LIBRARY REPORT

2014-2015

The academic year 2014-15 has witnessed very important development in the library.  Keeping in view the needs of visually challenged students, library has started ‘Braille Section’ in the library.  This section was inaugurated on Wednesday at the hand of Dr. Vijay Bedekar, Chairman, Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane. This section was developed with initial help in the form of donation of books from Savitri Forum, Pune. Mr. Swagat Thorat, Rashmi Pandhare and Principal Dr.(Mrs.) Shakuntala A. Singh were present on the occasion. Two hundred braille books  have been added to this section with separate seating arrangement.  This section is made available to all visually challenged readers.  Shri. Uday Narayan Kulkarni donated Braille books of Swatantryveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, published by Swatantrayveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak , Mumbai.

 

Following are the highlights of the library during this academic year

Total number of books in the library crossed one lakh mark this year. Current total is 101344 books

  • Number of books added to Senior College Section during the year is 4199 to make the total 83867

 

  • Total number of books added to the Book Bank Section during the year is 764 to make the total 9180
  • Total number of books in Junior College Section reached to   8297

 

  • University of Mumbai Book bank facility is availed by 146 students and 1411 books have been issued
  • Library is subscribing to 141 journals and receives 12 complementary periodicals

 

Special book exhibition was organized on the occasion of the National  Conference  on    ‘ Women’s Quest For Equality’  on 9th and 10Th January 2015. Library staff under the guidance of  Asst. Librarian Mrs. Manisha Patil took special efforts in the books exhibition. On this occasion bibliography of the books on display was also compiled for ready reference.

Reference Books Exhibition was organized on 27th February 2015 to mark the occasion of ‘Marathi Rajbhasha Deen’ .  Marathi encyclopaedis, yearbooks, dictionaries, glossaries, Grammar books, literary handbooks, biographical sources, Vidnyan Kosh, Kridadnyan Kosh were on displayed on the occasion. This activity was appreciated by students and teachers of the college.

Delegation of Japanese students from Kyoto Sangyo University along with their teacher coordinator, Dr. Mishio Yano visited the library on 26th August 2014.

 

  • B. N. Bandodkar College of Science students visited the library under the course of ‘ Personality Development’ on 25th October 2013.
  • Following Orientation Programs were organized by library staff for  students of the college
    • 25th  to 28th August 2014  Junior College
    • 14th August  2014for BLISc
    • 1st  August 2014 FYBA
    • 2nd August 2014 FY Bcom
    • 20th  September 2014 for TYBA History
    • 14th  2014 December 2014 TYBA English Literature
    • 11th to 15th December 2014 BMS
    • 16th to 17 December 2014 B Com Banking and Insurance

 

I express my gratitude towards Dr. Vijay Bedekar, Chairman, Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane and Dr.Shakuntala Singh, Principal for extending their full support and guidance for the activities of the library. I am also grateful to both the vice Principals of degree college. I offer my sincere thanks to all the Chairperson and members of the library committee for their cooperation.  I take this opportunity to thank my library staff and office staff for their cooperation and help in the smooth functioning of the library during the academic year.

N S Barse

Librarian and Coordinator
Department of Library and Information Science