Overview
Established in 14.08.1956
The central Library of Sarojini Naidu College for Women is a very old and enriched College library in North 24 Parganas. It has near about 42000 books in various disciplines and Journals to its credit. Over the years its infrastructure has been developed and expanded to keep up with the demands of the new requirement. It is one of the very few colleges in Kolkata which houses its library in a separate building. A neat, splendid two-store building with long balconies amidst lush green surrounding stands tall as one eaten the college. There is a reading room for teachers and students both in the Central Library. Users can access the library by using OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) from anywhere at any time. The Library is partially automated. Koha had been introduced here in 2015 as a local hosting basis. But to keep pace with the increasing demand from the users for getting 24 hours library service, Cloud hosting of Koha had been introduced in the year 2017. Nowadays there is a number of sites for reading free open source e-journals and e-books. All are listed here so that users can search them from a single interface. The Central Library has taken membership from N-LIST, British Council Library to facilitate its user. The Central Library provides the facility of e-Library to its users. Computers are provided for both the teachers and the students as per their requirement. Users’ orientation programme has been done for the users so that they can feel free to access various resources from the library.
To facilitate the work of students and teachers at the library a photocopy machine has been installed. An operator is also provided.
Librarian and the library staff ensure easy accessibility to the resources available within the library.
Timing:
Monday to Friday: 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Saturday : 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Instructions: To avail online library services click on The Central Library.
Click on:Best Open Access Resources
Librarian : Smt. Ankira Sanyal
Library Assistant: Vacant
Library Attendant:
- Sri Anand Kumar Mishra
- Smt. Polly Das, Contractual Staff
- Smt. Tanushree Chowdhuri, Contractual Staff
- Smt. Subhra Guha, Contractual Staff