Until December 2008, St. Xavier’s College had various departmental lending libraries and reading rooms namely:
All these departmental libraries and the book bank got merged into one integrated centralized library since January 16, 2009. This got christened as Fr. Verstraeten Central Library in July 2015. With the introduction of centralised library, the readers are given access to library documents, books and periodicals irrespective of their departments. The new centralized system provides open-access, where the readers find out their required books from the library shelves. Thanks to UGC funding in 2008, after it had declared St. Xavier’s as a Centre with Potential for Excellence (CPE) in May 2006 and the College became the first autonomous college in West Bengal in July 2006, the Central Library organized the retro-conversion of all the books and classified them under the scheme of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Sear’s list of Subject Headings and Anglo-American Cataloguing scheme. The entire database of the library was initially kept in LIBSYS-4.0 which has now been converted to KOHA open source Integrated Library Software (ILS), with the latest version 16.05. All the books in the library are now catalogued, bar-coded and RFID tagged for easy circulation and better security. |
If one could control the age long tumult of the ocean in such a way that it would remain quiet like a child asleep, then that silent, uproar could be compared to a library. Here language remains silent, the mighty waves still, the deathless lustre of the human soul is here enchanted in black print in the prison house of paper. If of a sudden they were to rise in rebellion, break upon the silence and make good their escape through the barrier of print! As many a flood lie congealed in the hard snow in the heights of the Himalayas, so the library encompasses within its narrow limits the mighty torrents of the human soul.
- Nobel Laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
Library Staff | Library Commitee | Library Purchase Commitee |
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Sections | Timings | |
Monday - Friday | Saturday | |
Reference | 8.00 AM - 6.00 PM | 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM |
Lending | 9.00 AM – 6.00 PM | 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM |
Library Office | 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM | 9.00 AM – 12.30 PM |
Reprography | 9.30 AM – 12.30 PM | - |
E-Resource Access Center | 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM | 9.00 AM – 12.30 PM |
E-Book Library | 8.00 AM – 6.00 PM | 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM |
The membership of the Library is open to Fathers, faculty members, research scholars, students and support staff of the College. The outside research scholars, eminent persons of the society, retired faculty members and staff members, and alumni/nae members of the College are also eligible for getting membership subject to the approval of the College authority.
Sl.No. | Patron Category | No. of Items | Loan Period |
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1. | Faculty Members | 6 Books | 30 Days |
2. | Students | 4 Books | 14 Days |
3. | Research Scholars | 5 Books | 30 Days |
4. | Support Staff | 2 Books | 30 Days |
The Central Library of the College has well-equipped and spacious reading room facility with seating capacity of 250 (two hundred and fifty) users. The reference books, periodicals and current awareness sections also function from reading room for reader’s convenience. Some rare collections of the College are displayed in the reading room.
The book bank facility is provided only to students belonging to economically challenged groups and communities. Besides regular library facilities, they can issue at most four books from book-bank for a full semester. The textbooks are mainly emphasized for this section, though very few common reference books may also be lent out.
Books and journals relating to different competitive examinations like IAS, Career / Service Oriented programs and other documents related to the subjects are available for consultation in the library.
Books and e-books relating to UGC CSIR NET / SET ( JRF & LS ) are available in the library.
he Ready-Reference Tools relating to general reference consultation are available in the Reading Room. The following categories of Ready Reference Tools are generally available:
One internet-facilitated computer is directly connected with the photocopy machine for taking print out of any online and also offline materials.
CD-ROM databases, CDs/ DVDs for both borrowing and reading room reference.
The newly added resources to library (books, journals, CDs etc.) are displayed for 7 days in the Reading Room.
Students and faculty members can place requisition for a book that is not available in the library. The requisition should be given in the Demand Book Register available from the concerned library staff and through the Web OPAC facility. Book Download Book Requisition Form.
Thanks to generous donations of books by the Provincial Governments and European missionaries during the last two centuries, the Central Library holds a golden treasury of very old and rare documents. Since these documentary heritage is continuously decaying with time the college initiated a project for preservation and conservation of these rare documents with the full financial support from UNESCO, New Delhi in 2006. Under the collaborative project, selected rare documents from the College library have been recovered, preserved and digitized. The oldest collection dates back to AD 1632. As part of the project, a set of 4 DVDs containing some of the digitized documents and rare paintings was published. All these documents are preserved with much care in Goethals Library. |
The following e-resources may be accessed by both the staff and the students of SXC only with a Username and Password. If you do not have one, kindly approach the Library Office.
The National Archives of IndiaThe National Archives of India (NAI) has an extensive collection of records related to Indian history, culture, and society in the form of archival manuscripts, photographs, maps and various other formats. These resources are accessible for reading and downloading via the following web portal. http://www.abhilekh-patal.in | |
INFLIBNET-NLISTInformation and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. It was initiated by the UGC in March 1991 as a project under the IUCAA and became an independent Inter-University Centre in June 1996. It provides links to J-Stor, Shodh-ganga and many other e-resources. | |
RemotLog® is the industry-leading middleware solution for remote user authentication. This access and authentication software allows libraries to deliver remote secure online access to e- content. | |
IndiaStatIndiaStat serves as an authentic and perhaps the most comprehensive compilation of secondary level socio-economic statistical information about India and its states on various socio-economic parameters. | |
Indian Academy of SciencesThe Indian Academy of Sciences, founded in 1934 by Professor C.V. Raman, Nobel Laureate, endeavours to promote the progress and uphold the cause of science, both in pure and applied branches. It publishes many science journals that can be accessed here. | |
CMIE-PROWESSProwess is the largest database of the financial performance of Indian companies. Annual Reports of individual companies is the principal source of this database. | |
Economic OutlookIt provides economic forecasts and insights with realtime analysis of data releases and copious Indicator data. | |
Down to EarthAn environmental journal from Centre for Science and Environment that brings news, perspectives and knowledge to prepare for change in the way we manage our environment. | |
Online NewspapersOnline newspaper directory for the world, listed country and regionwise. | |
J-StorAccess to J-Stor is provided through INFLIBNET and hence can be logged-in only through INFLIBNET. | |
DELNETDeveloping Library Network (DELNET) | |
J-Gateis the most comprehensive database & gateway to access research information from over 56 million journal articles with access to 11 million full text articles covering multiple subject domains which include Science & Technology and Social Science & Humanities. | |
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to innumerable high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. | |
National Digital Library of IndiaMinistry of Human Resource Development under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology has initiated the National Digital Library (NDL) pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. It is being developed to help students to prepare for entrance and competitive examination, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. New User Registration | |
The EconomistThe Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. | |
TIMETime is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. A European edition is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. | |
AIMS International Journal of ManagementThe journal provides an international forum for discussion of advancements in management including accounting, marketing, finance, organizational behaviour, human resource management, Management Information Systems, quantitative methods, quality management, operations management, economics, entrepreneurship, business ethics, strategy, etc.. | |
Open Source For YouOpen Source For You (OSFY) is a complete magazine on open source, and is today a big hit with those who love FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). OSFY carries tech articles on Linux and open source for newbies, administrators, developers and fans of open source. Its main objective, however, is to help organisations enhance their Return-on-Investment (RoI) by deploying Linux or open source solutions., strategy, etc.. | |
Harvard Business ReviewHBR’s articles cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to various industries, management functions, and geographic locations. These focus on areas including leadership, organizational change, negotiation, strategy, operations, marketing, finance, and managing people. | |
The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City. The Journal, along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. | |
The Hindu | |
The Hindu Business Line | |
https://frontline.thehindu.com/ | |
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine | |
ProQuest One LiteratureProQuest One Literature is the premier online resource for English literature research. Primary texts, criticism, and reference works are made available in a tailor made research environment to provide a one-stop resource for the study and teaching of English literature. |
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The Central Library of the College has well-equipped and spacious reading room facility with seating capacity of 250 (two hundred and fifty) users. The reference books, periodicals and current awareness sections also function from reading room for reader’s convenience. Some rare collections of the College are displayed in the reading room.
The Verstraeten Central Library of the college has a well-equipped and spacious reading room with seating capacity of 180 people. The catalogue system of the library is housed in the reading room (OPAC-Online Public Access Catalogue). The reference, periodical and current awareness sections also function from reading room for reader’s convenience. Some rare collections of the college are displayed in the reading room.
For the convenience of the PhD research scholars separate reading cell has been set up at the first floor of the library reference section. It has ten internet enabled workstations to facilitate their research. They can access e-books, e-journals, databases and anti-plagiarism software from this cell.
Fr. Verstraeten Central Library E-Resource Centre for Advanced Studies and Research is a newly developed state-of-the-art E-Resource Library. The fifty-seater facility includes St. Xavier�s Central Library E-Book System for accessing e-resources via college intranet with the help of tabs, smart phones, and other devices. This is available for the researchers and advanced learners of Academic fraternity of St. Xavier�s College.
The Library provides IT facilities to enable readers to consult our electronic resources, catalogues, and image collections, to make use of word-processing and spreadsheet software, and for general internet and e-mail access.
RFID enabled self circulation KIOSK is available for library users .
The Verstraeten Central Library of the college has a well-equipped and spacious reading room with seating capacity of 180 people. The catalogue system of the library is housed in the reading room (OPAC-Online Public Access Catalogue). The reference, periodical and current awareness sections also function from reading room for reader’s convenience. Some rare collections of the college are displayed in the reading room.
The book borrowing facility is available only for the Fathers, faculty members, current students and staff members of the college. Student can borrow at most four books and faculty members can borrow at most eight books depending on the availability of the same in the library, at a time fourteen days for student and thirty days for Faculty members, which are further renewable at most once in fourteen days slot for students and thirty days slot for faculty members. A delay in return is charged by Rs.3/- (Rupees three only) per day per book.
Fr. Verstraeten Central Library implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enable KIOSK, this latest technology used to automate book handling process including check-out, inventory maintenance. The technology would allow the readers to utilise the service of self ‘issue’ and ‘reissue’ books without standing in queue.
When books were borrowed, an acknowledgement slip would be generated, giving details of the book issued and the ‘date of return’ of the books. Using the kiosk one could also check their account status -books in their accounts and pending overdue charges.
Fr. Verstraeten Central Library provides last year semester question papers to the students.
The book bank facility is available for the students belonging to non-creamy layer of the society. Besides regular library facilities, they can issue at most three books from book-bank at most for a full semester. The text books are mainly emphasized for this section, though very few common reference books may also be lent out.
The reprographic facilities are available in Central Library for the students and faculty members, at a very nominal rate of Rs.1/- per A4 size impression (for photocopy) and Rs.2/- only per A4 size page (for print out). One internet-facilitated computer is directly connected with the photocopy machine for taking print out of any online and also offline material as well. This section remains open from 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM on Monday to Friday, and 9.00AM to 12.30PM on Saturday. The photocopy section is for library books only. The class notes, outside papers and outside books are strictly not to be photocopied here.
The Information Desk is one of the many specialized services offered by the St. Xavier’s college Fr. Verstraeten Central Library Reception. It is located on the Ground floor near the entrance of the Library. It serves as a central information point in the Library.
Library users can download forms like Library clearance form, Book requisition from (for faculty members only), Book Bank form etc, from the Library website.
The Anti-plagiarism Software for Regional Languages 'DrillBit' has been introduced as a measure of Research Support to the faculty members as well as the students engaged in writing their research papers in regional languages. This is very useful especially for the faculty members, PhD scholars, PG and UG students in the Bengali Department. They are requested to send their research papers in pdf format for plagiarism checking at librarian@sxccal.edu This software along with i-Thenticate software (hosted by Turnitin) for English and other international languages will effectively serve the research community for their academic endeavours.
Demonstration of Anti Plagiarism Software iThenticate (Turnitin)
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Contact Details
Librarian: 033-22551-251
Library Office: 033-22551-238
Library Reception: 033-22551-241
Library Lending Section: 033-22551-247 / 253
Library Reading Section: 033-22551252 / 255
E-Mail: librarian@sxccal.edu
Address: St. Xavier’s College Central Library
30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal