St. Ann's College of Pharmacy

To Quote Baconian words “Reading maketh a complete man”. Library is a place, which glorifies man.
The College has a well equipped, fully computerized automated its Library House Keeping operations by using Smart Campus Library Module with Barcode Equipment and modern library housed in the Ground Floor itself. The total area of the Library is 152 Sq. M. The books are classified and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and “OPEN ACCESS” system is followed. The library has OPAC – on-line public assess catalogue. Through this OPAC search, the Library database can be searched to know the status of book by entering title, author and accessing number and published.
Manual catalogue is also available to find out the availability of books. Books are issued using online Barcode circulation method. National and International Journals & Periodicals in various disciplines of Engineering, covering the entire study spectrum. The Library is constantly updated by acquiring books & journals in different fields from time to time based on the needs. Our College library has Digital Library network. The capacity has the ability to facilitate Teleconferences. The Subscription also provides access to IEEE ON-LINE Journals and J-Gate - AICTE Online Journals . Library is rich with facilities and recommended volumes of all subjects both prescribed and recommended.

Library Working Hours
Working Hours	: 08.00 A.M to 08.00 P.M.
Circulation Hours	: 09.00 A.M. to 04.00 P.M
Reference Hours	: 09.00 A.M. to 07.00 P.M
It will be opened from 09:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M. on all Sundays, 2nd Saturday of the Month and University / Public Holidays. The above mentioned timings of the library is subject to change from time to time as per time table, which will be notified on the notice board.

Course / Branch	Titles	Volumes	International Journals	National Journals
Pharmacy	1140	7363	05	25
Central Library Subscribed to e-Journals : J-Gate Bio-Sciences & DELNET

LIBRARY STAFF

S.No	Name	Designation	Qualification
1	Dr. B. Ravi Kumar	Librarian	Ph.D.,M.Li.Sc.
4	K. Hari	Attender	SSC

SALIENT FEATURES

Library subscribes to a number of journals of national and international importance. It has a magazine section covering wide areas of thought.
Has Hi-tech study material such as Audio Cassettes, Compact Discs and Floppies to meet the modern technological needs of the students.
Has a spacious, highly ventilated reading room, which is quiet and serene.
Reference Section has a rare collection of renowned publishers, both native and foreign.
Books are issued through open access for period of two weeks.
Speedy Library transactions are made possible by well-trained and skilled staff.
Fully Computerized with Barcode Equipment
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) Search Provided to all the Staff / Students. Through this OPAC search all the staff and students can search the Library database to know the status of the Library Book by entering the Name of the Title, Name of the Author, Call Number, Accession Number of the Book etc.

RULES & REGULATIONS

SILENCE & CLEANLINESS should be strictly maintained in & around the Library.
Each Student is eligible for 3 ( Three) Non Transferable Library Borrower Cards, on which he / she can borrow Books for a Period of 14 (FOURTEEN) Days.
All the Students should RETURN their Library Borrower Cards after completion of their Course and obtain a NO-DUE Certificate from the Library.
While borrowing the Book (s), the student is ADVISED to ensure that the Book (s) is / are in PROPER condition. If any Page (s) is / are MISSING or DAMAGED, inform the same to the Library Staff on Duty.
The students should get the borrowed books CHECKED and hand-over the gate pass to the staff member at the EXIT GATE and cooperate with the Library Staff.
Avoid making Pencil / Pen Marks, Underlining, or any other type of Damage to the Book (s). If any such things are noticed at the time of returning the books, the Borrower will be held RESPONSIBLE.
In case the Book is lost, the Borrower has to REPLACE the Same Edition or the LATEST EDITION of the Lost Book. If the Book is not available Borrower has to pay the COST of the Book.
Borrowers should RETURN the books ON or BEFORE the Due Date. Defaulter will be fined.
REFERENCE BOOKS & CURRENT JOURNALS are NOT for ISSUE and they should be referred WITHIN the Library.
Cell Phone are NOT allowed into the Library.
Students are advised to bring their ID Card, when ever they visit the Library.
Students are advised NOT to Exchange the Library Cards.
Students are advised NOT to take more than one copy of the Same Book.
Library Books are issuing on Online Barcode based Circulation Method, Hence it informed to Produce Student Smart (ID) Cards for all Library Transactions. No Transaction will be done without Student Smart (ID) Card. Library Online Catalogue can be searched through Campus LAN i.e. Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).

USEFUL INTERNET LINKS
Free Online Journals : www.doaj.org
Open Access Journals : http://www.openj-gate.com
Free Full-Text Journals on-line : http://www.freefulltext.com
Online Course Materials from IIT : http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
Catalogue of world libraries: http://www.libdex.com
Innovative INTERNET applications in Libraries : http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/Innovate.html
Open Source Books: http://www.gutenberg.org
Public Library of Science: www.plos.org/journals/index.html
The Engineering Libraries Division http://eld.lib.ucdavis.edu of the American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org has recently created a blog on the Scholarly Communication in Engineering.
An international directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries http://acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/pubr.html
To Access Newspapers and Magazines : http://www.world-newspapers.com/ http://www.onlinenewspapers.com>
Librarian Internet Index : http://iii.org
Web Portal for Engineering students : www.btechguru.com