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Sivanath Sastri College
TypeUndergraduate college
Established1961
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Calcutta
Websitehttp://sivanathsastricollege.org/

Sivanath Sastri College is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women in Kolkata, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[1] The name commemorates the legacy of Brahmo social reformer Sivanath Sastri.

Library

The library was founded on the ideals of the nineteenth century Brahmo educational movement with its focus on providing quality education to women as pioneered by Pandit Sivanath Sastri. Today even though it is hardpressed for space and lacks desired manpower, the Sivanath Sastri college library continues with its mission to help the community to grow.[2]

The collection

The library has a collection of more than 39,000 volumes which also include a small collection of conventional reference books. The library functions as a consortia of five separate units: the Central library, the Honours Seminar library, the Staff-room library, the Departmental library of Geography and the Departmental library of Botany. While all accredited users may access the Central library, access to the Honours Seminar library is restricted to the Honours students and teachers. The staffroom library is for class room reference, while the departmental libraries are for use by the teachers and the students of the respective departments. Apart from the books acquired under college grant and UGC grant there is a small collection of books donated by the users and well wishers named "Prafulla Chandra Roy Text Book Library".

Facilities provided

The central library provides a large reading room capable of accomodating more than 70 readers at a time. Other facilities include the UGC book bank for needy students, access to the internet is also provided to the users at the central library. Readers have access to UGC INFLIBNET's N-LIST e-resource consortia for full text journals and e-books.

Computerization of the library

Computerized automation of the library started in 2004 using the WinISIS software. Responding to changes in technology, the library today uses the open source library maangement software Koha (software) to meet its automation needs. The online public access catalog (OPAC) is available and can be accessed at http://ssclib-opac.l2c2.co.in/.

Accreditation

Sivanath Sastri College is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Affiliated College of University of Calcutta".
  2. ^ "Sivanath Sastri college library : A heritage".
  3. ^ Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Debjani cousin claims frame-up". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

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