable and may lead to initiation of stringent disciplinary action on the member.
• Borrowed books are non-transferable, and a borrower shall remain responsible for the until is returned the book.
• Reference books, journals and magazines, dissertations are not allowed to take outside from the library.
• The librarian may recall any borrowed books from the library from the members at any time and the members shall return the same immediately.
• Users should obey the library rules and regulations. Violation of rules and any act of misbehaviour to the library staff will lead to strong disciplinary action.
• Users if lost the borrowed books, the member has to procure and return a new edition copy of the same with overdue fines (if any overdue) or has to pay two times of the cost of the book.

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