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Ramjas college was the first institution in the University of Delhi to adopt automation of Library (since 2000) with vast collection of books.
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The ILMS software used for automation is
TROODON version 3.0
. This software has different modules like acquisition, maintenance, circulation, serials, online public access catalogue (OPAC) kiosk that helps to search and locate the books in library. It also alerts students via reminder SMS for book return .This software supports
Devanagri
and other Indian languages.
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It is fully
air-conditioned
and
Wi-fi enabled
. The Entry register is kept at main entrance to record the daily attendance of the students and teachers separately.
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The library has provision of different seating areas for students and faculty with
desktop facility
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The library gives an access to
“DrillBit”
software to check the plagiarism of document.
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The Library has
The Constitution of India
put on display for easy access to students and staff.
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The college library has
a rich collection
of more than
1,33,585 books
. It also has
rare book collection section
of old books that are no more available in markets.
It subscribes to 18 newspapers
and several magazines.
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A collection of science books includes books on subjects such as botany, zoology, physics, chemistry, electronics, anthropology, life sciences, physical sciences, and geology. It also contains a comprehensive collection of academic and supplementary texts for Humanities subjects such as English, Hindi, Sanskrit, History, Economics, and Philosophy.
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Apart from the in-house collection, the library has full access to thousands of journals online through
N-LIST
databases. N-list is a comprehensive database where users of Ramjas College can
access more than 6000+ e-journals, 199500 e-books
through the
National Digital Library
. It covers all the disciplines i.e., Pure Science, Social Sciences and Humanities Including Languages and Linguistics.
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Library has subscription to
LEX
software from University of Delhi that allows students to covert e- books to pdf which can be downloaded for study material.
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To facilitate access to adequate learning resources for people with
print disabilities
, the library provides Barile books / dictionaries and Braile desktop computers.
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To ensure ease of accessibility,
visually challenged
students are provided with
recording devices
,
ANGEL
to record their lectures.
- The average annual expenditure on books and journals for the last 5 years has been Rs.7,84.969.60/-
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Approximately 365 unique users have accessed the N-LIST. The average daily footfall count in the library is approximate 308. The Library is optimally used by teachers and students.
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One of the future expansion programmes of the library is to update the complete automation of library usage enabling self-check-in and check-out with the help of an Electronic Security Gate.
