A BIRD’S EYE VIEW……

LIBRARY

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, DONIMALAI

LIBRARY – A RESUME ( AS ON 22.01.2010)

1. NO. OF BOOKS : 15635
2. NO. OF MAGAZINES : 50
3. NO. OF NEWSPAPERS : 03

REFERENCE SECTION

 ENCYCLOPEADIAS
 DICTIONARIES
 GK BOOKS INCLUDING YEARBOOKS
 ATLAS
 NEW ARRIVALS
 TEACHERS’ REFERENCE MATERIALS
 NMDM DONATIONS

STACK ROOM

 BOOKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
 100 PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY & PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
 200 RELIGION
 300 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
 400 COMPUTER SCIENCE
 500 SCINCES
 600 TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH, ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT
 700 ARTS AND CRAFTS, SPORTS AND GAMES
 800 LITERATURE ( ENGLISH, HINDI & OTHER LANGUAGES)
 900 HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CIVICS

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION

 BOOKS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS (NDC, IIT, MEDICAL, NTSE)
 BOOKS ON ENVIRONMENT, FESTIVALS, YOGA & ASTRONOMY
 BOOKS ON CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
 BOOKS ON LIBRARY SCIENCE
 BOOKS ON SCOUTS AND GUIDES
 BOOKS ON SCIENCE PROJECTS AND EXPERIMENTS
 BOOKS ON PUZZLES, JOKES AND MAGIC
 TEXTBOOKS AND STUDY MATERIAS
 CDs (Games and Educational)

ISSUE SYSTEM

 OPEN ACCESS SYSTEM IS IN VOGUE (STUDENTS ARE FREE TO ACCESS THE BOOKS THEY NEED)
 CARD SYSTEM IS BEING USED FOR ISSUING BOOKS TO STUDENTS
 REGISTER SYSTEM IS USED FOR ISSURING BOOKS TO TEACHERS
 BOOKS ISSUED FOR A PERIOD OF A WEEK

CREATION OF AESTHETIC ATMOSPHERE

 QUOTATIONS ON BOOKS AND READING ON THE WALLS OF THE LIBRARY
 NATURAL SCENERIES ON THE LIBRARY WALLS
 UNDER THE PLANNING TO GET CARPET AND WINDOW SCREENS FOR THE LIBRARY
 LIBRARY NOTICE BOARD WITH CLIPPINGS ON A TOPIC
 BLACK BOARD DEPICTING ‘LIBRARY STATISTICS’, ‘OUR MOTTO’, ‘THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK’, AND ‘NEW ARRIVALS’.

INDIGENOUS DIGITAL COLLECTION

 PPTs FOR PRIMARY SECTION – VOL.1 AND VOL.2
 PPTs FOR VALUE EDUCATION – VOL.2
 CBSE SAMPLE/MODEL PAPERS XII ACCOUNTANCY
 SCOUT RESOURCES VOL.1

MAGAZINES

• 50 MAGAZINES TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF
• HAS ENTERTAINING MAGAZINES, INFOTAINING MAGAZINES AND INFORMATION MAGAZINES.
• SCIENCE MAGAZINES – PHYSICS FOR YOU, CHEMISTRY TODAY, MATHEMATICS TODAY, BIOLOGY TODAY , JUNIOR SCIENCE REFRESHER, BIOTECH NEWS, TERRA GREEN
• CURRENT SCIENCE, DOWN TO EARTH, EDUCATION OF YOGA, CHANDAMAMA (HINDI), JOURNAL OF KRISHNAMURTHI SCHOOLS AND TRAVEL KARNATAKA

ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN/BEING CARRIED OUT / INTITIATED

 LIBRARY ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL & JULY, 2009
 INITIATION OF BOOK REVIEW PROGRAMME IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 2009
 INSTALLED A DOT-MATRIX PRINTER FOR THE LIBRARY COMPUTER
 NO. OF BOOK ISSUED TO THE STUDETNS FROM 06/07/2009 TO 15/01/2010 : 3420 BOOKS
 INFORMATION COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND CONSOLIDATION SERVICE USING NET RESOURCES

LIBRARY STORE ROOM

• OLD NEWSPAPERS
• OLD MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS
• OLD TEXTBOOKS AND CURRICULUM
• CONDEMNED BOOKS
• LIBRARY FILES AND REGISTERS
• PLASTIC AND STEEL CHAIRS
• LOG BOOKS AND BOOK WITHOUT NUMBERS

DEPARTMENTAL MAGAZINE LIBRARY

 CREATED DEPARTMENTAL MAGAZINE LIBRARY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY THIS YEAR
PRIMARY LIBRARY

 AN EXCLUSIVE PRIMARY LIBRARY TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF PRIMARY CLASS STUDENTS
 ISSUED AROUND 1500 BOOKS TO THE PRIMARY LIBRRY
 ACQUISITION OF A COPY OF CHAMPAK ( H), CHAMAPK (E), , SPORTSTAR, MAGIC POT, WISDOM AND THE HINDU NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PRIMARY LIBRARY
 RESOLVED IN THE LAST LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ADD FEW MOR MAGAZINES LIKE CHANDAMAMA (E), CHANDAMAMA(H), CHILDREN’S DIGEST, PCM CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE, CHILDREN’S WORLD, TELL ME WHY TO THE PRIMARY LIBRARY
 MS.KIRAN P THALE, PRT IS THE I/C OF PRIMARY LIBRARY.

REGISTERS AND FILES IN USE

• ACCESSION REGISTR – IN 8 VOLUMES
• BOOKS ISSUE REGISTER – (FOR TEACHERS – 4 VOLUMES)
• PERIODICAL RECORD REGISTER
• LIBRARY CARD AND IT COMPUTER BOOKS ISSUE REGISTER
• BOOK REVIEW REGISTER
• LIBRARY CIRCULARS REGISTER
• CONDEMNATION FILE
• FILE OF LIBRARY MAGAZINES SUBSCRIPTION

FUTURE PLANS

 BREAKING THE WALL OF IX C (PRESENT LIBRARY STORES) TO HAVE A WAY TO THE PRESENT LIBRARY.
 CREATION OF A TEACHERS’ CORNER IN THE LIBRARY STORE ROOM
 PURCHASE OF NEW ARRIVALS DISPLAY RACK AND TWO SHOE STANDS
 CIRCULATION COUNTER FOR THE LIBRARY

‘READ TO LEAD’

K.RAMASAMY
LIBRARIAN