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  • Inflibnet Library
  • Inflibnet Library
  • Inflibnet Library
  • Inflibnet Library
  • Inflibnet Library
  • Inflibnet Library
The strength of any library lies in its library and information centre. Bearing this in mind, the institution has provided great attention to the library. Today the institution owns a specious library of 3600sq.ft. This is on of the biggest library in a remote area like this. It can accommodate nearly 160 readers at a time. It is continuously developing. There are many books like Encyclopedia, Dictionaries, Biographical Books, Journal's bound volume, Competitive Examination related, Old Question Papers, News Paper Clippings, etc. These databases are accessible through the library website at https://sbcshahapur.ac.in OR http://library.sbcshahapur.ac.in/
Sr. No. Name of Member Designation Role
01 Prof. Dr. Anilkumar Singh I/C Principal & Department of Hindi Chairman
02 Prof. Dr. S. S. Waghmode Librarian & IQAC Coordinator Secretary
03 Prof. Dr. S. L. Gaikwad Vice-Principal Member
04 Prof. Dr. S. G. Sagar Head,Department of Economics Member
05 Prof. Dr. A. L. More Head,Department of Economics Member
06 Prof. Dr. G. G. Sonwane Head,Head, Department of History Member
07 Prof. Dr. D. D. Kamble Head,Department of English Member
08 Prof. Dr. R. S. Shanwar Head,Department of Marathi Member
09 Prof. Leena Karan Head, Department of IT Member
10 Mr. S. J. Diwan Head Clerk Member
11 Ms. R. S. Mhatre Self Finance Member
Sr. No. Name of Staff Designation Higher Qualification
01 Prof. Dr. S. S. Waghmode Librarian(Professor Grade) Ph.D.
03 Ms. S. S. Chawathe Library Attendant M.Lib.&I.Sc.
04 Shri. G. G. Jadhav Library Attendant B.A.
05 Shri. S. A. Bhalekar Library Attendtant B.A.
Sr. No. Types of Documents No. of Collection
1 College Books Text Books Ref. Books Total Books
15204 26127 41331
2 Book Bank Scheme Books Text Books Ref. Books Total Books
7878 1378 9256
3 Hindustani Prachar Sabha Books 0 1831 1831
4 Current Periodicals 30
5 Journal Bound Volumes 760
6 N-LIST E-Journals 6000+
7 N-LIST E-Books 164300+
8 Globe 01
9 Maps 51
10 Newspapers 06
Activities Timing
General Timing 7.30am to 4.30pm
Home Lending 10.40am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 4.20
Examination Period 7.30am to 6.00pm
The Library remains closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
  • Library Website
  • NLIST-E-Journals
  • NLIST-E-Books
  • WEB OPAC
  • Institutional Repository
  • Book Issue/return Service
  • Reference Service
  • SMS Alerts for Transaction
  • Inter Library Loan Service
  • Current Awareness Service
  • Electronic Information Service
  • News Paper Clipping Service
  • Online Service
  • Reading Service
  • Referral Service
  • Syllabus Service
  • Literature Search service
  • User Orientation Information Litercy Service
  • Library Service for External User
  • The IR @ SBCL has been set-up to host Old Question Papers, Library Activites, research publications, etc. of staff as well as other publications of the Centre using Dspace, an open source digital library software developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Dspace supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), an internationally recognized protocols and interoperability standards.
    We are subscriber of E-Journals and E-Books N-LIST (INFLIBNET). Users can remotly access information about these journals on their desktops at the website.
  • NLIST-E-Journals
  • NLIST-E-Books
  • Library
    The IR @ INFLBNET has been set-up to host full-text of research publications of technical staff as well as other publications of the Centre using Dspace, an open source digital library software developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Dspace supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), an internationally recognized protocols and interoperability standards. The IR @ INFLBNET provides a platform for researcher in LIS to deposit, reuse and share their research publications. The repository also has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve digital materials created in the Centre. Staff members can register themselves with the digital repository and submit their pre-prints (pre-refereed version of an article), post-prints (post-refereed final version) and publisher PDFs (if allowed by the publisher). The papers publish in CALIBER and PLANNER proceedings have been uploaded in to the IR @ INFLIBNET in PDF format. The Institutional Repository also includes Course Materials, Newspaper Clippings, etc.
    Besides receiving access to e-resources on complementary basis under the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, the Centre maintains a separate Archival Library consisting of print journals received as a part of the agreement with the participating publishers of the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. Under the agreement, the publishers are requested to submit a copy of all the issues of the journals. This archival library is open to all users interested in using these print resources for their study / research. The Centre has received issues of 286 journal titles from different publishers. During this year under review, issues of 100 journals each were received from the Taylor and Francis, Blackwell and Oxford University Press. Users can access information about these journals on their desktops at the website.
    The library provides following services to its users:
    • Reference Service
    • Document Delivery Service
    • Current Awareness Service
    • Inter Library Loan Service
    • Electronic Information Service
    • Photocopy Service
    The Centre subscribes to a large number of databases on CD-ROM consisting of bibliographic details of research articles mainly in the area of social sciences, arts and humanities. Services from these databases are available free-of-cost to the academic community including research scholars and the students for their research activities. These CD ROM databases have been discontinued since 2003 given the fact that e-resources are now being made available to universities under the purview of UGC through the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. The CD-ROM databases available at the INFLIBNET Library are as follows:
    • LISA: Library and Information Science Abstract [1969-2003]
    • Dissertation Abstracts International: Humanities & Social Sciences [1987-2003]
    • EconLit: Economic Literature [1969-2003]
    • EMBASE Drugs & Pharmacology CD [1986-2003]
    • Philosopher's Index [1999-2003]
    • PsycLit: Psychological Literature [1887-2003]
    • Sociofile: Sociological Abstracts [1974-2003]
    • Current Contents on Diskette: Social and Behavioral Sciences [1999-2003]
    • Inside Science [1999-2003]
    • Inside Social Science [1999-2003]
    The Centre also subscribes to the following bibliographic databases of books that are being used for authenticating bibliographic records in union catalogues. These databases are also available to visiting users:
    • Ulrich's On Disc: International Periodicals Directory
    • ISSN Compact: The ISSN register on CD-ROM [1999, 2003]
    • NUCSAL: National Union Catalogue of Serials in Academic Libraries [2005]
    • BNB: British National Bibliography, Current file [1986-2001]
    • OCLC: Recent Books [1999]
    • OCLC: Old Books [1999]
    • OCLC: Serials [1999]
    • OCLC: Authority file [1999]
    • CDMARC: Subject Headings [1996]
    • CDMARC: Names [1996]
    • CDMARC: Holdings [1996]
    The Centre has institutional membership of following national and international organizations:
    • Association for Information Management (ASLIB)
    • International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
    • American Library Association (ALA)
    • National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
    • Indian Library Association (ILA)
    • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
    • Society for Information Science (SIS)
    • Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)
    • Computer Society of India (CSI)
    • ADINET (Ahmedbad Library Nework)
    • American Resource Centre,
    • British Library, Ahmedabad
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