The college library has its beginning when the college was established in the year 2011. Since then, the college library is catering to the needs of a wide spectrum of users and has grown in terms of services, collection, and users.  It has built a rich collection of more than ten twenty two thousand books. In addition to issue and return of documents, the library offers various other services like reference service, current awareness service, reprographic service, selective dissemination of information, orientation, newspaper clippings, and external membership service. The library will have a spacious reading room and a separate browsing center. To keep abreast with the latest developments in information and communication technologies the library has initiated automation of the documents using egranthalaya which is under process and to be completed in near future. The library has its own separate interface(website) developed by the college librarian using google sites which keeps the students up-to-date. It also provides a virtual tour of various free e-resources and e-content on various subjects to the users. In addition to the physical collection, the college library has started subscribing to N-LIST and the customers are accessing it remotely using their passwords. Besides, N-LIST the library subscribes to some low-priced journals in print form. Also, a good number of magazines (subject-oriented/general) and newspapers (both local and national) are procured on every academic calendar.  It is proposed that the library will be wi-fi and RFID enabled as and when the college is shifted to its own building.

Govt. Degree College Kishtwar

College Central Library

General Library Rules

1. A person keen on using the college Library shall enter his/her name, address, and time of entry and put their signature in the register kept at the entrance for the purpose.

2. Strict decorum and discipline must be maintained in the library. Users must ensure that the rights of other users of the library are not penetrated in any way.

3. Use of Cell phones within the library is strictly prohibited.

4. Smoking, eating, sleeping, and talking loudly are strictly prohibited in the library.

5. An outsider can become a member of the library after completing the necessary formalities meant for the purpose.

6. Readers must not bring bags, briefcases, boxes, and other such articles into the library. They may be deposited at the library property counter and get a token. The item deposited can be recovered by returning the token. The users are advised not to leave expensive items at the property counter.

7. Readers should not mark, underline, write, or tear pages or otherwise damage the library documents.

8. Anyone who violates the rules and regulations of the Library may be debarred from using the Library facilities or other punishments warranted under rules.

9. Members must be in possession of a library I-card during visit or study at the library.

Loan Privilege

1. Two books are issued to students for fifteen days and must be returned on or before the last date. However, four books are issued to the faculty members at a time for a period of one month.

2. The borrower should check the fitness of the document before getting it issued. Any discrepancy should be brought to the notice of the person at the Circulation Counter. The borrower will be held responsible for any defect/damage found at the time of the return of the document and will be liable to pay the penalty warranted under the rules.

3. A penalty of Rs.1/day/book would be charged from a borrower who retains book(s) beyond the due date.

4. Books belonging to ‘Reference’ and ‘Rare-Book’ categories are not issued.

5. The borrowers are advised to return the books while proceeding on long leave.

6. The books in the Book-Bank section are meant for the special categories only.

7. Any borrower, who either loses a book or otherwise damages it, shall be liable to pay an amount not less than double the cost of the book. In case of a book belonging to a set or series is lost or damaged by the borrower, and the new volume is not separately available, the whole set or series shall have to be replaced by the borrower. The damaged set or series may be taken away by the borrower after making the replacement.

E-Library Rules

1. Cyber Library is to be used for academic purposes only.

2. Online Chatting, browsing of dating, social networking sites, playing games on computers, and changing the settings and display of the computers kept in the Cyber Library are highly prohibited.

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Any user who violates the library rules and regulations shall be debarred from using the library facilities or shall be heavily penalized.

                                              By order of worthy Principal

1.Mr. Rafiq Ahmad- Librarian