MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE, Library
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Institutions of higher education have the main responsibilities of equipping students, researchers and faculty with advanced knowledge and skills. A well equipped and managed library is an essential prerequisite to achieve this. In particular, scientific research needs a library as well as its laboratories. Keeping this in view, the Madras Veterinary College Library undertakes many responsibilities and performs varied functions and it plays a vital role in the university education and research by providing invaluable resource of knowledge.
The Madras Veterinary College Library was established in 1903 along with the Madras Veterinary College. The MVC library had a humble beginning and over these 106 years its growth has been phenomenal and transformed from “book-only” library to a modern “digital library” with invaluable collection of e-resources to cater to the increasing information requirements of the stakeholders.
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To extend effective and efficient library and information services to the students, research scholars, scientists and faculty members of the University
At present, the library is functioning in a total floor space of about 12,000 sq. ft. in the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Student Day Care Centre Building of MVC. The Book Section and Book Bank are functioning in the 2nd floor. The Journal-cum-Back volume Section, CD-ROM Database Unit, Digitization Unit, Microfilming Unit and Reprography unit are functioning in the 3rd floor. In addition, an Archive with a total floor space of 2400 sq. ft. has been established in the 1st floor of the Dairy Science Block of MVC which houses very old books, back volumes of journals, Masters and Doctoral theses and other old documents.
The library is open on weekdays from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. (Monday to Friday) and from 8.00 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).
The Library is functioning under the direct control of the Dean, Madras Veterinary College. A Deputy Librarian, supported by an Assistant Librarian, Library Assistants and other staff members, heads the library. There is a Library Committee in the college level for which the Dean is the Chairman. The committee is consisting of the Dean, Faculty of Basic Sciences and three Heads of Departments as members and the Head of the Library is the Convenor.
The library has an institutional membership base of about 1000 (600 UG students, 200 PG students and 200 staff). The University Officers, Professors and Associate Professors can borrow 12 books; Assistant Professors and PG students can borrow six books and non-teaching staff can borrow one book at a time for a period of 30 days from the library. The UG students are eligible to borrow three books at a time for a period of 10 days Apart from the institutional members, non-institutional people (scientific workers and other private persons such as Veterinarians) can also become the members of the library by paying a caution deposit (to be decided by the University from time to time) and they are eligible for two books at a time for a period of 30 days.
LIBRARY SERVICES
- Document lending
- Reference
- Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
- Reprography
- Photocopying
- Printing
- Microfilming
- Scanning
- Resource sharing through:
- Consortium of e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA)
- Madras Library Network (MALIBNET)
- British Council Library
- Information download from Online sources to
- CD-ROM
- DVD
- Pen Drive and other storage media
- Online Document Delivery Service (DDS)
- SC/ST Book Bank
- Library orientation programmes
- Archives
- Binding of Documents
ACTIVITIES
1. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
(i) Books: The library has a collection of about 40,000 books. Of these, more than 15,000 books are kept as reference books. The collection includes textbooks, reference books, manuals, monographs, dictionaries, encyclopedias and colour atlases. Around 500 to 600 basic to advanced books are added every year for the users of the library.
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(ii) e-Books: The library has a collection of about 120 e-books at present and all these e-books are accessible via the e-book gateway of OPAC which is available through the Intranet connecting all the three teaching campuses and the University headquarters. The e-Book gateway also provides web links to major e-book gateways which are providing access to thousands of full-text e-books covering various disciplines including veterinary and animal sciences.
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(iii) Prospectus: The MVC Library has a tie up with the HEIST, UK and receives postgraduate prospectus of renowned universities in the United Kingdom and displays them in the Library for the use of aspirants of study abroad.
(iv) Journals
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(a) Current Periodicals: Journals are the medium of scientific communication because of its up-to-datedness.
The library subscribes about 100 foreign journals and 40 Indian journals.
(b) Back Volumes: The old journals are hardbound and kept as Back Volumes for reference. So far, the library has built up over 25,000 back volumes of journals.
(c) Electronic Journals: In the electronic age, information-seeking process is made so much easier and quicker by introduction of e-journals and digital library. Falling in line with modern electronic era, the MVC Library has also activated on-line access to about 100 foreign journals and 30 Indian journals.
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(d) Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA):In addition to its own collections, the MVC library has access to Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA), an online journal consortium funded under NAIP of ICAR. CeRA provides access to about 2900+ online journals covering various disciplines of agricultural sciences including veterinary and animal sciences.
(v) CD-ROM/DVD Collections: The library has about 120 CD-ROMs for the users to retrieve necessary scientific data. This collection includes databases and CD-ROM products including DVDs. The DVDs are mirrored in a DVD server and made accessible via the Library LAN.
(vi) Microfilming: Since microfilming is one of the best ways of preserving documents, the library started microfilming of the M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. theses and other important documents in the year 1998. The library has a microfilm recorder and a reader printer.2. SYSTEM, CLASSIFICATION & CATALOGUING
- Open Access System
- Colon Classification System (OPAC available)
- AACR II and MARC 21 (SOUL 2.0)
3. LIBRARY AUTOMATION
Circulation activities of the library had been automated using “Library Management Software” developed for this library which was replaced by the “Software for University Libraries” (SOUL 1.0) developed by UGC. Now, SOUL 2.0 is being used. Necessary equipment for automation of the library viz., computers, printer, scanner, barcode label printer, barcode readers etc., had been procured under NATP funds.
WEB-BASED ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE
The resources of the library in terms of books, back volumes of the journals, M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. theses of MVC, VC&RI and FC&RI, CD-ROMs, VCDs/DVDs and other reports have been catalogued and the web-based Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of the library is available across the Intranet of TANUVAS which connects all the three teaching campuses and the university headquarters. At present, 20 computer terminals have been provided for the library users for OPAC. The OPAC can be accessed at http://tanuvas-mvclib or http://172.16.3.100 (for intranet users only).
4. ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Electronic surveillance system has been installed in the library to ensure proper safety and security of the valuable library collection. The system consisting of IR surveillance cameras and monitors help the library administration to track the movements of the library users.
5. DIGITIZATION
The Library has started digitizing the theses and dissertations and currently abstracts of over 2,600 theses had been digitized and full-text of theses and dissertations submitted after 2000 are available in digital format. Valuable old documents available in the library are identified under e-Granth project of ICAR for digitization.
6. REPROGRAPHIC FACILITIES
Photocopying facilities are available to the library users at nominal charges. To improve the services, two digital copier (scanner, printer and copier) and two colour laser printers had been added recently. The students and staff utilize these facilities for their reprographic requirements.
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?. ARCHIVEs
Since the MVC Library is 105 years old, the library has very old books and back volumes of journals. To save these materials, an archive unit has been established at MVC campus. Necessary infrastructure facilities are being created to strengthen the archive unit.
8.RESOURCE SHARING
MVC Library is a participating library under CeRA project and through this project it shares the library resources of about 123 libraries including SAU/SVU and ICAR institute libraries. The library is also a member of the Madras Library Network (MALIBNET) to share the resources of the libraries of IIT-M, Anna University, Medical University, University of Madras, CLRI, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, etc. Further, the library is an institutional member of the British Council Library for resource sharing.
9. SC/ST BOOK BANK
An SC/ST Book Bank comprising of basic and advanced books has been established in the library for the benefit of SC/ST students of MVC.
10. ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES
The MVC Library periodically conducts library orientation programmes to the library users. Awareness programmes and information literacy programmes are also being conducted for the benefit of library users.
11. FUNDING
The annual budget of the library is around Rs. 100.00 lakhs . Most of the funding is by the University. The library also had funding from ICAR through AHRDP, NATP and NAIP projects for modernization of library like automation, digitization and journal subscriptions.
12. EXTERNAL FUNDED PROJECTS
A Network Project on ‘Strengthening of digital library and information Management under NARS (e-Granth)’ has been sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research under NAIP at Department of Library Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai – 600 007, with a sanctioned budget of Rs.17.118 lakhs for a period of two years from 2009-10. MVC Library is one of the eleven co-operating libraries for this project.
Faculty
Dr.G. Rathinasabapathy, Ph.D., Deputy Librarian
Dr. L. Rajendran, Ph.D., Assistant Librarian
Technical Support
Thiru. C. Baskaran, Library Assistant (S.G.)
Thiru.N. Murugan, Library Assistant
Administrative Support
Thiru K. Sundararajan, Assistant
Tmt. V. Santhi, Junior Assistant
Tmt. K. Pushpalatha, Typist
For further information, please contact:
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Tele / Fax : 0091+44 25388997
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librarymvc@yahoo.com
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