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Dear professionals, very soon my library is going to be assessed by NAAC peer team. so plz. suggest me like possible questions, decoration/ arrangements etc.
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Dear Sri Chakraborty,
Thanks for your post.
Please keep in mind that your service potentiality is the best DECORATION for your Library. However, a neat and pleasant ambiance is befitting for a Library.
For ARRANGEMENTS, keep the library clean. Don't leave books &/or journals in a disarrayed/heaped and scattered . Keep your registers & records ready & up-to-date. Keep a banner of handy statistics like
Name of the Library (If there is any special Name) Year of establishment
A . Area of the Library (floor wise)
A.1.Stack areas For Books; A.2.For periodicals A.3. Students' Reading A.4 Teachers' Reading*
1. No. of users - Students- Teachers,
Further divide the students under different schemes like Science: Total XXXX, Science Honours Students:YYY Similar for Arts Commerce etc.
2. Borrowing Facilities: No of Books to Hons. Students, Pass Students, Teachers* (* get prior consent from the Teachers' Council &/or Principal)
3. Collections:
Total No. of Books;Purchased Books, Gift books (mention only if you maintain a separate Register)
No. of Books in Book Bank
No of Books kept reserved for under privileged students ( if you have any such holdings)
No. of Books from UGC Grant
Average Annual intake of Books ( You can include a coloured bar diagram of 5 year blocks or 3 Year blocks according to suitability. The colour bars will represent books acquired from various grants/Gifts )
3. Service
No. of average users -Lending; Reading only
No. of Books from other Grant
Reference Books; Rare Books
Journals (No. of Titles; Indian....; Foreign...)
E-Books (No. only)& E- Journals (No. only)
4. House keeping: Classification Scheme used; OPAC facilities-Software used
Computer Facilities: For Students, Teachers* (No. of Machines) Printers & Peripherals, Photocopies/Scanners Vacuum Cleaners etc. etc.
In a nutshell, the above items will suffice BUT PLEASE KEEP IT IN YOUR MIND THAT BEFORE HANGING SUCH BANNER(S) GET FORMAL APPROVAL FROM PRINCIPAL/COMPETENT AUTHORITY
This is for your own safety.
Sincerely,
Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta
Thank you sir for your valuable suggestions.
Sir,
First you may know, the committee members related branch.Is there any author in it.
If there is, you ready to arrange his book.
2. Arrange all books in classification order as title wise.
3. Prepare Accession register.
4.Journal approval, order and receipt for 3 years data.
5. Online journal payment data and using. They asked to open. some of the the member can't give chance to explain. They directly access the sites.
6.Answer with cool.
7.Make a pleasant atmosphere between in your under staff. They they work with joy.
8.Arrange Tea/Snack to your assistants. It automatically helps to understand.
9.Try to focus one person to explain about journals and books who know English fluently.
10. Make a clarity on books which are transferred, issued or in binding section.
11. Maintain clean around your surroundings.
12. Decoration is not important. Having data like area, seating capacity and other are most important.
Maintain clean dressing for all the library staff. Less talking is more important
Pl. answer what they are ask. Pl. don't talk any think other than they asked.
Ignore about Stock verification while they ask. If they ask you show otherwise ignore.
These are enough to them.
Narayana Murty
GMRIT-KRC (Knowledge Resource Centre)
Rajam
thank you sir, we are doing classification DDC23 ed. but arranging books in author wise
Recently Kerala University was accredited with 'A' Grade by NAAC. I am the Librarian In Geology Dept.
They visited Dept. Library also. They asked for "Daily Visitors Register". So please keep all the registers up to date neatly including daily visitors register.
Right Sir ,it is the most asked Question about visitor register . Firstly maintain it ,then keep your records up to date, clear and handy.2nd thing is that make your library clean and presentable in all manners.
Ray sir cleared every thing in very effective way.
GUD LUCK TO U
Sir,
1. library advisory committee is very essential ,
Librarian and each dept one Teaching staff and one student
2. User statistics is very important example for Gate entry register and e-journal access details
3. Budget details for last three years
www.sahrdaya.ac.in/photoupload/annual%20report/.../hrlibrary.ppt
www.bamu.ac.in/cet_2014-15/journalism_deptintro.ppt
https://liscompendium wordpress
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Dear Sir,
Plz find the attachment.This will be helpful to find out the solution of ur querry.
Thanks to all my dear professionals.
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