Sir Richard steel has very rightly
said " Reading to mind is what exercise to the body".
Education is a process that starts
when you are born. Education can be considered as the process of
discovering something new that a person does not previously know. It is an
essential part of life because it empowers people with knowledge, enables them
to contribute to society, earn money, and become independent.
It may be considered as a
process of the nourishment of good. qualities, attainment of knowledge and
drawing out the inner potentialities of every individual to help in
developing and enhancing the physical, moral, social, intellectual, emotional
and spiritual powers of the human beings. To ensure that people get a lifelong
education library should be made accessible and library services should be made
available at all places, to all sections of the society. People seek
information from different sources and formats to undertake a variety of jobs
and tasks as it is used as information for decision making, discovering new
phenomena, developing new techniques and technologies, and improving existing
knowledge and theories by shaping human thinking, character building, communication,
and the teaching process.
The library is a collection or group
of collections of books and other print or non-print material's organised and
maintained for reading, consultation and study, research etc.
The library resources are both print
and non-print that support information needs. Dictionaries and glossaries,
encyclopaedia, handbooks, maps, athletes, bibliographies, common documents,
monographics, journals, magazines, newspapers, books, microphones, C.Ds,
videotapes, E-books, audio-books etc. are the important library materials used
for attaining information and knowledge. The libraries acquire the said audio-video
and reading materials organise preserved them and disseminate information to
the users. Hence playing an important role in the development of society. These
materials enable users to develop ideas, knowledge and experiences. It also
helps the records of human knowledge for easy physical handling storing using
and preserving over the years. The material for research skills and
productivity. It also helps in providing services to the fresh and regular
users. It also helps to connect people to people allows children, younger and
elders to stay engaged with the latest updates of the world. It also helps in
healthy readership.
The library is an important part of
any educational institute as it paves way for the development and progress of
the region and helps in shaping the mind set of people to look forward to
modernizing and revolutionizing the changes required in the society. It has an
important role to play in academics for intellectual progress and basic
education that creates an impact on the entire generation. The teaching -
learning centers are incomplete without a library. It makes an effective
resource for teaching without the biasness of nationality, gender, rate,
religion, caste and creation. It opens the mind of all generations and helps in
their educational attainment.
Govt Degree College Chenaini
Government. Degree College,
Chenani (J&K), aims to nurture student learning, foster faculty
research and creative activity, and provide service to the larger community.
The Foundation of the College was
laid on 8th March 2019 at the village of Tandhar, Tehsil Chenani, in the
Udhampur district, (J&K). A vast area of 97 kanals and 19 marlas was set
aside for the construction of the College buildings with all modern and
requisite amenities. The first Academic Session of the College commenced on
19th July 2019. The College aims to support the population of the 45
surrounding villages of the Tehsil Chenani.
The College started with a
Humanities stream, with 10 subjects supporting 106 students. In 2020, Science
streams (with subject combinations in disciplines of Medical, Non-Medical, and
subjects in Computer Applications) were added to the offerings. The College
promotes lifelong learning, research, creative activity, social and
professional responsibility and growth. To meet these activities, the College
encourages students to think critically and intuitively across disciplinary
boundaries, and to recognize and value diverse perspectives, solving problems
creatively with perseverance.
The
College is committed to training teachers and students in the application of
Educational Technology.
Library of GDC Chenani
The college library is the
foundation of college education .It is the hub of college education around
which all academic activities revolve. The Library aims at providing necessary
information and making them available to all beneficiaries in the appropriate
time. The Library supports the academic community in carrying out teaching
learning and research activities to the extent within the financial constraints.
In Order to inculcate the habit of reading amongst the students, the college
has a well-stocked library and well-furnished reading room. All the
students, the faculty members and the non-teaching staff have access to the
books and the reading room. The college library has a large collection of books
ranging from encyclopedias to fiction, text books to journals and reference
books, general awareness to competitive books.
The college library is very rich in
collection pertaining to different fields viz; medical, non- medical, Arts,
humanities etc. The total collection of the library is 6021 which comprises of
text books, references, periodicals, journals, magazines of different
disciplines like General English, English Literature, Education, Political
Science, Sociology, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Computer
Application, Mathematics, Physics, Urdu, Geography, Hindi and Dogri.
The college library with its varied
collection of newspapers opens a window to the wider world for the students. We
plan to subscribe magazines and e-resources shortly.
Library Rules
As per the library rules Books are
issued to the students on production of the Library borrower card cum identity
card which is issued to him/her at the start of the academic session by the
Librarian. In case the card is lost, the student has to bring this to the
notice of the Librarian at once to avoid any misuse of the card.
Books lost or damaged in any way are
to be replaced by the borrower failing which double the cost of the books are
charged. The borrower satisfy himself/herself about the sound condition
of the book before leaving the counter.
Students appearing for the
University Examinations surrender their Library Card / borrowers card before
receiving their roll number slips. Students failing to surrender their card at
that time are a fine of Rs. 50/-or more.
Books are issued for a period of 14
days only and fine of ₹ 1/-per day per book is changed after the due date.
