Library
AC Goswami Library
Shiksha Ratna Atul Chandra Goswami Library
“Knowledge finds the path, wisdom lights it”
For more than five decades the library has been the lifeline of the college’s academic life — the first in Upper Assam to be fully automated with RFID. Its mission is to provide the relevant sources of information to users for the college’s instructional programmes.
- 26,254Books
- 13,471Titles
- 1,94,000+E-books via N-LIST
- 6,000+E-journals via N-LIST
About the library
The library started in a small room in 1962 and moved to its present premises in 1998. It was renamed the Shiksha Ratna Atul Chandra Goswami Library in 2012, after the founder principal of the college.
It serves around fifteen hundred undergraduates as well as research scholars, distance education and KKHSOU students, faculty and staff — and also welcomes people from the neighbouring locality. It subscribes to journals, periodicals, magazines and regional and national newspapers, and holds CD-ROM and DVD-ROM databases and a special collection of books on Majuli.
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
All working days
Library phone
03775-273033
Ask the Librarian
librarian.mcl@gmail.com
Technology & spaces
RFID automation
Fully automated with RFID using SOUL 2.0 (INFLIBNET) — the first library in Upper Assam to do so, with self-issue and return and an anti-theft gate.
WebOPAC
An online public access catalogue: search by author, title, subject, publisher, ISBN or Boolean queries, reserve books and view your history.
N-LIST e-resources
Access to e-books and e-journals through INFLIBNET’s N-LIST project for students, researchers and faculty.
Institutional repository
Manuscripts, research articles, college magazines and past question papers, browsable on campus.
Digital library
Latest computers for users, plus a separate conference room and a teachers’ study room.
Secure & monitored
Ten CCTV cameras keep the library safe.
Services
- Bibliographical search
- Photocopy (Rs. 1/page for students)
- Book bank
- Newspapers
- Internet
- Current awareness
- Ready reference
- E-books & e-journals
- Reading room
Best Reader Award: to build the reading habit, the library presents “The Best Reader Award” every year.
Membership & borrowing
How many books you can take, and for how long
Regular teaching staff
Regular non-teaching staff
Higher Secondary
Arts & Science
TDC (degree)
Arts & Science
Library rules
Opening hours
- The library is open from 9.30 AM to 4.00 PM on all working days. Hours may be curtailed or extended in special circumstances, with prior notice on the notice board.
Membership
- Membership is open to all students, teachers and employees of the college.
- On special request, outsiders may use the library for reference for a short period with the Librarian’s written permission.
- To become a member, fill in a library membership form and submit it at the circulation counter.
- Students must obtain a Library Clearance Certificate from the Librarian before receiving their admit card for any examination.
Borrowing books
- Books are issued against the RFID smart card.
- Reference books and bound or loose volumes of periodicals, including magazines, are not issued.
- The Librarian may recall any book at any time, and may shorten the loan period for books in special demand.
- An overdue charge of Rs. 1 per day per volume is collected for late returns; the Librarian may waive it in special circumstances.
- The Librarian may allow more books on special request.
Loss of card or books
- Report the loss of an RFID smart card to the Librarian immediately. A duplicate card costs Rs. 200.
- Members are responsible for any loss caused through loss or misuse of their card.
- Lost books must be replaced or their cost paid; for a multi-volume set, the whole set must be replaced or paid for.
General rules
- The RFID smart card is not transferable.
- Observe silence in the reading halls and do not hold conversations in the library.
- Do not write on, mark or damage library books; damage must be paid for as decided by the Librarian.
- Personal belongings and issued library books may not be brought inside.
- Members caught tearing pages or stealing books will be suspended from the library and face disciplinary action.
- Check books carefully at the counter before leaving and report any damage immediately.
- Misuse of the reader’s card may lead to cancellation of membership.
Other rules
- Complaints about the library service should be made to the Librarian in writing, not argued with staff.
- Users may suggest books, journals or other reading material to the Librarian.
- Library rules may be amended when necessary.
Our team
Mr. Pradip Chandra Das
M.A., MLISc.
Joined as Librarian on 11 January 2010. He completed his M.A. and MLISc. at Gauhati University, has attended many national and international seminars and conferences, and has published a number of papers.
Mr. Debajit Baruah, B.A.
Library Assistant
In charge of the RFID staff station, circulation (issue & return), data entry of books, payments and administrative work.
dadulboruah7@gmail.com
Mr. Jayanta M. Dutta, H.S.
Library Supporting Staff
Circulation (return), physical preparation of books and reprographic service.
Mrs. Sarujoni Bhuyan, B.A.
Library Supporting Staff
Circulation (return), book processing and physical preparation, and the students’ visitor register.
Suggest a book
Requisition forms for general books and textbooks are available from the library. Faculty can recommend new books by sending a signed form to the Librarian; students can recommend textbooks through their faculty. Send suggestions about the library to librarian.mcl@gmail.com.