Our library is serving its users from the inception of College, i.e. from year 1979.Library is situated at ground floor occupying carpet area of 1672sq.ft, with modern technologies like Wi-Fi, Digital CCTV, desktop. Users can access Online Databases through Wi-Fi.. Library in-house functions are automated through KOHA software, which assists users to locate reading the material, by title, author and subject queries.

Library caters to a clientele of students, faculty and staff members with its profound collection of Books, Journals and other resource material. An ‘Open Access’ lends a hand to the users to pick a book of their choice.

Working Hours

The library shall function during the following except holidays:

Monday to Friday: 08.45 AM to 04:00PM

Library Open Access:

All the library members have partial open access to library documents. This facility is granted to library members to encourage their reading habits and promote maximum use of library documents. Library Resources.

Library Resources

The library having 42139 numbers of reference and text books. Books are being arranged on open access shelves for easy search and retrieval purposes.

Textbooks Collection:

Textbooks for undergraduate courses are arranged in a separate area. Since only a limited number of copies are available for each individual title, students are encouraged to buy their own textbooks.

News Paper Collection:

Library has subscribed newspapers both in English and Tamil and Telugu languages, so that the students can read as per their comfort.

Library Services

Library provides photocopying services to the faculty and students. Faculty and students can retrieve online information relating to all academic activities from the dedicated terminals situated in the library under digital library programme.

Loan Services:

Library documents can be borrowed for home use normally during the lending hours as specified by the librarian. Library will issue books for a whole day an hour before the closing time and the book must be returned from the first hour of the opening of the library on the next day. The students can borrow three books from library.

Loan Period:

Loaning period for various library documents for different categories is as follows:

Books:

Faculty and Staff: 8 weeks

Students and Other Readers:15 days

Theses, dissertations, books of plates, rare books, books out of print, reference books of general nature such as encyclopaedia, directories, hand books, pamphlets, shall not be issued for home reading and can only be consulted in the library.

Loan Conditions:

Books shall be loaned subject to the following conditions.

⮚ In order to issue book from library of Annada College students are required to show their identity card along with their admission slips. Admission slip is required to be shown first time only.
⮚ The identity card should be properly filled by the students itself and the identity card should be duly signed by honorable principal sir then only students will get authority of issuing books from library.
⮚ Once, the identity card being shown in the library, and then the details of the student along with the admission slip are being entered in the computer in koha software which is specifically designed for library.
⮚ A bar code is being generated in the student identity card to recognize which Department he/she belong. In that bar code the session, roll no, and department is being mentioned along with his/her roll number.
⮚ Identity card is mandatory for issuing and returning of book every time.
⮚ Students are liable to issue one book at one time from their respective identity card in which the stock number of book along with issue date and returning date is being mentioned in identity card of the students, in issue register and also in computer(koha software) as well.
⮚ Students are required to sign in the issue register while issuing books from the library.
⮚ After depositing the previous book then only students are liable to issue another book.
⮚ While returning the book if the book is found to be torn, damage or if the book is being lost by the students then in that case the student is liable to pay fine according to the norms of the central library.
⮚ If the student fails to return the book in the given mentioned specified date or in a proper schedule time then the student is liable to pay fine depending on the price of the book.

Fines and Penalties:

The following charges shall be recovered for each library document after the decided period of loan from the borrower.
I. Text Books: Rs. 1/- per day during overdue.
II. Library documents issued for overnight: Rs. 1/- per day during overdue.

Books lost: The member shall report immediately to the Librarian for loss of any library document(s) borrowed from the library. The following charges shall be recovered for the loss of library document(s).
I. General book: Replacement or the current price to be paid
II. Text book and reference book: Replacement or current price to be paid.

Unauthorized removal of the library documents: Removing library documents without getting them properly issued is a serious misdemeanor.

Staffs of the Library:

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