VISVA-BHARATI CENTRAL LIBRARY

Memo No. CL/ /2007-08/(3) Date April 28, 2008

The Registrar Visva-Bharati Santiniketan

Sub: Annual Report of the Central Library for the period from 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008.

Ref: Memo No.G/U-12 (ARC) /257/2007-08 Dated February 14/24, 2008 and Memo No. G/U-12 (ARC) /16/2008-09, Dated April 12, 2008.

Forwarded herewith one print copy of the Annual Report of the Central Library, Visva- Bharati for the period from 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008 along with CD (MS- WORD) formatting for your kind information and necessary action.

(Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi) Librarian, Visva-Bharati Santiniketan

Page 11 of 13 Annual Report of the Central Library for the period 2007-08 (1st April 2007to 31st March 2008)

1. Total number of books /Periodicals during the year 2007-2008* : a) Books Purchased 4552 b) Books received as gift 235 c) Tiles of Journal subscribed 292 d) Titles of Journals received as gift 205

2. Total number of books / Periodicals Accessioned as on 31.3. 2008: A. Purchased - Books : 403393 Gift - Books : 3777 Total Books : 407170 B. Accessioned Issues of Journals (Subscribed) : 3643 C. Accessioned Issues of Journals (Gift) : 2781 D. Accessioned for Bound Periodicals : 834

3. Total number of books transferred to Departmental /Sectional Libraries: a) Departmental/Sectional Libraries 97 b) Seminar Libraries 591

4. Issue and Return of Books/ Periodicals *: a) Title Issued (Books) 27368 b) Title Returned (Books) 28031 c) Title consulted at Reference Section (Books) 31330 d) Title consulted at Reading Room (Books) 11449 e) Periodical consulted (loose issues & bound volumes) 5250

5. Photocopy Services with number of documents and pages: a. Photocopy of Loose issues (Periodical) 492 (7380 pages) b. Photocopy of Reference Documents 581 (8715 pages) c. Photocopy of Documents from Stack (Text Books) 241 (3615 pages)

6. Other Modern Technology-based Services: a) Number of CD / DVD consulted at Periodical Section 168 b) Total users Browsed E-Journal / Database at Periodical Sec. 123 c) Inter Library Loan service through DELNET 005 d) Number of document digitized on reader’s request 006 Total pages digitized on reader’s request 607

7. Library Members *:  Total Registered Members 5818 (Teachers –715; Research Scholars –362; Students –3711; Staff –912 & Others –118)  Total numbers of Readers visited at Reading Room 44475  Total numbers of Readers visited at Periodical Section 10692  Total numbers of Readers visited at Reference Section 18798

Page 22 of 13  Total members of Readers entered into the stack room 11683

8. Temporary Members / Scholars Visited during the period *: 212  International 04 [Germany – 2, Japan – 1, Switzerland - 1]  West Bengal 83  Other States 19  Other Casual Readers 106  Distinguished University Guests 09

9. Library Hours: a. On weekdays (Thursday to Tuesday): (i) Reading Room & Periodical Reading Room from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ii) All other Section of the Central Library from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

b. Wednesday and other holidays: Reading Room and Periodical Reading Room from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

c. Total No. of days Library open: (a) 275 days + (b) 52 = 327days

10. Books Classified & Catalogued and added to the Catalogue database by Central Library by using library software (LibSys) during 2007 –08* : a) Newly purchased and processed books 3313 c) Retro Conversion of books 23558

[Note: * Data are also available in tabular form – Annexure - I]

11. Inter Library Loan: Five books received through DELNET as per user’s request. The users returned the same to the DELNET at the end of use.

12. Publication: Library Bulletin – ‘Current periodicals-2007’ for subscribed Journals.

13. Library Automation: Visva-Bharati Library (Central Library and all Sectional Libraries) has been connected with the Gitanjali Net, the University Campus wide Network. Library has 42 PCs, 22 printers for its Central Library and Sectional Library use. Library has been provided services and facilities of Internet, e-book browsing, e-journal browsing, on-line searching, e-mail facilities, etc. for its users and library management purposes. The Library software LibSys (Unicode compliant) is used for the housekeeping purposes and daily library operation. Main library housekeeping works include: Acquisition of library documents, cataloguing; Serial control, Circulation, OPAC etc. Retro conversion from manual catalogue is going on by deploying internal manpower resources of Central Library. Visva-Bharati Library catalogue database holds 96098 titles of documents containing 171168 individual accession numbers including 43000 bound volumes of journals and 866 theses.

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Presently the library has the following e-resources, which are regularly browsed through Central Library Home Page.

E-Resources: - 5000 + e-journals through UGC Info net Consortia. 1050 + free e-journals from publishers 75 + on-line e-journals on subscription basis 850 + free online digitized books 102 DVDs containing Central Library Old Documents CD-ROMs.

14. Library Digitization: Central Library is a member of ‘Mega Digital Library project of India’. Under this project we have completed scanning and digitizing work of 5200 titles of old Central Library documents containing 26 lakhs pages. We have already received 102 DVDs. Metadata of digitized documents are being made and are available for the users. This information is available in library home page. CDAC, the operator of this project, has informed us that the first phase work has completed and they are waiting for sanction from Government to start the second phase work. Question papers of 2005-06 have already been digitized and will available for the use of the students through LAN. Digitization of question paper of 2006-07 is in progress

15. Exhibition / other programmes: i. Arranged Orientation Programme for new library members on Library use. ii. Library Day observed on 20 December 2007. iii. Organized combined Book Exhibition cum Sale with the titles published by Oxford University Press & Overseas Press India (P) Ltd. during December 2- 4, 2007. iv. Organized demo programme on ‘Springer E-Products’ on November 18, 2007, from 11am to 1pm. There are 125 participants comprising Teachers, Scholars and library professionals. v. Organized Book Exhibition cum sale with the titles published by the Cambridge University Press during October 12-13, 2007. vi. Organized Book Exhibition cum sale with the titles published by the World View Publications during September 13-15, 2007. vii. Organized demo programme on ‘Science Direct E-Books and E-Journals’ on September 7, 2007, from 11am to 1.30pm. There are 125 participants consisting of Teachers, Scholars and library professionals. viii. A team of 65 members consisting of students and teachers of Kalna College, Dept. of Bengali has visited this library as a part of educational tour on January 12, 2008. ix. The Central Library was used as venue for the Seminar Lecture on ‘Kailash- Manasarovar Pilgrimage: A photographic Journey’ delivered by Professor K.T.Sarao, Delhi University, New Delhi, on March 14, 2008. x. The Central Library was used as venue for the Binodini Memorial Lecture 2007-08 on ‘Philosophy and human progress’ delivered by Professor Pradyot

Page 44 of 13 Mukhopadhyay, former Professor, , Kolkata, on March 13, 2008. xi. The Central Library was used as venue for the Seminar Lecture on ‘Gandhi and the discourse of civilization’ delivered by Professor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, ICHR, New Delhi, on March 8, 2008. The lecture dedicated to the memory of Prof. Sati Kumar Chatterjee. xii. The Central Library was used as venue for the Seminar Lecture on ‘Perception of the other: on early Muslim in India’ delivered by Professor Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, former professor, JNU, New Delhi, on March 6, 2008. xiii. The Central Library was used as venue for the Special Annual Lecturer delivered by, Prof. Ram Chandra Guha, dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee on March 03, 2008. xiv. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture-cum-power point presentation for India Foundation participants on February 22, 2008. xv. The Central Library was used as venue for the special Lecture on ‘feminism in modern ’ delivered by Professor Blanka Knotkova Capkova, Charles University, Czech Republic, on February 2, 2008. xvi. The Central Library was used as venue for the Nizam Memorial Lecture 2007- 08 on ‘living together plurally hindu muslim relations in north India’ delivered by Professor Musirul Hassan, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi, on January 27, 2008. xvii. The Central Library was used as venue for the special Lecture delivered by Professor Judith Brown, on December 14, 2007. xviii. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Professor Satyesh Chakraborty, on December 10, 2007. xix. The Central Library was used as venue for the Special Lecture on ‘Stress responses and personality in Antarctic Penguins’ delivered by Professor John F. Cockerm, Massey University, Newzealand, on December 08, 2007. xx. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Tapan Raychowdhury, on December 7, 2007. xxi. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Dr. Reba Som, on ‘The story of Gitanjali’ on October 7, 2007. xxii. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Dr. Sudeshna Banerjee, on ‘Gendered nature emasculated men: Reading a colonial discourse on the poverty of India’ on September 16, 2007. xxiii. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Professor Nariaki Nakazato, on ‘Harish Chandra Mukherjee: Profile of a ‘patriotic’ Journalist in an age of social transition’ on August 27, 2007. xxiv. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Professor Amlan Dutta, former Vice-chancellor, Visva-Bharati on August 25, 2007. xxv. Professor Amartya Sen with Sm. Antara Debsen used the Central Library as venue for the meeting in a discussion, on July 19, 2007. xxvi. The Central Library was used as venue for the Lecture delivered by Dr. Kumkum Chatterjee, Pensylvania State University, USA on July 16, 2007.

Page 55 of 13 16. Conference, Seminar, Workshop, etc. attended by the Library staff:

i) Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi, Librarian, Central Library: a. Participated in the discussion forum of library professionals on the topic "Towards a Knowledge Society: Changing Dimensions of Library and Information Systems" organised by the National Knowledge Commission held at National Library, Kolkata on 7th June 2007. b. Participated in the Workshop on ‘Services of Rural Libraries in the context of Globalization’ organized by the Rural Extension Center (REC), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan on 24th February 2008 and delivered lecture as resource person on the topic “How rural librarians can offer effective Library Services in their locality”. ii) Sri Nimai Chand Saha, Deputy Librarian, Central Library: a. Participated in the Workshop on “Administration and Management of Manuscripts” organized jointly by the National Manuscripts Commission & Central Library, Burdwan University, at the University of Burdwan on 18th March 2008. b. Deliver a lecture as resource person on the topic ‘Rural Library services in the present Digital Environment: A challenge’ in the workshop on ‘Services of Rural Libraries in the context of Globalization’ on 24th February 2008, organized by the Rural Extension Center (REC), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan. c. Participated and presented the paper entitled “Knowledge management through technologies and professionals: Some issues” in the 5th Convention, PLANNER 2007, held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam on 7-8 December 2007. d. Attended ‘Librarians Day –2007’ organized jointly by the BLA, IASLIC and PLEA (WB) at Malda College Auditorium on August 12, 2007. e. Attended Diamond jubilee Seminar on ‘Open access to knowledge- role of library’ at Shyam Sundar College, Shyamsundar, Burdwan on September 21, 2007. iii) Sri Susanta Kumar De, Senior Assistant Librarian, Central Library: a. Attended UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Library and Information Science at Academic Staff College, , Kolkata, during September 6-26, 2007. iv) Smt. Kanika Debnath, Assistant Librarian, Central Library: a. Attended UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Library and Information Science at Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, during September 6-26, 2007. v) Smt. Suchismita Sarkar, Assistant Librarian, Central Library: a. Attended UGC sponsored 6th 4-week Orientation Programme at Academic Staff College, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi, during January 16- February 14, 2008. vi) Sri Achintya Kumar Mandal, Information Scientist, Central Library (Gitanjali Net): a. Participated in the Workshop on “Administration and Management of Manuscripts” organized jointly by the National Manuscripts Commission & Central Library, Burdwan University, at the University of Burdwan on 18th March 2008.

Page 66 of 13 b. Participated in the National Workshop on “Library Automation through KOHA: the open way” organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, during December 3-7, 2007. vii) Sri Sri Sanat Kumar Bhattacharya, Prof. Asst., Central Library: a. Attended National Workshop on “LIS Education in digital Era” Organized by Indian Institute of Bombay Central Library, Mumbai, during June 13-15, 2007. viii) Sri Ramprasad Majumder, Prof. Asst., Central Library: a. Participate as resource person to training programme on ‘LIBSYS’ in Netaji Subhas Engineering College, Kolkata, during September 24-28, 2007. ix) Sri Tapan Barui, Prof. Asst., Central Library: a. Participated in the National Workshop on “Library Automation through KOHA: the open way” organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, during December 3-7, 2007. x) Sri Pritam Gurey, Prof. Asst., Central Library: a. Participated the International Workshop on “Digital Preservation of Heritage: Research issues in Archiving and Retrieval” organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, during October 29-31, 2007.

17. Publications of Central Library staffs: i) Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi, Librarian, Visva-Bharati: a. Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi: Rabindranath as planned for Rural Reconstruction and Village Library System. Sristi. Special Issue. August 2007. P.40-44. (In Bengali). b. Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi: ‘Status of automation in College Libraries: a case study’. In the Proceedings of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Managing College Librararies in the Digital Environment: Opportunities and Challenges held on August 3-4, 2007 organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh. p.173-181. c. Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi: ‘E-publications as helpful resources for researchers of Indian libraries: an overview’. In Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Trends in Library and Information Science (RTLIS-07) held on November 16-17, 2007 under TEQIP organized by Central Library, National Institute of Tecknology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. P.22-27. d. Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi: Changing dimensions of Library and Information Services: comments and suggestions. In E-Libraries: Problem and Perspectives (T Ashok Babu Festschrift) edited by Prof. L S Ramaiah, Prof. M Sankara Reddy and Shri Hemant Kumar. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2007; p. 104-121. e. Nimai Chand Saha, Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi & Koushik ghosh: ‘Present status of browsing e-journals by science scholars, visva-bharati library perspectives: A study.’ In the proceeding of CALIBER-2008, an Intrenational Convention, held at Allahabad University, Allahabad, on 28th Feb –1st March 2008; p.671-683.

Page 77 of 13 ii) Sri Nimai Chand Saha, Deputy librarian, Central Library a. Nimai Chand Saha, Dr. Chittaranjan Sain & Mrittunjoy De: ‘Present state of ICT application in the college libraries of Bankura subdivision W.B.: A study’ In the proceeding of CALIBER-2008, an Intrenational Convention, held at Allahabad University, Allahabad, on 28th Feb –1st March 2008; p.127-143. b. Nimai Chand Saha, Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi & Koushik Ghosh: ‘Present status of browsing e-journals by science scholars, visva-bharati library perspectives: A study.’ In the proceeding of CALIBER-2008, an Intrenational Convention, held at Allahabad University, Allahabad, on 28th Feb –1st March 2008; p.671-683. c. Nimai Chand Saha & Bipul Chandra Mondal: “Digital Asset Management and its Protection: Concepts, Taxonomy and Issues” In the proceeding of IASLIC, XXVI all India conference, held at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi on 26th –29th December 2007. d. Nimai Chand Saha & Mrinal Kanti Das: “Knowledge management through technologies and professionals: some issues” In the proceeding of 5th Convention, PLANNER 2007, held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam on 7-8 December 2007; p.117-126. e. Nimai Chand Saha, Koushik Ghosh & Tapas Mondal: “Training & Development of Library Professionals for IT Application in University Libraries: An Overview.” In the proceeding of 5th Convention, PLANNER 2007, held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam on 7-8 December 2007; p.293-302.

iii) Sri Ram Prasad Majumder, Prof. Asst., Central Library: a. Ram Prasad Majumder & Subhajit Roy: “E-journals License & Agreements: Some issues and practical overview” In the proceeding of XXVI all India conference, held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 26th –29th December 2007.

iv) Sri Subhajit Roy, Library Attendant, Central Library: a. Subhajit Roy & Ram Prasad Majumder: “E-journals License & Agreements: Some issues and practical overview” In the proceeding of XXVI all India conference, held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 26th –29th December 2007.

(Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi) Librarian, Visva-Bharati Santiniketan

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Information regarding column 1,4,7 & 10.

Acquisition Section: - Number of books purchased subject wise: -

Subject Number

Languages 1424 Humanities and Social Sciences 1873 Science 900 Home Science --- Computer Science 140 Commerce & Management 184 Education 66 Engineering & Technology --- Medical Sciences --- Agriculture Sciences --- Veterinary Sciences --- Law 1 Others (Music, Arts, Religion etc.) 200 Total:- 4787

Periodical Section: - Foreign Journals 150 Indian Journals 102 Magazines 26 News Papers 14 Total:- 292

Circulation Section: - Category Teacher Scholar Student Staff Others Grand Total Library Users 715 362 3711 912 118 5818 Books issued to 3278 3311 16810 3757 212 27368 Books returned 4034 3654 17081 2973 289 28031 from

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Technical Section:- Books Processed and Retro conversion during the year (Month wise)

Month Books processed Retro conversion Total Data entry April-2006 335 2849 3184 May-2006 546 2758 3304 June-2006 559 3116 3675 July-2006 313 2624 2937 August-2006 387 2602 2989 September-2006 162 2779 2941 October-2006 111 1537 1648 November-2006 63 172 235 December-2006 46 409 455 January-2007 180 2147 2327 February-2007 267 1347 1614 March-2007 344 1218 1562 Total: - 3313 23558 26871

Users visit at different sections of Central Library (month-wise):

Month Reading Room Periodical Section Stack Room Reference Section April-2006 6294 985 682 1779 May-2006 5770 705 528 1833 June-2006 6035 674 445 2112 July-2006 3536 877 2182 1272 August-2006 2748 1459 2093 1530 September-2006 3626 1206 1602 1992 October-2006 984 430 765 711 November-2006 1995 791 793 1065 December-2006 2647 572 829 1290 January-2007 2762 853 826 1107 February-2007 3050 795 876 1656 March-2007 5028 1345 1152 2451 Total: = 44475 10692 11683 18798

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ANNEXURE – II

Staff Members of Central Library (Category wise)

Serial No Name of the Staff Member Designation 1. Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi Librarian 2. Sri Nimai Chand Saha Deputy Librarian 3. Sri Susanta Kumar De Senior Assistant Librarian 4. Sm. Kanika Debnath Assistant Librarian 5. Sm. Suchismita Sarkar Assistant Librarian 6. Sri Achintya Kumar Mandal Information Scientists 7. Sm. Namita Sen Majumder Professional Assistant (Retired on 31.01.08 afternoon) 8. Sri Sanat Bhattacharya Professional Assistant 9. Sri Biswanath Kisku Professional Assistant 10. Smt. Susmita Palit Professional Assistant 11. Ram Prasad Majumder Professional Assistant 12. Sri Kishalaya Chatterjee Professional Assistant (Retired on 30th April 2007, AN) 13. Sm. Nibedita Bose Professional Assistant 14. Sri Prabir Kumar Singha Roy Professional Assistant (Transferred on 5th June 2007) 15. Sri Birendra Kishore Biswas Professional Assistant 16. Sri Dwarka Nath Banerji Professional Assistant 17. Sri Pradip Hembram Professional Assistant 18. Sri Tapan Kumar Barui Professional Assistant 19. Sri Pritam Gurey Professional Assistant 20. Sri Nemai Chandra Das Professional Assistant (Joined on 4th June 2007, FN) 21. Sri Ram Kumar Roy Senior Assistant 22. Sri Amiya Hazra Semi-Professional Assistant 23. Smt. Maya Bhattacharya Semi-Professional Assistant 24. Sm. Soma Mandal Semi-Professional Assistant 25. Sm. Ansuman Banerji Semi-Professional Assistant 26. Sm Mridula Bhattacharyay Semi-Professional Assistant 27. Sri Sarada Ranjan Banerji Semi-Professional Assistant 28. Sri Sougata Samanta Semi-Professional Assistant 29. Sri Nikhil Saha Senior Binder 30. Smt. Shibani Dasgupta Office Assistant (Transferred on 15th February 2008) 31. Sri Santi Ranjan Das Office Assistant

Page 1111 of 13 32. Sri Sibsadhan Konar Jr. Office Asst.-cum Typist (Transferred on 28th April 2007) 33. Sri Utpal Mukherjee Jr. Office Asst.-cum Typist 34. Sri Susobhan Banerjee Jr. Office Asst.-cum Typist 35. Sri Atanu Kumar Sinha Junior Library Attendant (Transferred on 2nd July 2007) 36. Smt. Arpita Chatterjee Senior Library Attendant 37. Sri Soumitra Kumar Chakraborty Senior Library Attendant 38. Sri Bama Charan Pal Junior Library Attendant 39. Sri Debashis Roy Junior Library Attendant 40. Sri Deb Kumar Chatterjee Junior Library Attendant 41. Sri Jatindra Nath Saha Junior Library Attendant 42. Sri Saradindu Sarkar Junior Library Attendant 43. Sri Chandra Sekhar Roy Junior Library Attendant 44. Sri Subhajit Roy Junior Library Attendant 45. Sri Subir Bhattacharya Junior Library Attendant 46. Sri Durgapada Hazra Peon 47. Sri Sukumar Majhi Peon 48. Sri Biswajit Biswas Peon 49. Sri Uttam Kumar Mondal Peon 50. Sri Prabir Kumar Chatterjee Peon 51. Sri Rathindra Nath Pal Peon 52. Sri Debojyoti Ghosh Gate-Man 53. Sri Dilip Kumar Hazra Sweeper 54. Sri Dhananjoy Chatterjee Mopper-cum-Peon (temporary)

Total Number of Staff members of Central Library = 59, presently vacant post = 12

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ANNEXURE III

Information related to Sectional Libraries:

Sectional Total Number of Periodical Books Referen Total Libraries books books Titles Issued ce used No. of as on accessioned Users 31.03.08 Purchased Gift Subscribed Gift Cheena-Bhavana 40625 111 31 14 03 1394 1615 70 Siksha-Bhavana 13836 219 -- 13 -- 3315 952 976 Patha-Bhavana 32168 465 109 16 05 8465 5598 1314 Darshan Sadan 13272 89 -- 23 -- 7595 4531 274 Hindi-Bhavana 33488 291 14 08 32 2480 1556 333 Sangit-Bhavana 30093 522 15 50 -- 3290 1845 347 PSV 49941 594 07 12 08 4588 5913 575 Vinaya-Bhavana 22763 340 02 15 -- 2463 2318 687 Rabindra- 45410 232 222 27 122 -- 1284 -- Bhavana PSB 42070 598 02 130 108 4545 11000 841 Kala-Bhavana 14993 174 20 12 08 2526 158 437 Siksha-Satra 21931 472 123 32 -- 3070 990 736 TOTAL 3,60,590 4,107 545 GRAND TOTAL = (360590+4107+545) = 3,65,242

Total Number of Staff members of Sectional Libraries = 56, presently vacant post = 5

(Dr. Subodh Gopal Nandi) Librarian, Visva-Bharati Santiniketan+

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