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Rama Devi Women's College Library was started in 1964. In 2004 the library became the first College Library to be automated with a LAN connection to different segments of the library. The Library is now locally Wi-Fi enabled with internet being available in all computers in the Library. The books and students cards have been bar coded to facilitate easy and faster circulation. Narrator software jaws were installed into computers for visually impaired students.
The College was declared as Rama Devi Women's University on 31s1 May 2015 and accordingly the Library become the Rama Devi Women's University Library.
As per the rules laid down in the statutes of the University the Library committee was constituted to deal with general administration of the Library and frame the relevant rules subject to approval of the authorities of the University. However, the day to day administration and management of the Library is to be looked after by the Librarian-cum-Chief Nodal Officer under the overall supervision of the Chairperson P.G. Council.
Smt. Anuradha Das, B.A. Lib., M.-Lib., Librarian-cum-Chief Nodal Officer | 9238305001 |
Smt. Soudamini Bhuyan, MA,Lib., Asst. Librarian | 9853152451 |
Smt. Swapna Mohanty, M.A.,Lib., Asst | 9437631791 |
Smt. Manjushree Mishra, Library Attendant | 9937563203 |
Smt. Shanti Ku. Pradhan, Library Attendant | 8895483657 |
Smt. Minanayani Dei, Library Attendant | 9439330530 |
Smt. Basanti Nayak, Lab. Attendant | 787377256 |
1. General Section : The dimension of the Library building is 100 ft. Long & 56 ft. broad. lt contains more than fifty thousand books including a wide range of very rich & rare collection of reference books for the use of its members (teachers, students, research scholars etc.)
2. Reference section : Functions from 10.30 AM to 4.30PM on all working days of the year except Sundays and holidays Books from this section are not issued to anyone but members can refer to them in the reading room section of the Library or get them photocopied in reprographic section.
3. Reading Room From 10.30 am to 4.30pm members of the Library can use the reading room section on all working days. This section accommodates 50 students at a time. A part of the Library is being used as student's Reading Room. The students can use any type of materials available in the Library after giving their proper identification. Along with reference and text books, magazines, journals and newspapers are also available. Question papers of the past years examinations are available to students for their ready reference. The public access catalogue is available in the computer present in the reading room so that students can search the library data base and find their book without the help of the Library staff. The teachers interested in pursuing their study and academic research use a part of this section marked exclusively for them.
4. Reprographic Section : The Library has a photocopy machine. Books & Journals which are not to be issued are photocopied and given at a subsidized rate without delay. Rarer and valuable books are photocopied & stored for future reference.
5. Hub for differently-abled students : Narrator software, Jaws is installed in two computers meant for use exclusively for the visually impaired students. More than 10GB of study materials, subject- wise, are present in the computers. There is also a document scanner to scan documents into the computer so that images can be converted to text by the help of OCR software.
Library Fund : Library fund consists of (1) Library development fee collected from each student at the time of admission. (2) UGC grant. (3) State grant.
Working hours: Working hours of Library are from 10.30 AM to 4.30 PM on all working days except Sundays & other holidays. Books are issued to the students of different classes on specified dates.
MEMBERSHIP
Rules for the Library users
Categories of Borrower |
|
No. of Books |
Time Permitted |
|
A |
Academic Staff |
|
10 |
01 month |
B |
Non-Academic staff |
|
03 |
14days |
C |
UG Student |
|
02 |
14 days |
D |
P.G. Student |
|
04 |
14 days |
E |
M.Phil |
|
04 |
14 days |
the presumption will be against the borrower. In case of any damage found later on, the borrower is held responsible.