About College | Library – N.B.T. Law College

Library

The College Library is situated in the ground floor with a spacious reading hall. Computers with internet facility are made available to the students and teachers. Students are now given direct access to the bookshelves. Differently abled students are given special attention and assistance for selection of books and periodicals.

Mission

The mission of the N B Thakur Law College library is to provide Law students with the information which they need to achieve their highest academic potential and help them acquire research skills necessary for lifelong learning.

To support teaching faculty & administrative staff and to participate in cooperative information exchange within the wider library / educational community.

Library Timing: 8.am. to 5.30 pm

Library Collection:-

Sr.No	Collection Type	Total Number
1	Books	38982
2	Law Journal/ Reports/ Magazines Subscribed	14
3	News Papers Subscribed	9
4	Online Databases Subscribed	2 ( N-LIST & Manupatra)
5	CD’s	57
6	Bound Volumes of Law Reports	2560

Library Automation: –

The college has purchased SOUL 2.0 Integrated Library Management Software for automation of library designed by INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad (worth Rs. 34500/-) in the year 2017. It is user-friendly software developed to work in a client-server environment. The Software is compliant to international standards for bibliographic formats, networking and circulation protocols and is suitable for all types of libraries. The library is partially automated and data entry work is in progress. The library has a collection of over 38982 titles of Textbooks, Reference Books, Bare Acts, Commission Reports, Dictionaries, Bound Volumes of Reports & Journals, Lexicons, etc. Till date out of 38982 Books data entry of 20181 Books has been done which can be searched by students and staff through Web-OPAC. The remaining work of data entry will be completed at the end of this academic year. At present, the books are issued manually by making entries in class-wise registers.

SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS

Our college library provides following services:-

I) Reading Hall / Study Room.

II) Home lending service

III) Guidance to the college students in Moot Court & Dissertation for PG Students.

IV) Reference & Referral Service

V) Inter Library Loan

VI) Book Bank Scheme

VII) Free Internet browsing facility with WI-FI

VIII) Service to Ex- Students & Research Scholar

Library Rules

Every student must possess an Identity Card with him / her and must produce it whenever demanded by the college authorities.
Regular students of the College are admitted to the library on production of a valid Identity card.
The books from library will be issued to such students for home-lending who have paid the necessary deposit and fees.
Only one book will be issued at a time for a period of fifteen days to a regular / ex-student.
If a student fails to return the book within the specific time limit, A fine of Rs.1/- (Rupees One) per day will be charged.
Library material should be handling with care. If it is found that a student has tried to tear the pages or damaged the book, concern student will have to pay the cost of the book.
Do not mark or fold / cut the pages of the Library book
Students are requested to behave politely and decently at the Library counter and co-operate with the Librarian and their staff for the smooth functioning of the Library
No part of Library reading material shall be photo copied without prior permission of the Principal or Librarian
The Librarian is empowered to recall any book at any time.
All Library books shall be returned before the start of vacation.
Reference books and periodicals are not issued outside the library. They are not for home-lending.
The Books will be issued on demand, subject to their availability in the library
Students Should Enter their Name, Class, Roll Number & Obtain the signature in Visitors Register kept in the entrance of the library.
The Director / Principal, at his discretion may grant access to the library to a person, (who is not the regular students) such as LL.M students, Judges, Doctors and Research Students on payment of necessary deposit s and fees.