List of Colleges Under Study Arranged in Chronological Order

Sl. Name of the college Year District Urban/ Streams NAAC Websit RUSA No of Rural Accre e of Grant Estt. dtn College 1 Cotton College 1901 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc A Yes Yes 2 M.C.College 1939 Barpeta Semi Urban Arts;Sc B Yes Yes 3 Handique Girls 1939 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc B+ Yes Yes 4 B.Barooah College 1943 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc.,Com A Yes Yes 5 Pragjyotish College 1954 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc. B Yes Yes 6 ADP College 1959 Nagaon Urban Arts; Sc. A Yes Yes 7 Gauhati Commerce 1962 Kamrup Urban Com,BBA,MBA B+ Yes Yes 8 Pandu College 1962 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc.,Com B+ Yes Yes 9 Tihu College 1963 Barpeta Rural Arts; Sc. B+ Yes No 10 J.N.College, Boko 1964 Goalpara Rural Arts; Sc. B Yes Yes 11 Tinsukia College 1964 Tinsukia Urban Arts; Sc. B Yes Yes 12 Morigaon College 1964 Morigaon Semi Urban Arts; Sc. B Yes Yes 13 Guwahati College 1964 Kamrup Urban Arts;Sc.,Com B+ Yes Yes 14 PB College, Gauripur 1964 Dhubri Semi Urban Arts;Sc.,Com B+ Yes Yes 15 Dr BKB College 1967 Nagaon Rural Arts; Sc. B Yes Yes 16 Tangla College 1970 Darrang Rural Arts; Sc. B Yes Yes 17 Madhya Kamrup 1971 Kamrup Rural Arts; Sc. B Yes No 18 Nabajyoti College 1971 Barpeta Semi Urban Arts; Sc. B+ Yes No 19 LCB College 1971 Kamrup Urban Arts; Sc. B Yes No 20 KRB Girls College 1971 Kamrup Urban Arts; Com B Yes Yes 21 Tinsukia Commerce 1972 Tinsukia Rural Com,BBA,MBA B Yes No 22 Damdama College 1978 Kamrup Rural Arts B Yes No 23 Dispur College 1978 Kamrup Urban Arts, Com B Yes Yes 24 Margherita College 1978 Tinsukia Semi Urban Arts, Sc., Com B Yes Yes 25 Puthimari College 1981 Kamrup Rural Arts B+ Yes Yes 26 Digboi Mohila 1981 Tinsukia Urban Arts B Yes Yes 27 Moirabari College 1981 Morigaon Rural Arts B++ Yes No 28 Bikali College 1982 Goalpara Rural Arts B Yes Yes 29 KC Das Commerce 1983 Kamrup Urban Com,BBA,MBA B+ Yes No 30 S.B.Deorah 1984 Kamrup Urban Art,Sc.,Com B Yes Yes 31 Dakshin Kamrup 1988 Kamrup Rural Arts B Yes No

Table 1: List of colleges under study arranged in chronological order

Sl. Name of the college Print Collection Non-book Online Resources No Material CD DVD N-LIST Book CP E-Books E-journals 1 Cotton College 127991 45 350 200 3135000 6000 2 M.C.College 42424 25 239 75 3135000 6000 3 Handique Girls 48700 18 300 200 3135000 6000 4 B.Barooah College 45550 19 250 150 3135000 6000 5 Pragjyotish College 42350 15 100 75 3135000 6000 6 ADP College 44325 23 200 75 3135000 6000 7 Gauhati Commerce 29250 18 250 100 3135000 6000 8 Pandu College 44897 50 250 150 3135000 6000 9 Tihu College 35922 35 75 25 3135000 6000 10 J.N.College, Boko 12000 12 50 25 3135000 6000 11 Tinsukia College 50000 18 200 75 3135000 6000 12 Morigaon College 29000 - 75 50 3135000 6000 13 Guwahati College 36441 18 150 50 3135000 6000 14 PB College, Gauripur 29814 11 75 50 3135000 6000

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15 Dr BKB College - - - - 16 Tangla College - - - - 17 Madhya Kamrup 27674 - 50 25 3135000 6000 18 Nabajyoti College 23250 10 50 25 3135000 6000 19 LCB College 19235 18 150 50 3135000 6000 20 KRB Girls College 10412 60 25 3135000 6000 21 Tinsukia Commerce - - - 22 Damdama College 34079 17 75 50 3135000 6000 23 Dispur College 11950 12 50 25 3135000 6000 24 Margherita College - - - - 25 Puthimari College 13500 17 75 25 3135000 6000 26 Digboi Mohila 19476 06 75 50 3135000 6000 27 Moirabari College 13597 04 50 25 3135000 6000 28 Bikali College 15900 25 75 50 3135000 6000 29 KC Das Commerce 18950 22 150 75 3135000 6000 30 S.B.Deorah 17255 14 75 50 3135000 6000 31 Dakshin Kamrup 49451 25 75 50 3135000 6000 Total 8,93,393 3135000 6000

Table 2: Resources of college libraries under study Table 3: Hardware infrastructure Available Total S.No Devices Percentage (N=30) devices 1 Server 29 97 50 2 Desktop 30 100.0 386 3 Laptop 15 50.0 18 4 Printer 30 100 51 5 Scanner for general purposes 26 87 31 6 Scanner for digitization 16 53 20 7 Barcode scanner 26 87 58 8 Barcode Printer 26 87 29 9 Backup devices 24 80 24 10 Projector 15 50 15 12 CCTV 29 97 178 13 Xerox machine 29 97 33 14 Telephone 21 70 21

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Table 4: Network facility Sl.No Network Facility Available (N=30) Percentage 01 Local Area Network (LAN) 26 87% 02 Campus Area Network 04 13% 03 Internet 30 100%

Table 5: Type of Internet connection Bandwidth of Internet connection S.No. Connection Responses(N=30) Bandwidth Response (N=30) 1 DSL (Broadband) 20 ( 67% ) 556 kbps 09(30%) 2 Leased Line 04(13%) 1 mbps – 2mbps 17(57%) 3 Wireless 03(10%) 5 mbps & above 04(13%) 4 Other (cable) 03(10%)

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Table 6: Staff strength in the college libraries S.No Designation Responses(n=30) Percentage 1 Librarian 30 100 2 Asst. Librarian 07 23.33 3 Library Assistant 26 86.66 4 Library Bearer 30 100 5 Contractual 24 80 6 Other 06 20

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