Books & Journals

Suri Vidyasagar College Library started along with the establishment of the college in the year 1942 to cater the academic needs of the faculty, students and staff. The Koha software has been installed in the college library for automation and presently use version: 22.05.14.000. Koha is a full – featured open-source Library Management software on Linux. The library is fully automated with cloud-based services of Koha (https://svc-opac.softlib.in/).  After the books procurement by the library the “Cataloguing” module of Koha is used to process them and generate the searchable bibliographic record for proper utilization of the resource. The circulation of the books is computerised and done using Koha circulation module. The library of college has Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) which is accessible to the teachers, students and alumnus through library computers as well as WEB-OPAC in 24x7 mode from anywhere.

The college library is a member of NLIST program of the UGC – INFLIBNET centre (College ID: 1365) for the purpose of accessing the electronic resource. The library users can access e-resources through the library portal (https://svc-opac.softlib.in/) for a directory of open access journals, and actively support OER initiatives by providing resources from platforms such as NPTEL; career-oriented magazines, newspapers, open theses, and dissertations.

At present the College Library has three Sections. There are fifty-one thousand one hundred seventy-four (51174) books in Day Section, five thousand seven hundred twenty-eight (5728) books in the Commerce section and five thousand three hundred thirty-three (5333) books in the Morning Arts section (up to 2023-24). 

Besides the books the College library has a good collection of print journals & periodicals (12 nos. currently), reference books, books written by faculties, books contributed by alumnus/ well-wisher. The library subscribes fifteen e-newspapers including career-oriented papers. The library provides other resource such as previous years question papers, list of books available in the library, list of newly arrived books etc. in the college website for its users. The library has a separate shelve that contains collection of books on Birbhum. There is a book bank in the library.

To promote a diverse range of library events, a significant number of orientation Programmes have been organized. We encourage all faculty and students to actively utilize and promote digital literacy by exploring the resources available in the library, like the N-LIST, the NDLI program. Book exhibitions are also conducted.

The library has provision of 06 computers with internet facility and free Wi-Fi to access the e- resources. The entire library is under CCTV surveillance.

Print Journals in Library:

1. University News: ISSN 0566-2257

2. Current Science: ISSN 0011-3891

3. Economic & Political Weekly: ISSN 0012-9976

4. Yojana: ISSN 0971-8400

5. Bulletin of Calcutta Mathematical Society: ISSN 0008-0659

6. Journal of Indian Chemical Society:0019-4522

7. Indian Literature:ISSN 0019580-4

8. Finance India:ISSN 0970-3772

9. International Journal of Environmental Pollution Controll and Management:ISSN 0975-3842

10. Desh (Bengali)

11.Yojana (Bengali): ISSN 0971-8435

12. Udbodhan