About the Library
The library-like all vibrant and productive organizations strive to keep pace with a global, dynamic, and technology-enabled information environment to meet the expectations of its users. Central Library during the year continued to march to its mission of facilitating the creation of new knowledge through the acquisition, organization, and dissemination of library materials. It offered a range of services including reference and consultation, membership and circulation, document delivery, resource sharing, information alert service, book bank for needy students, user awareness programmes. It extended the help and support to establish a library at the college.
In the beginning, the college library was housed in one small room. The college received a grant from UGC towards the construction of the present new building. The new building was designed and opened from 1991 to stack 100000 volumes and 100 readers at a time.
The name of library Late S.R.Tambe given in the year 1981-1982. The Late S.R.Tambe was a social leader in the Pune District. Late S.R.Tambe was born on 22 Sept.1928. A Great person in Otur lived a great life who was Sarpanch of Otur for 18 years. Besides this, he was also a Chairman of Gram Vikas Mandal, Otur. He was elected as a member of Pune Zilla Parishad in 1962. He was also elected the first Chairman of Junnar Taluka Panchayat. In 1970; he was MLA of Junnar Taluka.
The collection Comprised of subjects areas from the faculty of arts, mental moral, Social science, Commerce, Education, Science etc. The Collection has been systematically developed covering all branches of knowledge
Library department is started youtube channel in Jan.2019, through which every activity, program from the college is shared with the students. It can be seen through following link :- Click Here
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Library Area
| Sr.No | Particulars | Size (in Sq. Feet) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Student reading room | 948.06 Sq. Feet |
| 02 | Staff reading room | 213.15 Sq. Feet |
| 03 | Stack room | 1950.91 Sq. Feet |
| 04 | Librarian's room | 201 Sq. Feet |
| 05 | Computer Room | 180 Sq. Feet |
| 06 | Issue counter | 500 Sq. Feet |
| 07 | Poarch | 93 Sq. Feet |
| 08 | Library Store Room | 598.85 Sq. Feet |
| Total Built up area | 4684.97 Sq. Feet | |
| Sr.No | Name | Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Dr. R.N. Shirsat | Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. N.H. Hande | Member Secretary |
| 3 | Dr. S.B. Bhujbal | Member |
| 4 | Dr. S.R. Rahangdale | Member |
| 5 | Dr. V.D. Jadhav | Member |
| 6 | Mr. M.V. Deshmukh | Member |
| 7 | Dr. U.P. Paneru | Member |
| 8 | Dr. Sudhir Borate | Member |
| 9 | Dr. K.D. Sonawane | Member |
| 10 | Dr. S.R. Gavhale | Member |
| 11 | Dr. R.S. Rasal | Member |
| 12 | Dr. A.T. Padvi | Member |
| 13 | Dr. J.A. Ghodke | Member |
| 14 | Dr. N.N. Ugale | Member |
| 15 | Dr. V.Y. Gawade | Member |
| 16 | Mr. A.L. Bansode | Member |
| Sr.No | Name | Designation | Qualification | Email ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. N.H. Hande | Librarian | B.Sc., M.Lib.I.Sc., SET, Ph.D. | awcollegeotur@gmail.com |
| 2 | Mr. G.P. Dumbre | Library Clerk | B.A. | ganeshdumbre0@gmail.com |
| 3 | Mr. P.N. Thorve | Library Attendant | B.A., LTC. | pnthorve22@gmail.com |
| Sr No | Budget Head | Books | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior | 23936 | 1228191.00 |
| 2 | Senior | 53131 | 4712591.00 |
| 3 | UGC | 9454 | 4226062.00 |
| 4 | PG | 4909 | 1124548.00 |
| 5 | Vocational | 2263 | 127878.00 |
| 6 | Donated | 3057 | 317082.90 |
| 7 | Book Bank | 1425 | 0 |
| 8 | Sidhivinayak | 9957 | 1336999.00 |
| 9 | RPB | 1028 | 203241.00 |
| TOTAL | 109160 bks | 13276593.00 |
| Sr.No | Non Book Material | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CD/DVD | 350 |
| 2 | Periodicals (Journals & Magazines) | 55 |
| 3 | Newspapers | 17 |
| 4 | Dissertations/Thesis | 03 |
| Sr.No | Organization/Institute |
|---|---|
| 1 | N-LIST, INFLIBNET, AHMADABAD (GUJRAT) |
| Sr.No | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sakal |
| 2 | Loksatta |
| 3 | Lokmat |
| 4 | Maharashtra Times |
| 5 | Navbharat Times |
| 6 | Prabhat |
| 7 | Pudhari |
| 8 | Kesari |
| 9 | Punyanagri |
| 10 | Samana |
| 11 | The Hindu |
| 12 | Times of India |
| 13 | Indian Express |
| 14 | Economics Times |
| 15 | Employment News |
e Newspaper
☛ Online Newspapers
| Sr.No | Title / Publisher | Freq. | Start Date | End Date | Sub. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthshatra: Indian Journal of Economics & Research | 4 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 2000 |
| 2 | Current Science (School & Colleges) | 24 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 3000 |
| 3 | IIT Madras Shaastra | 12 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 2399 |
| 4 | Indian Journal of Finance | 12 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 3800 |
| 5 | Indian Journal of Marketing | 12 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 3800 |
| 6 | Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management | 12 | 1-Jan-24 | 31-Dec-24 | 3800 |
| 7 | Autocar India | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 2070 |
| 8 | Careers 360 | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 550 |
| 9 | Chanakya Mandal | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 580 |
| 10 | Civil Services Chronicle (Hindi) | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 2185 |
| 11 | Competition Success Review (English) | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1795 |
| 12 | Down to Earth | 24 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1980 |
| 13 | Economic Challenger | 4 | 1-Feb-24 | 31-Jan-25 | 3680 |
| 14 | Electronics For You | 12 | 1-Jul-24 | 30-Jun-25 | 1380 |
| 15 | Employment News (English) | 52 | 1-Feb-24 | 31-Jan-25 | 610 |
| 16 | Frontline | 26 | 17-Jun-24 | 16-Jun-25 | 3700 |
| 17 | India Today (English) | 52 | 1-Feb-24 | 31-Jan-25 | 3900 |
| 18 | Indian Economy & Market | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1500 |
| 19 | Lalit Magazine (Marathi) | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 650 |
| 20 | Maha Anubhav (Marathi) | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1150 |
| 21 | Miluni Saryajani | 12 | 1-Feb-24 | 31-Jan-25 | 800 |
| 22 | National Geographic Kids (India) | 12 | 1-Aug-24 | 31-Jul-25 | 830 |
| 23 | Pariwartanacha Watsaru | 24 | 16-Jun-24 | 15-Jun-25 | 1610 |
| 24 | Readers Digest | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1610 |
| 25 | Sahitya Amrit (Hindi) | 12 | 1-Apr-24 | 31-Mar-25 | 460 |
| 26 | Saptahik Sakal (Marathi) | 52 | 30-Jul-24 | 29-Jul-25 | 710 |
| 27 | Shikshan Sankraman | 12 | 1-Mar-24 | 28-Feb-25 | 400 |
| 28 | Udyojak (Marathi) | 12 | 1-Jun-24 | 31-May-25 | 1035 |
| 29 | Yojana (English) | 12 | 1-Aug-24 | 31-Jul-25 | 500 |
| TOTAL | 52484 |
E-Resources @N-LIST
Subscribed e-Journals and e-Books
The Consortium subscribes to the following resources for the colleges. All electronic resources subscribed under N-LIST Programme are available from the publisher's website.
1. Reference, Consultation & Circulation
Reference service helps users to make full use of library resources and services. It provides necessary assistance to users in locating information or document of their choice. In addition to members including students, research scholars, teaching and non- teaching members from different departments used the library. It is open from 0900 to 1700 hrs on all working days.
2. Membership
The membership of the library for different categories of users stands as mentioned below:
Students: 1635 Staff : 89 Others: 00 Visiting Faculty: 00 Total : 1724
3. Book Bank
The library maintains a book bank to help students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and economically weaker sections of the society. The bank mainly consists of the prescribed textbooks for undergraduate courses and loans textbooks to these students for a full semester.
Junior College: - Students 684 Books Distributed 3943
Senior College: - Students 675 Books Distributed 6033
4. Sidhivinayak Book Bank scheme
As per the requirement of college, Sidhivinayak trust provides text books donation. This books are free of cost circulated to the sudents. The College has received 9957 text books of rupees 13,36,999.00 (Rs Thirteen Lakhs Thirty six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine till 2019-20.
5 .Users Education, Conferences, Seminars & Competitions.
6 .Competitive Study Center
This center is created for the student, those who are interested in Competitive Exams. All subscribed magazine, journals are kept in the hall for reading. Video clips of UPSC & MPSC Toppers are shown every Monday to the 30 Students.
7 .Newspaper Reading Center Center
Eleven Newspaper are kept for reading in the hall. This is free service to the Students.
8 .Magzine Reding Center
Fourty Five Magazines are kept for reading in the hall. This is free service to the Students.
9 .OPAC
Two Computers are kept for OPAC Service. This is free service to the Students.
Issuing Hours
Library Working Hours
| Name:-Dr. Nilesh H. Hande |
| Designation:-B. Sc., M. Lib. & I .Sc., SET, Ph.D. |
| Contact No:- 02132-264138 / 319 |
| Mobile No:- 9960535016 |
| Email Id:-awcollegeotur@gmail.com |