Library

P.K.M College Library offers students an excellent selection of Books, Journals, Magazines, e- resources, CDs and internet facilities. The library is computerised with cloud based KOHA library management system. The library provides open access to its documents and any member can browse through the collections which are arranged according to Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). All books are bar coded for easy transactions. Internet facility is also provided free of cost to staff and students during working hours. Teachers and students have in-house and remote access to the Library Catalogue, Online Resources and Digital Library. The members can also access scholarly literature which is available online through National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N- LIST) of UGC-1NFLIBNET. The link of N-LIST is also available in the library page of the college Website. The Library books collection includes 7400+ volumes. The library subscribes to 8 journals, 17 popular magazines and 5 newspapers.

WORKING HOURS

Monday to Saturday 9.00 am to 5 pm
Closed on Second saturdays, Sundays and Public holidays.

LIBRARY RULES

• All the students, teaching and non- teaching staff are the members of the library.
• Strict silence should be observed inside the library.
• Personal belongings, books or any printed material are not allowed to be kept in the library. It should be kept in the property counter.
• Students should mark their Entry/Exit in Gate Register at the entrance by using library ID number.
• Books from the Reference section, Journals, Magazines and Question Papers shall not be taken outside the library.
• Books are issued for a period of 14 days for all users. Borrowed books should be returned on the due date stamped on the date label in the book. Failure to return a book on or before the due date entails the member to pay a fine of Rs. 1 per day of delay for each book. Absence in the college will not be an excuse for delay in returning the book.
• For renewal, books are to be presented at the counter. Books will be renewed only once. Books in demand may not be renewed.
• Borrowers must satisfy about the physical condition of the books before borrowing otherwise they will be held responsible for any damage later or at the time of return.
• The person in whose name a book is issued will be held responsible for the care of the same. He/she will have to bear the compensation for any damage or loss.
• Books will be lent to the members only against their ID card.
• The librarian has the right to ask any user to return any book even before the due date.

BORROWER CARDS

Books are issued to the students on borrower cards. Students will be issued three Cards each. As a rule, only one book will be issued on a single card. The reader must surrender his/her card when a book is issued and take back the card when the book is returned.

On completion of the course, students should return their library cards. Borrower cards are not transferable.

Students should submit in writing to the librarian, if their library card is lost. To replace a lost card a duplicate may be issued after one month, on payment of a penalty of Rs. 20/-

LIBRARY STAFF

Ms. Deepa John UGC Librarian
Ms. Lizy Jose Library Assistant

LIBRARY SERVICES & FACILITIES

The various services and facilities provided by the college library includes Lending Service, Reference service, Current Awareness Service, Journal Archives, Web OPAC, Plagiarism Checker X, KIBO Reading App, White Print Braille Magazine (Inclusive Resources), Newspapers & Magazines, Online resources etc. Also, library provides Library User Orientation Programme, Training in using Online Information Resources etc.

DIGITAL LIBRARY

The Digital Library is created using DSpace software. Previous year’s university question papers, College Magazines, College Newsletters etc. are available through this facility.

E – READING FACILITY

The College subscribes to Magzter, which provides access to 9000+ online magazines, journals, Newspapers, e books etc. in many languages including English, Hindi and Malayalam. An e-reading facility has been arranged in the library with 3 tablets for using Magzter.

PLAGIARISM CHECKER

The College has the Plagiarism Checker X Professional which help students and researchers to ensure that their writing is original and correctly cited.