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Accredited by NAAC
ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2018

Accredited by NAAC
ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2018

About the Library

The library of the college has been established since the inception of the college (1913) and has a separate building. The library is well-equipped and efficiently maintained with a computerized user-friendly automated system. The library implemented the SLIM21 computerized library management system and several terminals are provided for students and faculty members to search the books/research material online. The collection of the library is 48,090 till March 2023. 52 Journals, 7 Magazines and 12 Newspapers are subscribed for the users in the library. New books are added to the library regularly throughout the course of each academic year. The library provides services to the students, teachers, and staff of the College. The library has closed access, but students are allowed to access the stack on request.

Library at a Glance

Established: 1913
Librarian: Dr. R. N. Mohanta
Collection: Books (Print) 48090
Journals (Print) 52
Magazine (Print) 07
Newspaper (Hindi) 07
Newspaper (English) 04
Newspaper (Urdu) 01
E-Books 31, 64,309(Through N-LIST)
E-Journals 6150 (Through N-LIST)
Staff: 8
Membership: 3000 +
Working Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M. (All working Days)
Automation: Automation work has been completed. Issue and returnof books and user attendance done through BarcodeScanner.
LibraryManagement:Software SLIM-21 ver. 3.7.0
For anyquery/suggestion: library@vasantakfi.ac.in

Staff Members

  1. Dr. R N Mohanta, Librarian
  2. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Professional Assistant
  3. Puneet Srivastav, Semi Professional Assistant
  4. Anurag Kumar Tiwari, Library Assistant
  5. Akhilesh Kumar, Library Clerk
  6. Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Library Attendant
  7. Ram Dayal Kannaujiya, Peon
  8. Balbhadra Jha, Peon

Library Committee

  1. Prof. Alka Singh, Chairperson
  2. Dr. R.N. Mohanta, Convener
  3. Dr. Shashi Kala Tripathi, Member
  4. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Member
  5. Dr.Manjari Jhunjhunwala, Member
  6. Dr.Richa Singh, Member
  7. Dr. Amrita Katyayni, Member
  8. Dr. D. Uma Devi, Member

Library Rules

The college library has a closed access system from the session 2013-14. Computerized catalogue of the books is available in the library and can be accessed through OPAC. Books can be issued for reading and photocopy by depositing one’s College Identity Card in the stack room. Users should provide the requisition slip at the entrance of the Stack room (Ground Floor) at least an hour before or the previous day for the issue of the books.

Students can issue periodicals, journals, and magazines from the designated stacks for reading and photocopy by depositing their College Identity cards at the appropriate counters/concerned person. Students have to collect their Identity cards after returning the books periodicals, journals, and magazines before 04:00 pm on the same day.

Issue days for students (from 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM)

Monday : BA (Hons), Part III
Tuesday : B.Ed., M.Ed. and B.Com (Part I, Part II, Part III)
Wednesday : BA (Hons), Part II
Thursday : MA (Part I & II)
Friday : BA (Hons.), Part I
Saturday : Reserve in lieu of Holidays in the above mentioned days (10:30 AM to 01:00PM)

Books can be returned on all working days from 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM. For delay in returning the books, a fine will be charged @Rs 5/- per day for each book. Online reservation can be done by the users for any book available in the library. To avail of this facility, the users have to provide their Borrower’s ID, E-mail ID and Mobile number to get the information at the earliest. Registered members can re-issue the document only twice.