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Of 13 1 VISVA-BHARATI CENTRAL LIBRARY Memo No. CL/ /2007-08 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. Page 33 of 13 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, Kolkata 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, Jadavpur University, 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 Bengali poetry’ 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.
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