Department of Library

About Library

The Library in the main campus is well equipped with 39708 reference and text books, 22 journals on current subjects, 2100 back volumes of periodicals, and good number of government and Institution reports.  Library provides services like borrowing, reference, internet e-mail and e-journals facilities to students, teachers and research scholars of all the departments.  The Library is getting e-journals under UGC-INFONET programme.

General Facilities

The Post-Graduate Centre was started with the Departments of (i) Economics and (ii) Commerce in 1979 by the University of Mysore. With the shifting of departments to the new campus at Shivagangothri in the year 1999, the Library also Davangere University was Established on 18th August 2009 and shifted.  Currently the library is located in the first floor of academic block building with stack section in ground floor and reference cum periodical section in the second floor.

Working Hours:
9.00 A.M. to 7.00 P.M. on all working days.

General information about the Library

1 Name of the Library Library at Shivagangothri,
2 Librarian (in-charge) Dr. Neelamma.G.
3 Library housed in a separate building (Yes / No) No
4 Number of Reading Seats in Library 100
5 Area of the Library (Sq.mts)
6 Area of the Reading Room (Sq.mts)
7 Carpet Area for Stack Room (Sq.mts)
8 Type of Access (Open / Closed) Open
9 Classification / Scheme Adopted by the Library (Dewey Decimal Colon/Universal Decimal/Others) DDC 22nd Edition
10 Internet facility Available in the Library Yes
11 No. of Computer with latest make is Available in the library, if Yes, Please Give details of their make 3 HP Computers, 2 Laser Jet Printer (Canon) Cloar Printer
12 E-journals participations UGC-INFLIBNET E- ShodhaSindu

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Library Staff and Designation

  1. Dr.Neelamma. G. – Asst Librarian
    G. M.L.I.Sc. Ph.D. K.SET.
  2. Mr. C. Nagaraj  – Library Assistant
    M.L.I.Sc. M.Phil.(Ph.D)

Besides, Library Assistants, Computer Programmer & Attenders are hired from the security agency.

Services of the Library

  1. Issue of Books
  2. Reference
  3. SC-ST Cell Book Bank
  4. OBC Cell Book Bank
  5. Reprographic
  6. E-Mail
  7. Internet
  8. Orientation Service
  9. Newspaper clipping Service

Total Number of Users Enrolled in the Library 2018-2019

Sl. No. Classification of Users No. of Users
1 Students 2100
2 Faculty (Permanent and Temporary) 120
3 Research Scholars 45
4 Non Teaching Staff 26
Total 2291

Availability of Reports, Documents, Books & Journals:

The library has a total collection of 39708 Books, 2100 back-volumes of Periodicals and Government Reports, thesis and dissertations etc.  The books of all departments are arranged in open access system under subject headings, with shelf list guides are labeled on each stack to enable the readers to find their books.  The department wise availability of the books which are procured in the year 2018-19 is indicated below:

   Journals

22 Current journals, 18 Magazines and 14 News Papers are subscribed.

 Reference Section Facilities:

  • Latest Edition of the Text and Reference Books numbering to more than 1,500.
  • Journals & Periodicals (General/Subject) Indexes and Abstracts, including Back Volumes.
  • Encyclopedias, Dictionaries.
  • Government Documents & Reports.
  • News Papers.
  • Electronic Devices (CDs).

 Statistical Profile:

  • World Development Report : 1979 to 2007
  • Report on National Commission on Agriculture : Vol. 1 to 9
  • Annual Plan Reports : 1986 to 2005
  • Survey of Research in Economics : Vol.1 to 5
  • Economic Survey Reports : 1981-82 to 2004-05
  • Census India Report : 1981 and 1991

 Government Report:

  • Report of National Commission of Agricultural Vol. 1 to 9.
  • Worlds development report 1979 to 2014.
  • Annual plan reports 1986 to 2010.
  • Survey of research in economics Vol. 1 to 5.
  • Economics survey reports 1981-82 to 2014-15.
  • Census India report 1981, 1991, 2001.
  • Indian Gazetteers.
  • Karnataka Gazetteers.

Indexing & Abstracting Journals:

  • Bibliography of Doctoral dissertation 1957 to 1993
  • Guide to Indian Periodical Literature Vol. 1 to 47 (up to 2012)
  • Indian Dissertation abstracts Vol. 1 to 9 (1973 to 1983)

    Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:

  • Encyclopedia of Britannica : Vol. 1 to 32
  • Academic American Encyclopedia : Vol. 1 to 20
  • Funk and Wagnall New Encyclopedia : Vol. 1 to 29
  • World Book Dictionary : Vol. 1 to 2

Library Automation:

Koha  Software has been used for data management of  books.  Nearly 2100 back volumes are documented in MS Access data base.

 Classification:

Classification of library documents is done with the use of DDC  22nd Edition which makes searching of information easy and time saving.8,500 e-Journals from Cambridge University Press, Economic & Political Weekly, ISID, JCCC, Oxford University Press, Springer Link, Taylor & Francis, Wiley-Blackwell  publishers can be accessed through UGC Infonet.com.

Future Plan for Library Development:

  •  Improvement of Competitive Exam Reference source for Students
  • Books
  • Magazines
  • Photocopying Service
  • RFID Technology Implementation in Library.
  • Establishment of Digital library.
  • Employment Information.