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About Department

Establishment of the Library [ June 1978 ]

History of the KMR Library:

In the June 1978 College was established in remote area of Sahyadri valley in Karad tehsil. After the establishment of science faculty in 1978. The college library was setup in 1978. Our College library plays an important role in educational process of the institution. Library is valuable resources for students, staff, researchers etc. The library has build a valuable collection of 32817 books (including Junior, Senior) 663 bounds volume, current subscription of 18 journals, 09 newspapers (Marathi, Hindi & English). 40 CDs. We have subscribed membership of N-list INFLIBNET with the facility of 1,99,500 + e-books & 6000 + E-journals.

The library spread over the area of 2600 sq. ft. with stack room, reading room, internet, and reference, periodical. Our College Library performs a variety of functions by the way of collecting information, processing and retrieving the relevant information, which is helpful to the students and faculty with text books, reference books and journals, as well as by maintaining an efficient reference and information service, providing Internet facility and Multimedia facility.

Book Bank Scheme: - The College has a Book Bank Scheme run by the Students Mutual Aid Fund for the economically backward & needy students. A set of text books are provided to the students to be used in the academic year, and returned after the completion final examination.

Computerization of the Library: -The computerization of the library is completed. The Library is using ‘LIB-MAN’ Software developed byMaster soft ERP Solutions Pvt., Nagpur Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) and M-OPAC (Mobile based OPAC APP) provides access to the bibliographic database. The bar-coding work of books and members is completed and we will provide the facility of computerized circulation. The library has Visitor management facility for visitors and Borrower Check In/out computerized system. Internet facility is available to students for educational purpose.

faculty

Photo	Name of Faculty	Status	Designation	Qualification	Experience	CV
	Mr. Amol A. Thorat	Full Time Permanent	Librarian	NET, M. Lib. & I. Sc., M. A.	10 years	View
Library Non-Teaching Staff
	Mr. Amol A. Patil	Full Time Permanent	Clerk	M. Lib. & I. Sc., M. Com.	08 Years
	Mr. B. T. Mane	Full Time Permanent	Library Attendant	S.S.C.	Years
	Mr. D. K. Gabhale	Full Time Permanent	Library Attendant	S.S.C.	Years
	Mr. K. S. Dandekar	Full Time Permanent	Library Attendant	H. S. C. A. T. D.	Years

Library Advisory Committee:

Library committee acts as an advisory committee and holds regular meetings. The committee decided about the policy matter, budget, library problems, library rules & library services etc. Library committee has 09 members, as follows:

Library Advisory Committee:

Photo	Name of Faculty	Designation
	Dr. P. D. Bhakare	Chairman
	Mr. Amol A. Thorat	Secretary (Librarian)
	Mr. S. T. Telvekar	Member
	Miss. M. S. Pawar	Member
	Dr. Miss. S. H. Jadhav	Member
	Miss. D. B. Kanase	Member
	Mr. Prajwal Shivaji Patil (B.A. III)	Member
	Miss. Sadhana S. Mandale (B.Sc. II)	Member
	Miss. Pradnya Ashok Patil (B.Com. II)	Student Member

Library Services & Facility

Services

Bibliography Service
Computerize Book Circulation
Current Awareness Service
Inter Library Loan Service
News Papers Clipping Service
Printing Service
Reference Service
Referral Service
Reprography Service

Facilities

Audio-Visual CD’s/DVD Facility
Book Bank Facility
Career Development Related Information
Display and Notification
Internet Facility
Library User’s Orientation or Information Literacy to new enrolled Student &
Faculty
Literature Search
New Arrivals Display
News Paper Clipping
OPAC Facility
M-OPAC (Mobile APP) Facility
Visitors and Borrower Check In/out Computerized System Facility
Open Access Facility
Power Backup
Previous Question Paper Reading Room Facility
Remote Access Facility for Faculty and Students
Reprographic Facility

Best Practices:

Book Exhibition
Career/ Employment information
Membership to Non-students
Providing Question paper hard copy to Faculty & Student in library
Providing soft copy of syllabus, College Magazine, Set of previous Question
Papers, College related News
Training in the use of Library Services as E-resources for users
Suggestion box and timely response
Book Review program
User Feedback
User Orientation & Information Literacy
Calibration National Librarian Day
Calibration Vachan Prerna Din

Library Timing

Library Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday	9.00 A.M. to 05.00 PM.
Library Circulation Hours
Monday to Saturday	10.00 A.M. to 05.00 PM.
Reading Room Hours
Monday to Saturday	9.00 A.M. to 05.00 PM.

Library Membership

College library members include all teaching staff, students, administrative staff, external students, researchers, institution alumni, staff from the other colleges and management members. The library fee and deposit for students is as per university guidelines. The rules are framed with relation to membership circulation and other services. These rules are framed to help and promote library resources and services. Rules are displayed on notice board time to time.

Library Collection

Senior & Junior College Book Data:

Senior College Books
Sr. No.	Type of Books	Titles	Volume	Total	Total Amount
1	Reference Books	10846	16886	16886	2281779.52
2	Text Books	1137	7474	7474	531881.51
	Total	11983	24360	24360	2813661.03
Junior College Books
Sr. No.	Type of Books	Titles	Volume	Total	Total Amount
1	Reference Books	1418	3563	3563	350864.26
2	Text Books	544	4894	4894	188477.65
	Total	1962	8457	8457	539341.91
	Grand Total	13945	32817	32817	3353002.94

Periodicals and other:

1	Periodicals	18	18	18
2	News Papers	9	9	9
3	CD/ DVD's	40	40	40
4	Back Volumes	663	663	663

Senior & Junior College Last 5 Yrs. Book Data

Last 5 Years Book Data
Sr. No.	Year	Text Book	Reference Book	Total Books	Text book Rs.	Reference Book Rs.	Total Books Rs.
1	2017-2018	151	180	331	8498.00	49148.00	57646.00
2	2018-2019	753	120	873	43979.00	23475.00	67454.00
3	2019-2020	1164	137	1301	83819.00	16126.00	99945.00
4	2020-2021	882	159	1041	91310.00	43760.00	135070.00
5	2021-2022	419	55	474	39018.00	9611.00	48629.00
	Total	3369	651	4020	266624.00	142120.00	408744.00

Library Rules

Students can get 1 library book on 1 library borrow cards for a week.
Renewal of the books will depend on availability and requirement of the same by others.
Loss of I-Card/Borrower cards should be reported to the librarian immediately.
Issuing of duplicate I-card as well as Borrower cards will be made against due charges.
Students can avail the facility of reference books / journals / periodicals within the library premises only against I-cards.
A fine of Rs.1 will be charged per day on late return of books issued on library borrower cards.
Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited inside the library.
On loss of library book, user shall replace the same with a brand new copy or pay the amount decided by the library committee.
Students should enter their name in the Entry register.
Borrower’s card & I-Card is not transferable.
Complete silence should be maintained. Group discussions, lectures are not allowed in library.
Difficulties if any should be discussed with the librarian.
Eatables are not allowed in library.

Dimension of Library

Sr. No.	Section	Quantity	Length X Width	Carpet Area in Sq.ft
1.	Library	01	46 X 22	1012
2.	Staff Reading Room	01	24 X 12	288
3.	Student Reading Room	01	30 X 26	780
4.	Reference/ Back Volume Section	01	24 X 12	288

Collabration/MOU

Inter-library Loan facility – Membership with Three colleges SGM, Karad, Venutai Chavan College, Karad and Arts and Commerce College, Undale, Tal: Karad

Activity

Academic Year: 2021-2022

Sr. No	Name of the Activity	Date of the Activity	No. of Students Participated	Activity Report
1	Librarian Day	12/08/2021	20	View
2	VachanPrerna Din	15/10/2021	23
3	Library Orientation Programme	14 & 15/12/2021	80
4	Book Exhibition	06/05/2022	47
5	Book Exhibition	12/05/2022	35

Academic Year: 2020-2021

Sr. No	Name of the Activity	Date of the Activity	No. of Students Participated	Activity Report
1	Librarian Day	12/08/2020	47	View
2	VachanPrerna Din	15/10/2020	55
3	Library Orientation Programme	13 & 15/03/2021	116
4	Book Exhibition	20/03/2021	31
5	Book Exhibition	22/03/2021	29

Academic Year: 2019-2020

Sr. No	Name of the Activity	Date of the Activity	No. of Students Participated	Activity Report
1	Librarian Day	12/08/2019	35	View
	Library Orientation Programme	22/08/2019	188
2	Book Exhibition	24/01/2020	32
3	RasagrahanKaryashala	06/03/2020	30
4	Earn & Learn Scheme	20/01/2020 to 14/03/2020	21

Academic Year: 2018-2019

Sr. No

Name of the Activity

Date of the Activity

No. of Students Participated

Activity Report

1

VachanPrerna Din

15/10/2028

58

View

Academic Year: 2017-2018

Sr. No	Name of the Activity	Date of the Activity	No. of Students Participated	Activity Report
1	Librarian Day	12/08/2017	100	View
2	Library Orientation Programme	08/09/2017	34
3	VachanPrerna Din	15/10/2027	56

Library Photos

Institutional Repository

Thesis

Sr. No.

Name of the student

Title of Thesis

Thesis Link (Sodhaganga)

1

Miss JadhavSunitaHariram

Physiological studies of Arachishypogaea L. under the influence of salicylic acid and its derivatives

http://hdl.handle.net/10603/34925

2

Mr. Kamble Praveen Bhupal

Physiological studies in heavy metal tolerance

http://hdl.handle.net/10603/275869

E-Content

E-Book

Free Book	Link
PDF Drive Books	https://www.pdfdrive.net
Directory of Open Access Books	https://books.scielo.org/id/wz6qg
Rakuten Kobo	https://www.kobo.com/
Indian Academy of Sciences	https://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/e-Books/

E-Journal

Free Book	Link
DOJA (Directory of Open Access Journals)	https://doaj.org/

Question Papers and other e-Resources

Link

Question Paper and other resources

https://sites.google.com/view/deurcollegelibrary/e-resources?pli=1#h.b65yh962vcwt

OPAC (ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE)

Link

OPAC (ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE)

HTTPS://LIBCLOUD.MASTERSOFTERP.IN/OPAC_V3/

Online Book Exhibition

Link

Online Book Exhibition

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wsVjmJA7CkIjkrMIMdvjq_gmBgc2mHe2/view?usp=sharing

DEPARTMENTAL MEETING

2021-22	View
2020-21	View
2019-20	View
2018-19	View
2017-18	View

FUTURE PLANS

State of the art building for Library and Knowledge Resource Center with advanced ICT and Physical Infrastructure Facilities.
Design and development of ‘Digital Library using D-Space
Strengthening green environment and allied practices in library
To take efforts to increase students interest in reading and research
To enrich the collection of library

Shetkari Shikshan Prasarak Mandals

KRISHNA MAHAVIDYALAYA,RETHARE BK

Shivnagar-415108.Tal-Karad dist-Satara

(NAAC Accredited 'B+' With CGPA 2.65)

About Department

faculty

Library Services & Facility

Library Timing

Library Membership

Library Collection

Library Rules

Dimension of Library

Collabration/MOU

Activity

Library Photos

Institutional Repository

E-Content

Question Papers and other e-Resources

OPAC (ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE)

Online Book Exhibition

DEPARTMENTAL MEETING

FUTURE PLANS