G.M.D.ART'S,B.W.COMMERCE AND SCIENCE COLLEGE,SINNAR.

About Library

Our College has a separate, specious and well equipped building for library, having around 73,042 books with latest 74 Periodicals, 156 CDs/DVDs and 18 Newspapers. Reading room facility is available with individual study zones for students separate for boys and girls and faculties as well. The library is well equipped with audio-visual aids and it is computerized. The college library has the interlibrary borrowing facility with Jaykar Knowledge Resource Centre (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Y.C.M.O.U., Nashik, Kusumagraj Foundation, Nashik and K.T.H.M. College, Nashik. Our college library has subscribed two databases like N-LIST and DELNET. Under N-LIST Programme about 6000+E-Journals and 31, 35,000+E-Books are made available to readers. This facility is being provided to research scholars, students and academicians. The Library timings are from 8 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.

Vision & Mission

Vision:

To inculcate reading habits among the students.
To create awareness among the user to access e-resources.

Mission:

To provide comprehensive access of resources and innovative services to support teaching, learning and research activities of the college.
To develop balanced collection of information resources and adopt technologies to provide better information services.

Library Advisory Committee

Name	Designation
Prin. Dr. P. V. Rasal	Chairman
Dr. S. B. Ahire	Librarian
Mr. R. V. Pawar	Member
Mr. S. T. Pekhale	Member
Dr. G. R. Patil	Member
Mrs. D. S. Suryawanshi	Member
Dr. D. N. Shinde	Member
Mr. S. R. Vidhate	Member

Library Staff

Name

Designation

Qualification

Total Experience

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Dr. S. B. Ahire (Profile)	Librarian	B.A., M. Lib., NET, Ph.D.	16 Years
Mr. S. R. Vidhate	Assistant Librarian	B.A., B.Lib.	16 Years
Mr. S. N. Kadam	Library Clerk	B.A., M.Lib., SET	30 Years
Mr. V. V. Pawar	Library Attendant	S.S.C.	33 Years
Mr. A. N. Gaikwad	Peon	B.Com	01 Year
Mr. M. M. Harak	Peon	S.S.C	01 Year
Mr. S. N. Borhade	Peon	-	30 Years

Library Collection

Material	Total Number
Total Number of Books	73,042
Number of Titles	24938
Periodical	74
Educational CDs	156
Newspapers	18
E-Databases	02

Library Services

Home Lending of Library Books (Circulation)
Reading Room Facility (Separate for Boys, Girls and Faculties)
Online User Tracking System
Periodical Reading
Newspaper Reading
Newspaper Clipping
E-Resource center for browsing of electronic books and journals
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
Reference Service
Books Exhibitions on various occasions (National Librarians Day, Vachan Prerana Din, Marathi Rajbhasha Din etc.)
Information Display on Notification Board
New arrivals display stand
Inter Library Loan facility available through:
Jaykar Knowledge Resource Centre (SP Pune University)
Y.C.M.O.U., Nashik
K.T.H.M. College, Nashik
Kusumagraj Pratisthan, Nashik (A Box of 100 Books)
Question papers and syllabus available

Special Services

Special Services for Visually - Impaired Students

The Library has subsribed 4 Braille Magazines by NAB India, Mumbai (Namely: Blind Welfare, Vigyan Bharati, Deepshiksha and Braille Saptahik)

General Rules

Identity Card

Identity card is necessary for all students in college campus
Without I-card library reading material are not provided
Students should show their I-card where demanded by library staff
I-card is valid for one academic year only
In the case of loss of I-card, the member/student should immediately inform the Principal/Librarian.

Book Circulation

A book will be issued to a members/student only in their member account
Books should be return to the Library on or before due date. If not return before due date, students should pay due charges
Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, journals publication, bound volumes and such other documents cannot be take on library account or I-card except with the permission of the library authority
For reading room purpose book will be issued on I-card and this book will be return same day.

General Rules

Mobile is not allowed in campus
For detailed rules see the Notice Board in Library
For any difficulties about Library, immediately contact to the Librarian

Library Timing

Library Timings

Note: The library remains closed on Sunday & on national holidays. The library is kept open on holidays during examination period for the convenience of students.

(a) On working days	8.00 am to 5.00 pm
(b) On Examination days	8.00 am to 8.00 pm

Library Membership

Membership

Who can be a Member of the Library?

All bonafide students of the college
Information seekers from all corners of the society (as per the rules of the institute)

Library Periodicals

Subject wise number of Journals / Magazines

Sr.No.	Name of the Journal / Magazine	Subject
1	Lalit	Marathi
2	MahaAnubhav	Marathi
3	Panchadhara	Marathi
4	Parivartanacha Vatsaru	Marathi
5	Sadhana	Marathi
6	Indian Literature	English
7	Literary Endeavour	English
8	Literary Insight	English
9	Seminar	English
10	Baliraja	Economics
11	Business India	Economics
12	Business Today	Economics
13	Economic & Political Weekly	Economics
14	Kurukshetra	Economics
15	Chankya Mandal Spardha Pariksha	Political Science
16	Lokrajya	Political Science
17	Down To Earth	Geography
18	The Deccan Geographer	Geography
19	Bhartiya Itihas Ani Sanskruti	History
20	Kandharpur (Journal of History)	History
21	Defence Science Journal	Defence & Strategic Studies
22	Sainik Samachar	Defence & Strategic Studies
23	Strategic Analysis	Defence & Strategic Studies
24	Third Concept	Defence & Strategic Studies
25	World Focus	Defence & Strategic Studies
26	Sahakari Maharashtra	Commerce
27	The IUP Journal of Marketing Management	Commerce
28	The Management Accountant	Commerce
29	Udyojak	Commerce
30	Vyapari Mitra	Commerce
31	Indian Journal of Finance	Commerce
32	Indian Journal of Marketing	Commerce
33	Electronic For You	Physics
34	Physics For You	Physics
35	Indian Journal of Chemistry-A	Chemistry
36	Indian Journal of Chemistry-B	Chemistry
37	Journal of the Indian Chemical Society	Chemistry
38	Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics	Zoology
39	Indian Journal of Biotechnology	Botany
40	Marathwada Mathematical Society	Mathematics
41	Current Trends in Information Technology	Computer Science
42	DATAQUEST	Computer Science
43	PC Quest Magazine	Computer Science
44	Annals of Library and Information Studies	Library
45	DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology	Library
46	Current Science	General Science
47	Resonance-Journal of Science Education	General Science
48	Science Reporter	General Science
49	Vigyan Pragati	General Science
50	Shikshan Ani Samaj	Education
51	Shikshan Sankraman	Education
52	University News	Education
53	Academic Research	General
54	Andhshradha Nirmulan	General
55	Bulletin of the Unique Academy	General
56	Competition Success Review	General
57	Current Affairs Banking	General
58	Current Affairs Spectrum IAS	General
59	Employment News	General
60	India Today	General
61	Lokprabha	General
62	Readers Digest	General
63	Samajprabodhan Patrika	General
64	Sanshodhak	General
65	Spardha Pariksha (General Knowledge)	General
66	Spectrum Chalu Ghadamodi	General
67	Time	General
68	Tumhi Amhi Palak	General
69	Yashachi Parikrama	General
70	Yojana	General
71	Blind Welfare	Braille Magazines
72	Vigyan Bharti	Braille Magazines
73	Deepshiksha	Braille Magazines
74	Blind Welfare	Braille Magazines

Library Databases

Subscribed Databases

https://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/index.php

http://delnet.in/

Institutional Repository

Online Resources

E-Resources

Savitribai Phule Pune University : http://www.unipune.ac.in/
NDLI (National Digital Library of India : https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): https://doaj.org/
NISCAIR : https://www.niscair.res.in/periodicals/researchjournals
INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE : https://www.ias.ac.in/
NPTEL : https://nptel.ac.in/
SWAYAM : https://swayam.gov.in/
Shodhganga : https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
Shodhgangotri : https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
Sahitya Pratishthan : http://www.esahity.com/
Sahitya Pratishthan Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal : https://sahitya.marathi.gov.in/
Marathi Vishvakosh : https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/
BookGanga : http://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/
E-Paper Gallery : http://www.epapergallery.com/index.htm
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ (it offers over 53,000 free e-books)

Open Access Journals

Psychology : Indian Journal Of Psychiatry http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/	Microbiology: Indian Journal Of Medical Microbiology http://www.ijmm.org/
Home Science : Journal Of Indian Association For Child And Adolescent Mental http://www.jiacam.org/index.html Health Food And Nutrition Bulletin http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/food/Unupress.htm	Sociology ; Indian Journal Of Community Medicine http://www.ijcm.org.in/ Humanities : Rupkatha Journal On Interdisciplinary Studies In Humanities http://rupkatha.com/
Science And Technology Indian Journal Of Science And Technology http://www.indjst.org/ Current Science Journal of Earth System Science Science http://www.ias.ac.in/jess/index_body.html Sadhana http://www.ias.ac.in/sadhana/index.html Bulletin of Material Science http://www.ias.ac.in/matersci/index.html	Statistics : Electronic Journal Of Probability http://ejp.ejpecp.org/ Journal Of Statistics Education http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/ Management : RBI Bulletine http://rbi.org.in/scripts/ Finance And Development : http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2001/03/index.htm
Interdisciplinary ; Economic And Political Weekly http://www.epw.in/epw/user/userindex.jsp Yojana http://www.yojana.gov.in/default.asp Seminar http://india-seminar.com/semsearch.htm Journal Of Family Welfare http://www.medind.nic.in/jah/jahai.shtml Journal Of Economic Education http://www.heldref.org/pubs/jece/about.html.	Physics Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy http://www.ias.ac.in/jaa/index.html Education http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/ Oxford : http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/current Old Question Papers: http://www.unipune.ac.in/university_files/old_papers.htm
Biology : Journal of Bioscience http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/index.html Journal of Genetics http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/index.html	Chemistry : http://abc-chemistry.org/ Chemical Technology Journal of Chemical Science http://www.ias.ac.in/chemsci/index.html
Mathematics Algebraic And Geometric Topology : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/UW/agt/index.html Electronic Journal Of Differential Equation : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJDE/ Differential Geometry Electronic Journal Of Linear Algebra : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/ELA/Home.html Geometry And Topology : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/UW/gt/index.html Electronic Journal Of Qualitative Theory Of Differential Equation http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJQTDE/index.html New York Journal Of Mathematics : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/NYJM/nyjm.html Mathematical Physics Electronic Journal : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/MPEJ/index.html Journal Of Graph Algorithms And Applications : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/JGAA/home.html Journal Of Integer Sequences : http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/JIS/index.html Proceedings – Mathematical Science : http://www.ias.ac.in/mathsci/index.html

Library Faq

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Ques 1 : Who can be the member of library?

Ans:

All students admitted in the college
All faculty members of the college.
College Authorities.
Research Associates and Temporary faculty of the college.
Educational Institutes i.e. school / colleges in the Campus by ILL

Ques 2 : What can be photo copied?

Ans: Whole book not photo copied but some important part of the book which is very long to write down can be photocopied without disturbing the binding of the book.

Ques 3 : What is OPAC?

Ans: OPAC is an online public access catalogue of the library collection to search relevant book or reference.

Ques 4 : How do I borrow reference book?

Ans: It can be issued by special permission by the Principal and Librarian for a suitable & honest purpose only.

Ques 5 : How to used reference books?

Ans: The reference books have different types. As per requirement of user references are given to them by staff. Staff provide ideas or strategy when, which and how the reference book used.

Ques 6 : How to use e-resources?

Ans: Logins are provided to each department. Students can take from them or it is available in internet rooms. Using various logins e-resources are used. On first week orientation programme is conducted for introduction of library and its collection. Internet room observer have guide on any problem.