The College Library was started along with establishment of the College in 1967, in order to cater to the academic and research needs of the students, scholars, staffs, researchers and non-teaching staff of this College. Since, then the College Library has gone from strength to strength to live-up to the expectations of its immediate climates. It is one on the best equipped Libraries in Kolkata and also in the West Bengal.
It has over 19,450 documents on various disciplines. The main collection of the Library is in the field of Education, School Education, Teacher Education, Science Education, Social Science Education and Language Education. The collection of Library comprises of Books, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, Maps, Back Volumes of Journals, Annual Reports, Yearbooks, Conference proceedings, Educational Surveys & Reports, SCERT, NCTE and NCERT publications. The Library is subscribing to several national and international journals both print and online. It also subscribes to important e-resources.
The Library is computerized using SOUL 2.0.0.12 (Network Version) Integrated Library Management System Software. The 'Online Public Access Catalogue' (OPAC) is provided for easy searching and retrieval of Library documents. All the in-house publications of the Institute are available in the Library.
The College Library has trans-disciplinary programme of teaching and learning since its development. Students from this institution can be found all over the India pursuing careers in academics and other fields.
Library Collections
Total Number of Books | - 19,450 |
Number of Back Volumes Journals | - 186 |
Total Number of Journals | - 11 |
Indian Journal | - 09 |
International Journal | - 02 |
Gift Journal | - 21 |
Number of News Paper | - 02 |
Number of Magazine | - 01 |
e-Resources
1,99,500+ e-Books under N-LIST
6,00,000+ e-Books through NDL
6,000 Scholarly e-Journals from UGC-NLIST
Library Hours
Week Days | Library Hours |
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Monday to Friday | 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. |
Saturday | 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. |