Sections

Circulation Desk

• Issue of Books/Journals/Diskettes/CDs/Return/Renewal of Books/Journals/Diskettes/CDs

• Collection and Remittance of overdue charges, membership deposits and service charges

• Reservation of Books

• Reminders for overdue books

• Issue of Consultation

• Interlibrary Loan

• Issue of Temporary permits for external users

• Loss of Books

• General Enquiries

• Issue of No dues certificates

 

 

Stack Maintenance  

• Shelving of Publications

• Conducting Stock verification

• Tracing of untraced publications

• Informing users about untraced publications

• Repairing of Books

• Assisting the users in tracing of publications

• Conducting orientation for usage of books

• Rectification of publications

 
Library Automation

• Implementation of Libasoft library Automation

• Maintenance of Digital Knowledge Center

• Coordination with Software team

• Organization of Training and presentations

 

Books Acquisition

• Receiving suggestions for the procurement of publications from departments/Schools

• Checking the indents and placing orders with registered vendors

• Accessing the publications Book, Audio, CD-Rom, Pamphlets, Thesis , project reports etc.,

• Passing the bill for payment

• Sending the procured publications to Processing Section for technical processing

• Attending queries for the purchase of publication

• Maintenance of files and records for procurement

• Maintenance of expenditure details about books

• Processing of projects books

   
Technical Processing  

• Writing process slip for assigning call no. for the book received from the Acquisition section.

• Checking the process slip with the Catalogue.

• Assigning call no. for the book with the help of DDC Scheme and the Authority file.

• Pasting the Spine and Date labels in the book and noting the Call no.

• Cop. No on the spine label and Accession no on the date label along with the Call no.

• Arranging the library book along with other processed books to be displayed on each fortnight.

• Preparing the list of the processed books during a month with bibliographical details, Accession no and location using Microsoft Excel. • Announcing this list on the Library Web Site at the beginning of the month and send it to Karunya faculty email group.

• Sending the processed books for display on each fortnight after entering the required details of the book in the library software. And
   Bar coding the Books.

• Removing the already displayed books to the stack after keeping the reserved books on the reservation desk.

 
   
Journal Information  

• Procurement of journals & CD-ROM Databases

• Inviting Invoices from the Publishers/Indian Agents and processing for payment

• Tracking the supply position of Current Journals

• Sending the drafts received from the Accounts to the respective Publishers/Indian Agents

• Registration and display of journals received

• Sending reminders for Non-Receipt of journals

• Attending queries pertaining to journals

• Correspondence with various Publishers/Agents/Departments/Centers of Institutions

• Monitoring expenditure on journals