Situated in the remote village of Nahata in the District of North 24 Parganas, the library at Nahata Jogendranath Mondal Smriti Mahavidyalaya is well-equipped. Its main goal is to meet the educational needs of the institution's disadvantaged and marginalized students enrolled at the institution. The library is proud to have a substantial collection of more than 17,000 books that span a variety of subjects, including Geography, Education, Commerce, History, Bengali, Music, Physical Education, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics, Sanskrit, English, Sociology, Defence Studies, and Environmental Science, among others.
In addition to the resources described above, the library has also procured a subscription to N-LIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure of Scholarly Content) e-resources almost every year, catering to the needs of both teachers and students. This subscription enables our college to avail of over 6000 e-journals and a staggering 199,500+ e-books through N-LIST.
The library is now partially automated with koha Integrated Library Management Software.
The library offers book-lending facility to the students of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Book lending facility is also provided to the faculty members consisting of both full-time faculty members and SACT teachers and the Non-Teaching Staff.
Although our library is experiencing space constraints, we are making every effort to offer reading room service to both professors and students.
The library staff makes every effort to assist students with any study-related questions and to provide information about books.
The library offers access to e-resources through NLIST to the faculty members and the students.
Additionally, our college library offers faculty members and students remote access to our library's holdings list via WEB-OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) service through cloud-based Koha library software.
1. The library is open to all the Students, Faculty and Staff of this college.
2. The library remains open for all 6 days except on Sundays and other holidays.
3. Entry with bags into the library is not allowed.
4. It is desirable to maintain silence in the library. Making loud noises in the library and especially in the reading room is strictly prohibited. Disciplinary action will be taken if the library users become engaged in any activity which may disturb or distract the attention of other users.
5. At the beginning of the academic session, each and every student will receive a Library Membership Card against which they will be able to borrow books from the library.
6. 1st year (1st & 2nd Semester) honours students may borrow 2 books and general stream students may borrow 1 book at a time.
2nd-year (3rd & 4th) honours and general stream students will get 2 books at a time.
3rd year (5th & 6th) honours students may get up to 4 books upon consideration and general stream students will get 2 books at a time.
7. Students can borrow books every time for 15 days at a stretch. They, however, can renew these books twice within due dates. It means twice duly renewed books can be kept for 45 days at a stretch. However, they should keep in mind that when the books are not demanded by other students or the supply of the books is adequate, then only the books may be reissued. Not more than two consecutive renewals may be made for the same book.
8. The faculty and other Staff of this college can borrow books for a maximum of 2 months.
9. Students intending to borrow books must submit filled-in requisition slips in the library from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM and collect books from 1: 30 PM to 3 PM. At the time of collecting/issuing the books, they must carry Library Cards with them. They are advised to follow the schedule as stated above. Submission of requisition slip and collection of books will not be entertained beyond the prescribed time.
10. Students must enter the library carrying their Identity Cards and Library Cards with them. Without these two cards, they are not allowed to enter the library.
11. Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, Dictionaries, books which might be difficult to replace, books with only one copy and other books considered as Reference Books are not allowed to be issued to the Library users.
12. Library users taking books without permission or damaging books will be punished suitably. They must not tear, write upon, or make marks on any library book. They should collect books in good order and return them in the same order also, as they will be held responsible for any damage detected at the time of return or thereafter.
13. If a borrowed book is lost or damaged, the concerned student should buy the latest edition of the book and submit it to the library. Otherwise, they will have to pay the printed price along with some extra amount as compensation to be decided by the college authority.
14. Students must not damage the Date labels and book pockets pasted at the back side of each book.
15. Duplicate Library Cards may be issued with due permission from the college authority, followed by official procedures, if any.
16. Having food, smoking and talking on mobile on the part of the library users are strictly prohibited in the library.
17. Books taken out of the shelves/stacks for reading purpose must be left on the table. Placing the books in the wrong place or on different shelves of the stacks is not encouraged as it may get misplaced. A misplaced book is like a lost book.
18. Disobeying library rules and/or misbehaving with library staff members will attract punishment/penalty including cancellation of the library card.
19. Students should keep it in mind that they must submit all the books and collect Library Clearance Certificates from the library before University examination. They will be required to show the Library Clearance Certificate to the office before they are issued Admit Cards for examination in each session and also before collecting their University examination mark sheets.
1. Dr. Anindita Santra, Librarian, M.A., MLIS, Ph.D
2. Mr. Sudip Bhowmick, Library Peon, B.A., BLIS
3. Mr. Tapan Mondal, College Appointed Staff
4. Mr. Sumanta Mukherjee, College Appointed Staff
5. Mr. Ashis Sarkar, College Appointed Staff
