Best College in Chennai | Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women

Vision

To mould the students towards leadership of the global society.
To motive them to acquire versatile knowledge through ample utilization of library resources.

Mission

To motivate the students to the available resources of thel library for the effective utilization through the updated information technology facilities and to facilidate the customer satisfaction by providing high quality service.

OUR TEAM

Dr. S Geetha

Qualification: B.Sc.,M.L.I.S.,Ph.D,PGDLAN

Designation: Librarian

Mrs. Muthu

Designation: Library Assistant

GENESIS AND GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY

The central library of the Bhaktavatsalam memorial college of Arts and Science was established along with the genesisof the college in the year 1993.

With the Management contribution and the special interest of our respected Secretary, beloved Chairman and the Managing Trustee, the collection of the library is being increased steadily.

BUILDING AND LOCATION

Bhaktavatsalam Memorial College for Women is very popular for its green atmosphere. The central library is also situated in an easily accessible area near the conference Hall and class Rooms. The total area of the existing library is 2800sft with the seating capacity of 100 students.

Department wise books collection

S.No	Department	No of Books
1.	Hotel Management	213
2.	Maths	863
2.	Maths	863
3.	Microbiology	463
4.	General	393
5.	Statistics	393
6.	English	1820
7.	Management	883
8.	Computer Science	1578
9.	Chemistry	331
10.	Physics	331
10.	Electronics	331
10.	Bio Chemistry	236
11.	Commerce	2684
12.	Tamil	2011
13.	Psychology	233

LIBRARY BUDGET AND YEAR WISE COLLECTIONS

S.No	Year	Accession no from	Accession no To	Total no of books	Amounts
1.	2017-18	10518	11826	307	162455
2.	2018-19	11827	12454	628	171758
3.	2019-20	12455	12587	133	68155
4.	2020-21	12588	12686	99	12213
5.	2021-22	12687	12713	27	29636

S.No	Category	Eligibility	Lending Duration
1.	STAFF	10	45 DAYS
2.	UG STUDENTS	2	15 DAYS
3.	PG STUDENTS	3	15 DAYS

SERVICES OFFERED:

CIRCULATION SERVICES

Book issues
Book returns
Book renewal

TYPES OF ISSUES

Normal 15 days issues
Special issues
project work issues
vacation leave issues

LIBRARY MEMBERS

Students
Teaching faculty
Non-teaching Staff
Administrative Staff

PERIODICAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE YEAR 2022

SCIENCE - 6
COMMERCE - 10
GENERAL - 3

TYPES OF SERVICES

REFERENCE SERVICES
BOOK ORDERING SERVICES

OTHER LEARNED SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

IAS- INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BANGALORE
IUP-HYDERABAD
N-LIST – INFLIBNET ( INformation LIBrary NETwork, Ahmedabad)

LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS:

In order to regularize the use of the library resources effectively, the rules and regulations of the library have been introduced to the library users and will be reviewed periodically to meet the changing needs of the users.

Affiliated to University of Madras
Accredited at 'B+' Grade B NAAC

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