CENTRAL LIBRARY

Central Library

About Library

The present library is as old as with its establishment of this college. The library is organized with specialized collections of 47918 documents in fields of Agricultural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Basic Sciences, Humanities, Technology, Veterinary Sciences, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & other allied subjects. The collection includes Books, Theses, Periodicals, Government Publications, Maps, & CD-ROMs. The library has been modernized with well equipped CCTV, UPS, AC system , Xerox machine , printer  and computers providing Internet Surfing, e journals, e theses and e catalogue (webopac), e books (Open Access) and CDROM databases facilities .The library e resource facilities have been provided to all students and teachers of this college on Internet / Intranet Wi-Fi system.

The Book Bank facility has been provided to all students and staff of this college. Library subscribes 34 current print journals and 10 Newspapers and 12 Magazines and 10 Agricultural Newspapers. The main objectives of the library are to develop and promote information resources to students, faculty, researchers, scientists, trainees and agricultural officers both in conventional and electronic format. The library has congenial environment, good ventilated and spacious reading rooms to its readers.The present library has seven main units providing Reference/ Referral services, User awareness services/ Orientation services, Newspapers, Internet-CDROM services  Abstracting services, Book Bank services, Circulation cum reading services, Current awareness services, Bibliographic services, Reprographic services, Interlibrary Loan services, online journals /theses access and OPAC services to 500 students, 55 faculty members, 120 supporting staff members of this college.

                          

 Library staffs position

Photo of the  employee

Name of the staff 

Posts

Specialty

Telephone number & Email Address

 

Dr. (Mrs.) Madhuri Joshi

University Librarian

 

Office of the University  Central Library ,SKNAU , Jobner

01425-254986

librarian@sknau.ac.in

Dr K. M  Krishna

In charge Library /

Deputy Librarian

(RD)

PhD, Library and information science

9799714317

mkrishna.library@sknau.ac.in

P. Sharma

LDC

BA ,Diploma in Lib S& information science

9460756303

Staff /Student’s Annual Membership

    Library  Users /    category

    Library Memberships

Members

Number  of books issued

Staff

Teaching / Other staff

120

1000

 

Students

Library

472

1500

Book Bank

480

3900

Book Bank

This was started in 1975 with small collection of books to cater the textbook requirements for general category of students. In 1980, this facilities was further extended to SC/ST students also .Presently Book Bank has a collection of  11239 books and the facility is available to all  students and staff  of this college for  selection ,issue and reading purpose .An open access system has been adopted  for consultation and selection of books. In this scheme all the books are issued for complete one semester .The books are issued to SC/ST students on free basis and general category students are given on rental basis.

Reprographic unit

This unit was established in 1997 with the aim to provide Xerox facility in the library to all students and staff of the college. More than 6.00 lakh copies have been xeroxed till date.

Periodicals cum e resource facilities

This unit is concerned with teaching /research programmes of MSc, PhD courses of this college. It has a collection of 6679 Bound Journals and 1916 theses, 34 current print journals, 121 CD Agricultural Databases along with other competitive magazines and gratis newsletters.The e resource facilities have been provided to access  research information’s on Internet, e journals (cera), eBooks(free), e theses(krishi prabha),e catalogue (webopac) of Theses and  Bound Journals ,J Gate Agriculture and Standalone CDROM Agricultural Databases (AGRIS ,AGRICOLA, CABCD ,PGRABST ,FISH BASE ) for informative research studies.                 

Library Resource Collections and Services

Library Document  Collections and  Membership

Books

24965

Bound Journals

6679

BBG Books

6417

SC/ST Books

4822

Government Publications (Reports)

2998

Theses

1916

CDROM  Database

121

Total collections

47918

Current Journals  subscribed (print)

34

Library Membership

592

Book Bank Membership

480

Online e Resource Services

J-Gate Access   

https://jgateplus.com/search

Online cera access (3000 Scholarly Journals )

www.cera.jccc.in

Cab Abstract

www.cabdirect.org 

Online Krushi Prabha Access

( 7500 Doctoral Dissertations with a full text of  6000 Dissertations  )

http://14.139.232.167:8080/equestthesis/

Digital catalogue  (OPAC )  of library collections (Local Access only)

http://14.139.51.38/webopac/

Directory of open access journals

(free  scholarly Journals  )

www.doaj.org 

 

Open Access Books   ( eBooks )

http://www.bookos.org

http://books.google.com

Indian journals access ( IP Based ) http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx

Offline  e Resource Services  (Agricultural Databases  )

AGRIS ( 1975-2012)

CDROM

AGRICOLA ( 1970-2012)

CDROM

CABCD (1970-2012)

CDROM

PGR Abstracts ( 1970-2004)

CDROM

Fish Base database  (2004)

CDROM

Digital Directory of Periodicals ( 1912-2009 )

CDROM