About Library

The Nizam College library was established in the year 1986 as a Learning Resource Centre. The facility is ideally and centrally located in the main Library Block of the campus. Even with the Central location of the facility, it has a calm and serene environment, ideal for students and faculty to have a focused approach. The library is computerized with complete automation with New Genlib Software in all operations.

It is spread over an area of about 1022.196 sq yards with an earmarked reading hall space of about 3801 sq feet It has a seating capacity of about 150 students in the reading area and 30 students seating capacity of Study Centre area with 926.29 sq. feet and 13 computers for access to digital library, OPAC and Lending Section. Books are issued to students and staff with a bar-coding system. The facility can be accessed from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm on working days. The Study Centre working hours are 09:00am to 06:00pm Library space and ambiance, timings and usage, availability of a qualified librarian and other staff, Library automation, online access are all part of the Institution mission to provide quality learning space for its students and Staff.

Sections of the Library 

• Stacks
• Reading/Reference
• Lending
• Technical
• e-Resources
• Study Centre
• SC/ST Book Bank
• Ladies Lounge
• Librarian Room

BRANCHES

S.no	Branch
1	M.A. M.Com, M.Sc. All Branches
2	B.A. B.Com, BSc.BBA, All Branches
3	M.B.A M.C.A. B.C.A All Branches

The Nizam College Library Resources at Glance

DISCRIPTION	REMARKS
Total Area	1022.196 sq yards
Reading Section	3801.42 sq feet
Seating Capacity	180
No. of Titles	850
No. of Text Books	1,42.207
SC/ST Book Bank	6140
Gift Books	2415
Total Collection	1,50,762
E-Resources	DELNET (Database) J-Gate(E-Journal)
Average number of users per day	200
Average number of Issues per day	60
Total Number of CDs Collection	69
Total No. of Systems in the Digital Library	10

The library is automated with New GenLib, which is integrated library management software developed by verus solutions. We are using NewGenLib Enterprise edition Version 2.1.1 (Major Version 2) since 2006.

The following facilities are available in NewGenLib.

• See the details of the records as well as their availability
• Reserve Items
• Request for check out
• View their transaction history
• View their current check outs and also renew them
• View their current reservations and also cancel them
• View their current requests and check out and also cancel them
• List of new arrivals

 Library Working Hours

Sl.No.	DISCRIPTION	TIMINGS
1.	Main Library	10:00AM to 04:30
2.	Study Centre	10:00AM  to 06:00PM

Digital Library is also provided for the continuous updating of recent technologies. Internet facility is available for Students and Staff. E-Resources like J.Gate Plus e-Journals, DELNET and e-Books are available in the digital e-Resources Library. These can be accessed through automated NewGenLib software. The total 10 Computers in the e-Resources are available both normal and disabled students.

 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

S.No	Name of the Member	Designation	Position
1	Prof.B. Bhima	Principal	Chairperson
2	Dr. G. Upender Reddy	Vice-Principal	Member
3	Dr. P.Ramesh	Head, Dept of History, NCL,O.U.	Member
4	Dr. Apka Nageshwa Rao	Head, Dept. of Zoology,NCL,O.U.	Member
5	Dr. B. Thirupathi	Head, Dept. of Business Management,NCL,O.U.	Member
6	Dr. V. Kumaraswamy	Head, Dept. of Telugu, O.U.	Member
7	Dr. Ch. Kishore Kumar	Asst Prof. Dept. of  Mathematics, NCL.-,O.U	Member
8	Ms. A. Laxmi	Asst Prof.(C) Dept. Of Marketing, NCl.O.U	Member
9	Dr. B.Kumar	Librarian	Convener