About the College Library
The college library has always been the cornerstone and soul of our academic endeavours. The library keeps evolving to ensure a pleasing ambience and modern, inclusive infrastructure that can ensure congenial environment for academic pursuits of all its members, evidenced by remarkable, consistent growth in its collections and services.
Equipped with modern ICT tools, air conditioning in the reading hall, and CCTV security, the library offers a conducive environment for study and research.
Working with a fully automated Knowledge and Learning Resource Centre since 2010 and updated with KOHA Library Management Software for database management (with features such as e-mail alerts during book check-in/out, online book reservations and suggestions, and a web-based OPAC), the college library is spread over three floors with seating for over 300 students and 50 teachers.
Other features include a newly renovated state-of-the-art reading hall with air-conditioning, modern signage and artistic décor, E-resource centres with high-speed Wi-Fi, projectors, and 48+ computer systems, access to online catalogues, a vast collection of 70,000 volumes, rare texts, daily newspapers, and online academic resources including ONOS.
Special sections and centres include:
- Centre for Shaheed Bhagat Singh Studies and Research
- Light Reading Section with fiction, biographies, and travelogues
- Voluntary Book Bank for underprivileged students
- Periodical Section with print and online subscriptions
Students and faculty members benefit from access to over five lakh e-journals and e-books through the Delhi University Library System (DULS), DU eLibrary, and INFLIBNET consortia (N-List).
Open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. to support extended academic engagement.
Key Initiatives
- New reading halls with 300 seating capacity
- ONOS initiative for faculty members and students
- Centre for Shaheed Bhagat Singh Studies and Research
- Helen Keller Centre for visually impaired students and teachers
- E-Resource Centres and Dr. M.P. Thakore Memorial Reading Hall for faculty
- Voluntary Book Bank for underprivileged students
- Light Reading Section to inspire reading beyond the curriculum
- Plagiarism check facility using Turnitin software