Library – Vinayakrao Patil Mahavidyalaya, Vaijapur

Library ग्रंथालय

Library and Information Center:

Vinayakrao Patil Mahavidyalaya, Vaijapur is run by the Marathwada Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. It is affiliated to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. It is one of the foremost colleges in Marathwada Region. It is established in the year 1968.

Library and Information Center was established in the year 1968 in small building with only 931 books. The fifth law of library science namely “Library is Growing Organism” is also one of the goals of our library today we have 82022 books. We also have N-List 199500+ E-Books and 6000+ e-journals. And also, NDL 600000+ eBooks. We subscribe 64 print and more than 1211 bound volumes of periodicals/journals and many other reading and informative material.

Library and Information center also to cater to the ever expanding needs of the readers and users in today’s technology driven world. Therefore user orientations, procurement of new books, plagiarism awareness, reader survey, quiz, contests elocution are regularly organized.

Vision: To excel in collecting, preserving, and providing access to the best scholarly and educational resources; providing high quality, innovative services.

Mission: To provide quality resources and innovative services to stimulate creativity and intellectual curiosity. To provide college students with the information they need to achieve their highest academic potential and help them acquire research skill necessary for lifelong learning

Library Working Hours:

Weekly Days: 09.30 AM to 05.30 PM
Circulation Counter: 10.30 AM to 05.30 PM

Library Automation: Vinayakrao Patil Mahavidyalaya Library and Information Center is automated through the LIBMAN (Library Management Software) version 2.0.3 cloud based which is developed by Master-soft ERP Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur. https://libcloud.mastersofterp.in/.

Library Sections:

Circulation Section
Internet Browsing Section
Periodical Section
Reference Section
Reprography Section
Reading Hall Boy’s Hall
Reading Hall Girls’ Hall

The library is well equipped, up-to-date variety of books. It has more than 82022 Textbooks and Reference books. During the last year 2023-2024,631 books of 1,03,165.00 Rs. worth has been added in the library. We received 258 books as donation during the year in the library. Various periodicals of national and international repute have been made available. 10 daily news papers of state and National level in English, Hindi and Marathi. Magazine on various disciplines are subscribed. The library has a special collection of competitive exams. The library collection comprising of books, journals, thesis and other reading material as on today stands as follows:

PRINT RESOURCES:

Sr. No.	Particulars	Total
1	Total No. of Books	82022
2	Total No. of Titles	28409
3	Total No. of Books in Sr. College	50120
4	Total No. of Books in PG Section	1422
5	Text Books	35892
6	Reference Books	19502
7	No. of Periodicals	54
8	Bound Volume	1211
9	Faculty Publications	67
10	News Papers	10

E-BOOKS AND E-OURNALS:

Sr. No.	Particulars	Total
1	E-Books	199500+ (N-List)
2	E-Journals	6000+ (N-List)
3	E-Books	600000+ (NDL)
4	E-Books	1, 37,000+ (Remote Access)
5	E-Journals	40,000+ (Remote Access)
Total :		982500+

LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE:

Sr. No.	AREA	Area in sq. Ft
1	Library Stock	1120
2	Librarian & Asstt. Librarian Cabin	195
3	Issue Counter \ Cabinet	305
4	Internet Browsing Center	700
5	Hindi Research Center	80
6	Recoding Hall for Staff	120
7	Reference Section	495
8	Reading Hall for Girls	1400
9	Recoding Hall for Boys	400
10	Periodicals Section	300
Total Area :		5115.00 sq. Ft

LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Sr. No.	Member	Designation
1	Dr. S. N. Thore (Principal)	Chairman
2	Dr. S.D. Pardeshi (Vice-Principal)	Member
3	Dr. R. R. Sathe (Vice-Principal-Junior College)	Member
4	Dr. M.S. Kharat (Head, Department of Marathi)	Member
5	Dr. S.V. Dahale (Head, Department of Hindi)	Member
6	Shri. B. A. Survashe (Registrar)	Member
7	Dr. N. R. Bankar (Librarian)	Secretary

Dr. Nilima R. Bankar
Librarian (Prof.)
M.A. MLISc. Ph. D.
Mob. 9850224373
E.Mail : nilima.r.banker@gmail.com
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Smt. M. V. Patil

Assistant Librarian

M.A. Mar. & MLISc.

Mo. 9763859599

E.Mail : sathemanisha1@gmail.com

Librarian Chronology: View

Shri. P. S. Bhavar

Library Clerk

Mo. 8007412509

Shri Y. N. Ghuge

Library Clerk

Mo. 9421950127

Shri. K. D. Joshi

Library Attendant

Mo. 9420121723

Shri. F.H. Shaikh

Library Attendant

Mo. 9890815054

Shri. D.A. Thombre

Library Attendant

Mo. 9763211199

E.Mail : devidast15@gmail.com

Shri. V.M. Autade

Library Attendant

Mo. 9420409432

E.Mail : vilasautade05@gmail.com

Shri. D. M. VARADE

Library Attendant

Mo. 9860552252

Shri. B. L. Chavan

Library Attendant

Mo. 8669141434

Shri. G. B. Madhikar

Library Attendant

Mo. 9665856867

BOOK COLLECTION:

Sr. No.	Subject (UG)	No. of titles	No. of copies	Total cost	View Details
1	Administration	111	145	32137.44	PDF
2	Agriculture	59	61	12723.00	PDF
3	Biography	120	126	44502.00	PDF
4	Biology	127	251	160323.57	PDF
5	Biotechnology	263	456	516543.78	PDF
6	Botany	708	1595	259633.14	PDF
7	Chemistry	830	2272	558623.97	PDF
8	Commerce	1068	4375	381237.87	PDF
9	Computer Science	350	1088	343454.51	PDF
10	Dictionaries	44	44	7034.10	PDF
11	Economics	1061	4066	339133.96	PDF
12	Encyclopedia	45	90	79843.70	PDF
13	English	2377	3769	407543.89	PDF
14	Environment	29	90	14580.00	PDF
15	General Knowledge	842	1569	371861.25	PDF
16	Health	77	85	5907.71	PDF
17	Hindi	2303	3946	280099.98	PDF
18	History	781	2815	376459.66	PDF
19	Law	3	3	80.00	PDF
20	Library	60	66	15257.98	PDF
21	Marathi	9254	13361	1058883.31	PDF
22	Mathematics	648	1748	243737.93	PDF
23	Physical Education	99	115	51344.50	PDF
24	Physics	758	1715	283505.59	PDF
25	Political Science	792	3075	232795.77	PDF
26	Research Methods	20	26	18980.00	PDF
27	Science	5	5	825.00	PDF
28	Sociology	664	1959	265848.37	PDF
29	Zoology	465	1204	193254.38	PDF
Total:		23963	50120	6556156.36	PDF

SUBJECT WISE PERIODICALS:

Sr. No.	Department	Name of the Journal	Frequency	View Details
1	Chemistry	Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry	4 Issues	PDF
2	Physics	Indian Journal of Physics	4 Issues	PDF
3	Mathematics	Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics	6 Issues	PDF
4	Biology	Advances in Plant Sciences	2 Issues	PDF
5	Biotech	Spinco Biotech Cutting Edge	12 Issues	PDF
6	Zoology	Journal of Bombay Natural History Society	3 Issues	PDF
7	BCS	Journal on Computer Science	4 Issues	PDF
8	BCA	Journal on Software Engineering	4 Issues	PDF
9	BCA	Express Computer	12 Issues	PDF
10	BBA	Corporate Governance	4 Issues	PDF
11	Commerce	Indian Journal of Marketing	12 Issues	PDF
12	Commerce	Indian Journal of Management	12 Issues	PDF
13	Economics	Yojana (Marathi)	12 Issues	PDF
14	Economics	Arthsanwad	4 Issues	PDF
15	Economics	Kurukshetra	12 Issues	PDF
16	Sociology	Journal of Rural Development	4 Issues	PDF
17	Sociology	Parivartanacha Vatsaru	48 Issues	PDF
18	Sociology	Down to Earth	12 Issues	PDF
19	History	Indian Historical Review	2 Issues	PDF
20	Political Sci	Global Journal of Political Science (GJPS)	2 Issues	PDF
21	English	Indian Literature	6 Issues	PDF
22	English	Reader’s Digest	12 Issues	PDF
23	Hindi	Sahitya Amrit	12 Issues	PDF
24	Hindi	Naya Gyanoday	12 Issues	PDF
25	Hindi	Aalochana	4 Issues	PDF
26	Hindi	Samachin (2024-5 Year)	4 Issues	PDF
27	Hindi	Samkalin Bhartiya Sahitya (2022-5 Year)	6 Issues	PDF
28	Hindi	Vagarth	12 Issues	PDF
29	Marathi	Muktasrujan	4 Issues	PDF
30	Marathi	Mehta Marathi Granthjagat (Jan 2025 to Dec 2026)	12 Issues	PDF
31	Marathi	Lalit Magazine (Jan2025 to Dec 2028)	12 Issues	PDF
32	Physical Education	Sportstar	12 Issues	PDF
33	Science	Vigyan Pragati	12 Issues	PDF
34	Science	Science Ki Duniya	12 Issues	PDF
35	Science	Science Reporter	12 Issues	PDF
36	Science	Current Science	24 Issues	PDF
37	Science	Sanshodhak	12 Issues	PDF
38	Competitive	Competition Success Review	12 Issues	PDF
39	Competitive	General Knowledge Today	12 Issues	PDF
40	Competitive	Pratiyogita Darpan	12 Issues	PDF
41	Competitive	Chanakya Mandal Pariwar	12 Issues	PDF
42	General	University News	52 Issues	PDF
43	General	Employments News- English	52 Issues	PDF
44	General	India Today-English	52 Issues	PDF
45	General	Shikshan Sankraman	12 Issues	PDF
46	General	New India Samachar (Free)	48 Issues	PDF
47	General	Jeevan Vikas	12 Issues	PDF

Facility & Services

The library has a key role in supporting the academic activities of the institution by establishing, maintaining and promoting the following library facilities and information services.

Library Blog
Open Access to all students
Computerize book circulation.
Use of barcode system for circulation of books.
Institutional Repository
Web OPAC facility for book search in Library.
M-OPAC Service for out of Library Users.
Urkund-Plagiarism Software
DDC Classification
Reprography Service.
Remote Access to e-resources
N-List Access to e-resources
Reading Room Facility.
Internet Facility.
Power Backup.
New Arrivals Display
Audio-Visual CD’s/DVD Facility.
Digital News Paper Clipping.
QR Code
User Tracing System
User Orientation

Rules & Regulations

General Rules

All students must make use of the library facility to enrich their academic excellence.
Only enrolled students are allowed to enter the college library on the strength of a valid Identity Card, which must be produced as and when it is demanded by the library staff or college teaching staff.
Complete silence must be maintained in & near the library.
Students should not bring Walkman or any electronic instruments and any eatables inside the library using the cell phone in the library are strictly prohibited.
Infringement of the library rules will result in the withdrawal of the library from the student.
All cases of the violation of rules will be reported to the principal for suitable action.
In case of any difficulty readers can approach to the Librarian.

Home Lending

Library book will be issued to the regular students for home lending only during the seven days.
One book will be issued for home lending the library card. Pure reference books, issues of periodicals, magazines, and newspapers will not be allowed out of the library or for home lending.
The book issued for home reading must be return to the library within seven days.
The book may be issued for a week provided there is no demand for the book from other students.
Book newly acquired for library will be available for reading in the study room as soon as they are ready for.

Books Damaged or Lost or Torn Pages

If the book is lost or damaged by the students or if the pages are missing from the book, the value of the book shall have to be paid at the current price. If the book is rare or out of print & the cost of the book is too low, amount decided by the principal must be paid.
Enrolled students and the teaching staff can use the library. No Ex – student or no outsider will be allowed to use the library except by the Principal / Chairman.

ACTIVITIES

Sr. No.	Activity	Date	Report of the activity
1	Books and Photography Exhibition	28. 12. 2017	View Report
2	National Librarians Day	12. 08. 2018	View Report
3	Reading Day 12 and 13 October 2018	12 – 13 October 2018	View Report
4	Book Exhibition 28. 12. 2018	28. 12. 2018	View Report
5	Reading Day 15. 10. 2019	15. 10. 2019	View Report
6	National Workshop on Plagiarism & Research Ethics	7 & 8 June 2021	View Report
7	Workshop on N-List Resources and Library Management Software	7.12.2021	View Report
8	National Librarians Day 12. 08. 2021	12. 08. 2021	View Report
9	Elocution Competition on 28 .12. 2021	27 .12. 2021	View Report
10	Memorial Quiz on Wings of Fire Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Jayanti	12.10.2021	View Report

E-Resources

E-Books

Open Access Journals

Thesis and Dissertation

Shodhganga
Shodhgangotri
Shodhbhagirathi
NDL of Thesis and Dissertation
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
CaltechTHESIS

Institutional Repository

Books Published By Teachers View File
Research Papers Published In Research Journals View File
Chapters Published in Edited Books View File
Ph.D. Thesis of Faculties View File
Research Projects View File
Videos of Seminars & Workshops organized by College View File
Teaching Videos View File
Teaching Notes View File
Power Point Presentations View File
Syllabus (Dr. B. A. M. University, Aurangabad) View File
Question Banks View File
News Paper Clips View File

मृदगंध

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19

QUESTION PAPERS

REMOTE ACCESS OF E-RESOURCES

N-LIST CONSORTIA

PLAGIARISM CHECKER

CONTACT:

Dr. N. R. Bankar

Librarian
Vinayakrao Patil Mahavidyalaya,
Vaijapur, Dist. Aurangabad – 423 701.
Tel: +91 9850224373
Email: nilima.r.banker@gmail.com