LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE [LAC]
The Library Advisory Committee consists of internal and external members. The Committee Representatives are Library Science Professionals, Subject Experts and Students from various Streams. The Principal will be the Chairperson and one of the Members will be the Cochairperson and the Librarian will be the Convener of the Committee.
Role of the Library Advisory Committee:
The Functions of the Library Advisory Committee is to support the functioning of the Library so that it can facilitate the Library development plans by advocating the Library Development activities with the Management.
To provide advice to the Librarian on Policies, Strategies and Priorities in the Context of College Development Policies.
To provide guidelines to the Librarian on the allocation of funds to the Departments and execute the Collection Development Policies and enhance the collection according to the needs of the user community.
To act as a facilitator to connect the Library and the users to enable more visibility and awareness of the resources available in the Library to increase the usage of the resources.
To provide guidance on the latest technological Development so as to enhance the services to user community by providing remote access to information.
To convene a meeting once in an academic year (either online/offline) and provide guidance to improve the library facilities and record the minutes of the meeting.
To facilitate the library in organising FDP, SDP, PDP, Conference, Seminars and Workshops etc.,
To provide guidelines for promoting ethical values through outreach programmes and assist in getting funds from other funding agencies.
To assist in initiating the process of starting the Department of Library and Information Science by offering C.Lib.I.Sc., B.Lib.I.Sc., M.Lib.I.Sc.,and Research Programmes.
To suggest the implementation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) & 5s techniques.