Library Chintamani - University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

College Library, Chintamani

Dr. Priyadarshini, S.K

Assistant Professor of Genetics & Plant Breeding
& In-Charge Library

Collage of Sericulture, Chintamani

+91-8127651445

priya.gpb@uasbangalore.edu.in

http://uasbagrilibindia.org

About Library

The Library is the heart of college and one of the most important information centre of the college, which facilitates the teaching, research and extension programmes. Both the faculty and students extensively use the facility. The College of Sericulture, Chintamani has therefore given key prominence to the development of the College Library facilities at the College. Books, Periodicals, thesis, reports, maps, subject CD, E-Resource and Encyclopedias relevant to the mandate areas of the college have been stocked in the College Library. Every year new collections in the form of books, CDs in the respective fields are added to college library collection.

Working Hours of Library

Monday to Friday	8.30am to 11.00pm
Saturday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Sunday	8.30am to 1.00pm

Library remains closed on Government Holidays

The collection of the Sericulture College Library

1	Books	12299
2	Gift- Books	1995
3	Pamphlets	1285
4	ST-Books	654
5	Theses	68
6	CD’s	167
7	Reports	241
8	SDC-Books	701
9	E-Books	20
	Total	17,430

Overview of the Facilities

The College Library is a gateway to a world of Information. The Staff and students have unlimited access to a wealth of Information found in resources like books, magazines, Journals, Hand Books, Annual reports and the Internet. The ACH- Library aims to providing access to its printed resources such as books, periodicals as well as e-resources for the use of faculty and students at the college campus.
on Government Holidays

Different sections of the Library

Kannada Section:

The Library has got separate section for literature in Kannada language. Where in different publishers books have been kept for the benefit of the readers.

Text Book Bank for ST Students:

The Library has separate Text Book Bank for ST students in our college. This bank issues the books to the needy students for a given semesters for reference & use.

Reference Section:

The Library has got separate Reference section, in the Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, competitive exam books and some study materials have been placed. There are very useful to Staff and Students

UAS, Bangalore Publications:

The Library has got separate section for in University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore Publications.

Computer Laboratory:

At presently library facilitating 4 user Computers with free internet facility. For users to access internet, E-Resource, academic work and other databases.

News Papers and Magazines:

The Library has got separate News Papers and Magazines separate, these are print publications issued at regular intervals over a time. In general, the purpose of a newspaper is to convey, as efficiently as possible, current information, or “news”, to a particular audience.

Library Services

a) Book Borrowing Facilities:

The students and staff are the members of the library. They can borrow different kinds of books for a specific period of time. The Students can barrow two book for a period of fifteen days and staff can barrow six books for a period of one month.

b) E-Resource

A Computer Lab with free internet facility has been established. All the Resource Centres of College of Sericulture offer access to a rich repository of electronic resources comprising e-books, e-journals, online databases and services, and intellectual assets produced by the students and faculty. They can also use links like Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA E-Journals and E-Books ), krishikosh.egranth.ac.in, AgriCat @ e-Granth, IndiaAgristat to Access Statistical Data shared by university library.

c) Reprographic Service:

Xerox / Photocopying service is made available in the Library at a nominal cost.

d) Windostat 9.2 Software:

Windostat is a statistics programme. Here we can get comprehensive data editing, data management, extensive statistical capabilities and graphics all in one affordable manner.

e) Library and Information Management With Koha software:

Library automation starts by adopting of library management software (KOHA 18.11.04.000 Version) in the library. Library automation is the general term for information and communication technologies that are used to replace manual systems in the library. The key functions of the library, which may be automated through Koha software are acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serials control, and reference service.

f) On-line Public Access Catalogues (OPAC):

College of Sericulture Library has created the database of Books, E-books, Journals, Theses, Reports and other sources of Information available in the Library. Users can access the OPAC through the Internet.

g) News Papers & Magazines

Regularly received Kannada, English News papers and magazines to Library for the benefit of the staff and students.

h) CCTV:

The Library has been equipped with CCTV for effective monitoring of each sections & movement of the users for security reasons

Library Staff Details

Sreenatha Gowda, M. S.,

Assistant Librarian (Contract basis)
College of Sericulture
Chintamani 563125

Rajendra Prasad, K.,

Typist (Contract basis)
College of Sericulture
Chintamani 563125

Kupendra Prasad, J.R.,

Shelf Assistant
College of Sericulture
Chintamani 563125

e-Resources Link

Allied Publication

SL.No.	Author	ISBN	Title	Subject 2 Legend	Pub Date	URL on Library
1	9780511844683	Charles B. Beck	An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development: Plant Anatomy for the Twenty-First	Plant Sciences	2010	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844683
2	9780511752322	Edited by C. Marshall, J. Grace	Fruit and Seed Production: Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and	Plant Sciences	1992	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752322
3	9780511752339	Edited by R. J. Scott, A. D. Stead	Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction	Plant Sciences	1994	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752339
4	9780511661587	Edited by Hamlyn G. Jones, T. J. Flowers, M. B. Jones	Plants under Stress: Biochemistry, Physiology and Ecology and their Application to Plant	Plant Sciences	1989	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511661587
5	9780511753305	Edited by M. Borghetti, J. Grace, A. Raschi	Water Transport in Plants under Climatic Stress	Plant Sciences	1993	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753305
6	9781139003889	J. W. Van Ooijen, J. Jansen	Genetic Mapping in Experimental Populations	Genetics	2013	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003889
7	9780511541773	Pierre Baldi, G. Wesley Hatfield	DNA Microarrays and Gene Expression: From Experiments to Data Analysis and Modeling	Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology	2002	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541773
8	9781139170840	Norman T. J. Bailey	Statistical Methods in Biology	Quantitative Biology, Biostatistics and	1995	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139170840
9	9780511546402	Edited by Krishnarao Appasani, Foreword by	RNA Interference Technology: From Basic Science to Drug Development	Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology	2005	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546402
10	9780511752315	Edited by A. D. Dodge	Herbicides and Plant Metabolism	Plant Sciences	1990	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752315
11	9781139012751	Edited by Florian Markowetz, Michael Boutros	Systems Genetics: Linking Genotypes and Phenotypes	Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology	2015	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139012751