The A.B.N. Seal College has a vibrant Library & Information Centre embracing the print and digital resources which is one of the oldest and largest learning resource centre of West Bengal catering to the ever growing and uncompromising information and intellectual requirements of the students, faculty and researchers. It is quite large with approximately 1 lakh books including a huge number of rare and old books which are being preserved as a special collection. A.B.N.S.C. library has become one of the best in class college library in this state, complimented with state-of-art technology supports to the users. In addition to the print materials the library offers thousands of electronic books, journals, magazines, thesis and dissertations, learning videos, language learning facilities, news papers and many more. You can access these resources anytime from anywhere. The library is becoming fully automated with koha Integrated Library Management Software.
Library Rules & Regulations
Circulation Timing –
Monday to Friday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Reading Room Timing –
Monday to Saturday – 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
e-Library Timing –
Monday to Saturday – 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Library will remain closed on all Sundays and gazetted holidays)
Home Issue –
Full Time Teachers – 15 books for 60 days
Intern Teachers – 5 books for 30 days
Students – 2 books for 14 days
Non-Teaching Staffs – 8 books for 60 days
Day Issue –
In addition to this all library members can issue any one book for
whole day.
Library Services
At present the library offers the following services
Book Lending Service
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Service
Reference Section Service
Wi-Fi enabled Hybrid Reading Room Service
Digital Library Service
Current Awareness Service through email
Career Guidance Cell
Special Dissemination of Information (SDI) service through email
Research Support Service
Seamless access to e-books and e-journals
Books on Loan Service through DELNET
User Orientation Services on different open educational resources
Training on different Moc Test through NTA Portal
User Empowerment Program on handling ICT tools for Higher Education
National Level Workshop and Seminars on latest Digital Learning
Technologies
Special class arrangements for preparation of NTA-NET, CSIR-NET, WBSET,
CUET (PG), GATE, IIT-JAM, GAT-B examinations
Special Lectures on Academic Writing and Research
Language learning through DELNET portal
Specially prepared audio book services for students with special needs
Infrastructural Features
MANAN (The Central Library) is spread over a 3 storied building, comprises the
following sections – (i) Text books; (ii) General books; (iii) Reference tools; (iv) News
Paper & Periodicals; (v) Rare books; (vi) Heritage books; (vii) Hybrid Reading room,
(viii) e-Library; (ix) Audio-visual Seminar hall; (x) Career Guidance section.
Central library is fully automated with cloud based ILMS: ‘koha’ and barcoding
technology.
Open access library with separate circulation counter.
The building is fully Wi-Fi enabled.
Static IP based domain gateway.
QR enabled web open access catalogue.
E-Library section for 50 students with 15 desktops and provision of using
35 personal Laptop/Tabs.
CCTV surveillance with 25 cameras.
Language Lab facility.
Hybrid reading room with seating capacity of 80 students at a time.
Special provisions for visually impaired students.
15 departmental libraries are regularly updated by central library.
Nodal centre of District wise UPSC coaching facility.
