Library Working Hours- 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Holidays- Public Holidays, Second Saturdays, and Sundays.
“Library is the heart of the educational institution,” said Dr.S.R.Ranganathan-father of library science in India. SCAS Library is the heart of the Saintgits College of Applied Sciences functioning as an information disseminating center catering to the needs of students, faculty and staff for academic excellence. SCAS library has specialized collection of academic & general books, peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-resources and non-book materials. There is a collection of 7300+ volumes of books, 31 printed journals & magazines,11 newspapers and 100+ DVDs/CDs.SCAS Library is automated with SOUL-Integrated Library Management Software developed by INFLIBNET. SCAS Library has access to e-resources of NLIST (college component of e-Shodh Sindhu) & DELNET. SCAS library has DSpace-digital software for digital documents like previous year question papers, question banks, articles of faculty members, etc. SCAS Library exists to disseminate the right information to the right person at the right time.
DELNET is Library Network refers to an interconnected platform of some group of libraries with certain agreements aims to satisfy and fulfill their user’s needs. Each library performs by sharing resources to each other on-demand basis.
It provides access to the following facilities:
It is the college component of e-ShodhSindhu consortium with access to 6000+ e-journals, 1,99,500+ e-books under NLIST and 6,00,000 e-books through NDL.
SCAS Digital Library preserves and enables easy and open access to digital documents like previous year question papers published articles by faculties, e-journals, etc.
The Library OPAC can be accessed on the internet to search all the bibliographic records available in the Library database through a web- based search interface. The OPAC can be searched by Author, Title, Subject, Member Status accessed, etc.
Item | Total Number | |
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Printed Books | 7300+ | |
Printed Journals & Other Periodicals | 30+ | |
Newspapers | 11 | |
Bound Volume of Journals & Periodicals | 243+ | |
SCAS Library Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) | 7000+ | |
DVD/CDs | 200+ | |
Digital/E-Resources | N-LIST-E-Books | 1,99,500+ |
N-LIST-E-Journals | 6000+ | |
DELNET-ILL Service Books | 3,50,00,000+ | |
DELNET-E-Journals | 5000+ | |
DELNET-E-Thesis/Dissertations | 100000+ | |
DSpace (Digital Documents) | 100+ |
Library Working Hours- 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Holidays- Public Holidays, Second Saturdays, and Sundays.
If the books are lost, then the borrower shall replace the books of the same edition or latest edition of the book after getting permission from the Librarian.
Library users are required to handle the books/ Journal very carefully; marking with pencil, writing, or highlighting, tearing the pages, or mutilating the same in any other way will be viewed very seriously. In such cases, readers shall be held responsible unless these are brought to the notice of the library staff at the time of issue.
This section has Encyclopaedia, Dictionaries, Textbooks, Reference books, Back volumes, etc., which are only available for reference. Users can make use of these resources. In this section, journals, general magazines, and newspapers and newsletters are available. They are arranged alphabetically. The latest issues are displayed on the display rack and other previous issues are arranged in the drawer. Bound volumes of periodicals are arranged in rack alphabetically and are taken only for reference within the library.
Note: The above rules and regulations are applicable for all staff and students who are members of ‘SCAS Library’.
Midhun.C.R.
Assistant Librarian
Mob:9745135517
Email-scas.library@saintgits.org