Jatindra Rajendra Mahavidyalaya is an integral part of higher education around the Nowda block and College Library is the primary source for learning process. The Central Library is located at the 1st Floor of ‘Block-A’ building. It is the centre of teaching-learning process with the facilities of having more than 28000+ books and a good number of journals, magazines and newspapers in order to facilitate the research culture among its stakeholders. The library also provides an open access to all teachers, staff and students through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) system. There is an Air-Conditioned Reading Room with seating capacity of 20 students attached to the Library. Beside this, drinking water and lavatory facilities are also available in the Library. There is a scope of high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity and a separate career counselling unit comprising books and journals related to the field of employment that inspire and facilitate students of this backward region.
The primary objectives of the Department of Library are to preserve and conserve all aspects of knowledge. Library is a place where students learn about different information sources and acquire knowledge beyond curriculum. Library helps them realize their goals and shape their career. Hence the college library plays a vital role in the graduate programme.
The followings are the functions of library –
The collections of books in the college library is adequate, comprehensive and current for the purpose of meeting out the educational needs of the students as well as the faculties. The library committee recommends or prescribes textbooks, journals, etc. It also includes reference books, career oriented competitive examination books and weekly papers.
The college library is extremely eager to uphold the new tasks or challenges for the betterment and upliftment of all stakeholders. Therefore it plans to implement the following future plans: