Library – Government Degree College Kupwara

Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library
GDC Kupwara

Inception

The roots of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library, GDC Kupwara dates back to 1988 with the inception of “Government Degree College Kupwara”. However after functioning from different departments for many years, the present multi-storied library building was formally established in the year 2009-10 in the name of Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library. Primarily an academic library with a vast collection of learning and resource materials, it stands established to cater the academic needs and general development of undergraduate students and teachers of the college. With an adequate infrastructure, modern facilities, highly qualified and professional human resource, the Library is presently centre of attraction having its total collection of 29000 books segregated into different mini-libraries which are effectively and efficiently managed for the larger academic interests of students and teachers of the college. The total collection of library has been classified according to internationally acclaimed Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme. The library has a dedicated internet facility to all so that the student and teaching community can communicate conveniently and collaborate with academic counterparts locally and internationally. It is an automated library with the bibliographical details of entire collection entered in MARC Format in SOUL 3.0 Library Management Software with barcode labels pasted on all books. The OPAC of library provides simple as well as advance search facilities with the choice of Boolean operators, nevertheless the students of this college have been found mostly using simple search option with the preferential choices of title and author search.

Alama Anwar Shah Library
Alama Anwar Shah LibraryGovernment Degree College Kupwara

Librarian’s Message

Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library represents the Heart and Soul of academic vibrancy at Government Degree College, Kupwara. Being the largest College Library of this frontier district, it catches the eyes of not only student and teaching community of the college, but other visitors and book lovers also. Housing the multi-lingual collection of diverse fields of knowledge, the library indeed is a treasure, offering wealth of resources to our valued and potential patrons. Besides vast collection in physical form, the library offers access to e-journals and e-books with some resources in full text. The reference Library housing Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, UPSC and CSIR/UGC-NET and other job-oriented collection and browsing centre is the power of attraction towards library. Equipped with state of art facilities, we pool all our professional and technical efforts together to facilitate our patrons with better automated services and operations in a calm, cozy, clean and academic atmosphere. Needful to mention here that our library has more daily footfall than any other library in North Kashmir. Apart from rich and vibrant collection, Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library has a dedicated team of library professionals assisted by IT professionals, who always stand committed to provide personalized assistance and guidance. Whether you require research assistance, help navigating our databases, or simply a quiet and calm space to study, we are here to support you in all your academic endeavors. Being Nodal College of the district, we are deeply considering the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) and Remote Access Facilities (RAF) to other college libraries of the District.

Dr. Hilal Ahmad Malla

College Librarian

Feel free for any kind of assistance at drhilal198@gmail.com

Mini-Libraries

Constituent Departments

Breakup- wise Collection

Location with Image

Science Library

· Mathematics

· Physics

· Chemistry

· Bio-chemistry

· Clinical Bio-chemistry

· Geography

· Geology

· Environmental Science

· Disaster Management

· Vertinary Science

· Botany

· Zoology

635

952

1165

190

685

435

611

140

906

1109

Ground Floor

Mini-Libraries

Constituent Departments

Breakup- wise Collection

Location with Image

Reference Library

· General References

· Encyclopedias

· Dictionaries

· Civil Services/UPSC Collection

· NEET/JEE/ Joint Entrance Collection

· CSIR/UGC NET/JRF

· Competitive/Recruitment Collection

· J&K Reference Collection

300

350

375

129

200

165

Ground Floor

Mini-Libraries

Constituent Departments

Breakup- wise Collection

Location with Image

Social Science Library

· Islamic Studies

· Political Science

· Sociology

· History

1669

1295

652

1741

1st Floor

Mini-Libraries	Constituent Departments	Breakup- wise Collection	Location with Image
Language & Literature Library	English as Language English as Literature Urdu as Language Urdu as Literature Kashmiri as Language Kashmiri as Literature Persian as Language & Literature Arabic as Language Arabic as Literature Music Hindi	2495 2058 1299 1105 155 131 161 749 474 59 39	Ist Floor

Mini-Libraries	Constituent Departments	Breakup- wise Collection	Location with Image
Commerce & Economics Library	Commerce Economics Tourism	875 665 155	Ist Floor

Mini-Libraries	Constituent Departments	Breakup- wise Collection	Location with Image
Computer Science Library	Computer Science	1099	Ist Floor

Mini-Libraries	Constituent Departments	Breakup- wise Collection	Location with Image
Education, Physical Education & Psychology Library	Education Physical Education & Sports Psychology	1292 145 75	Ist Floor

Infrastructure

A Separate decorative Office for the Chief Librarian.
The Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library has a separate and well decorated Browsing centre with a dedicated Wi-Fi based 20 maintained PCs for the Students and Teachers of the college.
A dedicated Circulation Counter.
A separate NOC Counter.
A separate Bar-code Printer for printing out bar-code labels pasted on the books.
A separate server with Windows 19 compatible with SOUL 3.0 software.
A bar-code scanner.
A dedicated Xerox Machine.
Uninterrupted Power Backup for OPAC & Browsing Centre.
Gas Heaters for Winter Warmth.
ACs for Summer Cooling.
Separate male and female washrooms

Automation

A separate Automation Section with a dedicated Server room at Ground Floor.
A three Tier Client-Server Architecture
The Library has recently upgraded to the enhanced version of Software for University and College Libraries (SOUL 3.0) Integrated Library Management System which offers Interactive Graphical User Interface and several modules for carrying out different operations and services.
The bibliographical data of all books are maintained using catalogue module of SOUL 3.0 Library Management Software. The master file in the form of hard copy is also well maintained. SOUL 3.0 library management software also offers Web based Online Public Access Catalogue (WEBOPAC) that allow library database searching by entering preferred search terms from anywhere through web. However WEBOPAC facility is our future target.
A dedicated OPAC for Students/Staff/Head of Department.
A dedicated bandwidth of 120 MBPS.
CCTV Surveillance

SERVICES

This automated library provides useful services to the reading community in calm, cozy and clean atmosphere. Among services, the library presently offer circulation, reference, reprography, newspaper, magazine, OPAC, wi-fi and reading room facility to its students and teaching community. In case of female students, a separate reading room facility is also provided.
A dedicated OPAC facility for Users, Staff and Head of the Department respectively.
The library provides Current Awareness Services (CAS) to all by displaying latest arrivals at prominent points.
The library currently subscribes following leading local daily’s which are displayed at the prominent entrance point.
- Greater Kashmir
- Rising Kashmir
- Aftab
- and Afaq

Besides well-equipped and high-speed browsing Centre at first floor, the wi-fi services are also offered to nearby departments against proper user login details. A separate computer science library stands established with laptop access points for our techno-oriented users.
The library distinguishes itself by having highest footfall among the college libraries of North Kashmir. A large reading room with all reference collection with a special mention of Civil Services UPSC, NEET, CSIR/UGC NET/JRF and other career oriented competitive books are well organized for both academic as well as administrative job seeking aspirants. The library also stands well connected with the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Ahmadabad, Gujrat and subscribes N-LIST for online journals, full text articles and eBooks in diverse fields of knowledge for stimulating potential students to higher studies and enhancing research base of its teaching community.
Personal assistance to techno fear students for locating their desired books on OPAC and making them techno savvies instead of techno fears. The library also offers feedback/suggestion box right at the main entry to hear from its users for the improvement of its functions and services.
Reprography/ Xerox facilities are available at nominal charges to students.
A white board in the name of student speaks is put in place at the main entrance wherein our students pen down the thought of the Day.
The library also provides Internship Training Program to BLIS/MLIS Students with the award of certificate. The following internees have been on our rolls since January 2024.
Filtered drinking water through KENT RO UV facility.
Online reference desk in the form of Ask the Librarian @ drhilal198@gmail.com is personally looked after by Head of the Department.

S. No.	Internee	Parentage	Address	Registration	Course	Status
1	Adil Ahmad Malik	Ab Rashid	Drugmulla Kupwara	2351859774	BLIS	Completed Successfully
2	Tajamul Saleem	Mohd Saleem Mir	Hyama, Kupwara	2350839963	MLIS	Completed Successfully
3	Sheikh Idrees Amin	Mohd Amin	Tregam Kupwara	2350093283	MLIS	Completed Successfully
4	Peerzada Faisal		Kralpora Kupwara	235444918	MLIS	Completed Successfully
5	Shagufta Bashir	Bashir Ahmad Bhut	Lolab Kupwara	2353287370	BLIS	Completed Successfully
6	Ulfat Jan	Gh Ahmad Qureshi	Mawar Handwara	2350454935	MLIS	Completed Successfully
7	Seema Anwar	Mohd Anwar	Handwara Kupwara	2251288552	BLIS	Completed Successfully
8	Saima Rashid	Ab Rashid Wani	Dulipora Handwara	2254414198	MLIS	Completed Successfully
9	Nasir Mushtaq Peer	Mushtaq Ahmad	Nelipora Magam Handwara	2402079110	BLIS	Completed Successfully
10	Syed Saqib Bukhari			2353910807	BLIS	Completed Successfully

Intern students of BLIS/MLIS during Practice Session

Awarding Successful Intern students with Internship Certificate

Remarks by Eminent Visitors

M Shafi Lone, Principal, GDC Baramulla (autonomous) During my visit to Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri Library, GDC Kupwara, I witnessed a lot of change related to segregation of books in terms of library coding. All books are properly placed as per their code and classification. It will be easy for all readers to locate the books. The work is quite appreciable 14-03-2025.
Irshad Ahmad Lone, HOD Chemistry, GDC Kupwara Significant improvement in the overall development of the Library 23-07-2024.
Reyaz-ul-Rehman, HOD Commerce, GDC Handwara Very rich Library and well Organized.
Nuzhat Jabeen, HOD Botany, Looking forward for Excellence as it is good 13-07-2024.
Mohammad Iqbal Darzi, Professor & Head Commerce, GDC Kupwara Well maintained neat and clean 13-07-2024.
Abdul Rashid Malik, Principal, Impressive 27-06-2024.

Future Targets

The library will shortly implement RFID Technology which will begin with pasting the whole collection with RFID tags, a chip based technology, which plugs the book theft by mischievous users and detects the unauthorized borrowing of books by a Sensor Gate called RFID Gate. It also decodes the bibliographical details of book(s) stored into a chip and patron details on a smart card and displays them on a screen called as self-check-in/check-out machine, thereby enabling the patrons to issue and return the books in a seamless environment. This technology is called as RFID Technology.
We are also seriously up for Remote Access Facility (RAF) to our students and teachers for maximizing our collection base remotely.
The library will shortly extend its OPAC facility to wide users at their desktops irrespective of their geographical positioning through WEBOPAC.
Though part of library shelving is wooden, however the remaining steel wracks and lockers will soon be replaced by wooden shelves for space saving and further beautification of the library.

Dr. Hilal Ahmad Malla
Chief Librarian

Cell No.+91 9596065841
Email: drhilal198@gmail.com
Duties: Overall Management

Mtr. Asha Bano
Library Assistant

Cell No.+91 9622611343
Email: aishabegum9758@gmail.com
Duty Assigned: Circulation/ NOCs

Mr. Jahangeer Ahmad Konshi
MTS

Cell No.+91 9906888038
Email: ahmadjahangeer445@gmail.com
Duty Assigned: Incharge Ground Floor, Shelving/Sorting

Ms. Khalida

Housekeeping
Cell No.+91 9596556215
Duty Assigned: Overall Housekeeping of Library

Ms. Rehana Bashir

LFE
Cell No.+91 9622710600
Email: Rehanazubair893@gmail.com
Duty Assigned: Incahrge Ist Floor, Shelving/Sorting

Mr. Zakir Ahmad Malik

LFE
Cell No.+91 7006303655
Email: zakirahmad1201@gmail.com
Duty Assigned: Automation Section/Data Entry