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Rashtrakavi Maithilisharan Gupt Central Library
Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda- 210 001, (U.P.)
The University Library was established with the establishment of the University in 2010. The University Library was renamed as "Rashtrakavi Maithilisharan Gupt Central Library" on 27 January, 2022. Rashtrakavi Maithilisharan Gupt Central Library is the Central Library of Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda- 210 001, (U.P.). The University Library provides source of information and facilities for teaching, learning, educational and research programmes of the University. Library delivers a wide spectrum of services by helping students with textbooks, reference books and periodicals, e-books and up-to-date literature on every subject for students, teachers, scientists and research scholars. The Library is centrally located with an easy access from all the colleges of the University campus, hostels and residential areas. It has 3210 sq. feet area the Library has acquisition section, e-resources section, circulation section, periodicals and thesis sections. The Library has capacity to accommodate more than 300 readers at a time. It has 13, 277 books and other reading materials, National and International journals, weekly and monthly magazines and daily newspapers in English and Hindi. Apart from books on technical subjects related to discipline and courses, it houses books of general interest like management, education, communication, computer science etc.The Library provides Wi-Fi facility for its users. The Library is member of KrishiKosh, Shodh Shuddhi and Jgate-CeRA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture).
The University Library has been driven by ethos of continuous improvement to meet the challenges of information explosion and the paradigm shift that the libraries have gone through globally in providing access to information/ e- resources. The entire collection of the library is accessible every time of the year through OPAC. Besides, the library is a member of collaborative digital repository called Krishikosh, provides access to e-books and theses submitted by the university students. Students can avail assistance in preparing research papers, plagiarism check etc. The library has inviting ambiance and spaces for group study, quite reading and solo study.
The Library uses KOHA ILMS (Integrated library management software) which was fully automated in 2021. The circulation module of the software covers all the operations of the circulations right from creating member records to printing of reminders for outstanding books.
The key features of the module are single screen issue, return and renewal with total details of members, membership records with photo and statistical reports on membership.