Library At A Glance

LIBRARY At A GLANCE

NAME OF THE LIBRARY - BALARAM HEMRAJ LAHOTI LIBRARY

 YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT – JUNE 1963

 AREA OF THE LIBRARY– A separate Building Total Area 7000 Sq.fts       

1. Main Library/ Stack room-1 Ground Floor- Books Stack Area, Circulation Counter, Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Catlogue Cabinet ,Network Resource Center, Journals and Periodicals section, Bound Volume section, Books processing  and Administration Section,and Librarian Cabin.

2. Stack room-2 First Floor- Reading Hall,Reference Section, Periodical section, Competitive examination Books section,Hindi and Commerce research Center.

Reading Hall/Study Room- First Floor

 STRENGTH – Total number of readers - 5239 as on 31st August,2025 

 a)  Senior College (Students)              - 3217

b)  Junior College (Students)               - 1795

c)  Teaching Staff (Senior)                  -   120

d)   Teaching Staff (Junior)                 -     38 

e)   Non Teaching Staff                      -      69

LIBRARY WORKING HOURS –

A)  Monday to Saturday – 9.00 a.m. to 4.40 p.m.

B) At the time of the examination period Monday to Saturday– 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

 TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKS (Senior College) – 1,00,300 as on 31/08/2025

    Total cost of Books: -                      Rs. 1,12,79,258 /-

   TOTAL NUMBER OF TITLES     : -   40198

CD/DVD -                                :-        858

Audio Cassettes --                :-       12

Video Cassettes --                        :-          01

 JOURNALS/ PERIODICALS: -  77 (2025-26)

 International           :-   06

       National             :-   71  

News Papers  :-   20 Titles

Marathi:-13                        

Hindi:-02

English:-05

E-Resources:-  -- 01 (N-LIST)     

e- books – 31,25000 +

e- Journals – 6230 +

TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKS (Junior College) – 15,0132 as on 31st August,2025 

  Total cost of Junior College Books:                   :-  Rs. 6, 99,877 /-

  TOTAL NUMBER OF TITLES                      : -    2238