Padmashree Vitthaldas Hakamchand Shah Library :
Historical Background :
DATE | NAME | AMOUNT (Rs.) |
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22/10/1984 | VITTALDAS HAKAMCHAND CHARITABLE TRUST | 30,000/- |
22/10/1984 | VITTALDAS HAKAMCHAND PHILANTHROPY TRUST | 30,000/- |
06/02/1985 | VITTALDAS HAKAMCHAND | 50,000/- |
TOTAL | 1,10,000/- |
Smt. Lalita P. Lokur was appointed as the first librarian of the college library who put her efforts to develop the library from 1971- 1995.Since 1996-1998 , the library was being efficiently managed by library assistant Smt.D.D.Vaidya, Shri.Dhananjay B. Sutar was the College Librarian from 1999- 2012 and since then, he brought about various changes in the library services, activities and functions for developing readers community in the college and society. In 2014, Shri, R.D.Yadav was appointed as the College Librarian.
On 16th January 2002,a new separate library building was inaugurated in the glorious presence of Chief Guest, the then, Vice -Chancellor of S.N.D.T.Women’s University , Mumbai. The Principal and Permanent trustee Dr. Hemlataben Kothari took special efforts for the new library building
Library Staff :
Name | Qualification | Post |
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Shri R.D.Yadav | M.Com, M.L.I.Sc., NET,SET | Librarian |
Smt. H. H. Jajal | IXth | Library Attendant |
Shri. R.M. Patil | B.A. | Library Attendant |
Shri A. N. Majalatti | B. A. | Library Attendant |
Library Section
The circulation section is responsible for issue -receipt of books. The time-table for circulation of books is as below.
MON | TUS | WED | THR | FRI | SAT |
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XI -Arts | XI-Com | XII-Arts | XII-Com | B.A.-III | B.Com/ BCA-III |
B.A-I | B.Com / BCA-I | B.A-II | B.Com/ BCA-II | M.A-I/II | M..COM-I/II |
U. G Students get one book for 1 week durations. P. G. Students get two books for 1 week durations. Reference books are circulated on I-Card within library campus for reading &reference.
There are 20 periodicals available in our Library. The Periodicals are got bound at the end of the year and are made available to the readers in the library
The library acquires 8 newspapers in 2 different languages consisting of Marathi, and English.. The newspapers available are Daily Pudhari, Sakal, Kesari, Lokmat , Loksatta, Indian Express, The Times of India and Tarun Bharat . These are made available daily to all readers.
The Reference collection of the library is very qualitative and reference service is provided through unique collection of the reference sources which include various Encyclopedias , Dictionaries, Year Books/ Almanacs ,Biographies, Directories, Gazzetteers and other reference material in CD Formats. Important among them are Marathi Vishwakosh, Bhartiya Sanskritikosh, Encyclopedia Britannica (In both Print and CD Format), Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Maharashtriya Gyankosh, Bhartiya Charitrakosh, Encyclopedia of Indian Biography, Bhartiya Samajvigyan Kosh, India: A Reference Annual, Classic Work on English Literature, Encyclopedic Dictionary of commerce, Encyclopedia of child and Nutrition, Religion books on Ramayan(3-vol), Mahabharata(8-vol), Jatak Katha(7-vol), Bhagwat Gita(6-vol) etc.
In the stack Section, the books are arranged according to Dewey Decimal Classification system. The collection of library is qualitative and these are made available to all readers regularly. The total collection of books is 33,901 as on 31st March 2022. It‘s bifurcation is given below.
Sr. No. | Particulars | Numbers |
| ||
| 17,195 | |
| 8,727 | |
| 64 | |
| 1,747 | |
Total – A | 27,733 | |
| ||
| 3,573 | |
| 1,700 | |
| 895 | |
Total – B | 6,168 | |
Total Collection (A+B) | 33,901 |
Name of the Student | Year of Training |
Jayshri Kadam | 2001-2002 |
Shipla Kulkarni | 2002-2003 |
Prachi Lalit | 2003-2004 |
Savita Shinde | 2004-2005 |
Mangal Gugwade | 2005-2006 |
Shital Ghatge | 2006-2007 |
Priyanka Sawant | 2007-2008 |
Rupali Jadhav | 2008-2009 |
Vaishali Patil | 2009-2010 |
Shital Kumbhar | 2010-2011 |
Sarika Chinchkar | 2011-2012 |
Swati Mali | 2013-2014 |
Monali Kamble | 2014-2015 |
Seema Mohite | 2015-2016 |
Reshma Mahagade | 2016-2017 |
Komal Kolekar | 2017-2018 |
Reena Patil | 2018-2019 |
Pooja Mane | 2019-2020 |
Sandhya Ram | 2020-2021 |
The Library has installed Integrated Library Management Software ‘Purna Library Management Solution’ from TechnoAarv Solutions, Sangli in the library. The institutions library is partially automated.