Sundarban Hazi Desarat
college Central library was started along with the establishment of the college
in 1961 in order to cater the academic needs of the
faculty, students and non-teaching staff. Since then, the college Library has
gone from strength to strength to live up to the expectations of its immediate
clientele. It is one of the best-equipped libraries in the state of West
Bengal.
At present, the total
area of the Central Library is 310 sq.m , with its eco-friendly green campus.
Central Library is having a healthy collection of physical as well as
electronic resources to satisfy the need of its user community. Physical
resources of the library are managed through the KOHA (in cloud version
maintained by Avior technology), integrated library management software.
Besides, it houses periodicals both in English and Bengali languages,
newspaper, CDS/DVDS and other e-resources (through N-LIST consortia) for the
use of its patrons. Call number is assigned to the books following the
standardized classification scheme, i.e., Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC-23
ed.) Scheme.
Library provide open access system
with 100+ sitting capacities and whole library secure under the CCTV surveillance.
The Central Library of
Sundarban Hazi Desarat College is one of the central facilities used by all
types of members of this college and also by the ex-student and senior citizen persons.
Central library taken an initiative to making a Sundarban
related museum for all type patrons.