ALLAMA ANWAR SHAH KASHMIRI LIBRARY

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 center 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 allso 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, neverthelessthe students of this college have been found mostly using simple search option with the preferential choices of title and author search.

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SERVICES


  1. 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.
  2. A dedicated OPAC facility for Users, Staff and Head of the Department respectively.
  3. The library provides Current Awareness Services (CAS) to all by displaying latest arrivals at prominent points.
  4. The library currently subscribe following leading Greater Kashmir Rising Kashmir Aftab and Afaq local dailys’which are displayed at the prominent entrance point.
  5. 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 pointsfor our techno-oriented users.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.