Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.
– R. David Lankes
DVVPF’s, College of Physiotherapy, Ahmednagar has instutional library and attachment with the Central library.
With the developments in Information and Communication Technologies, the library is also trying its best to adapt with the technological advancement. The services of the library is automated for various activities such as acquisition, cataloguing, circulation with provision for renewals, online public access catalogue. Users can search the library holdings through custom made“COPT” mobile app. The identity of all books and the library users are fully bar-coded and all Library operations like, acquisition, cataloguing and circulation services have been automated with the help of “ Cloud 9 Library Management Softwear”.
The COPT Institutional library, being a member of DELNET Library Consortium, provides online access to more than 30 physiotherapy peer-reviewed full text journals and more than 300 ebooks. On demand of users Institutional library is now member of British Council Library, Pune.
Library reference section is open for the students and the teacher from 9:00 to 5:00pm on all working days. Reading hall of departmental library is open for 8 hours a day, but central library reading hall is available for 24 x 7. Library also has facility of new paper reading area.
Institute has internet section available in 2nd floor and has free Wi-Fi facilities of bandwidth speed of 20Mbps inside the institute, which has free accessibility to all the students in the institute for the purpose of thesis.
Xerox, Printing and scanningfacility is also available in library itself for the students and staff members. This facility is open for 2 hour i.e. from 11-12pm and 3-4pm in departmental library. Central library timing for Xerox and printing is 9am to 4pm.
To ensure proper surveillance, Electronic Surveillance through CCTV has been adopted in some areas within the library.
Services
Interlibaray Loan
Reprography
Reference/ Referral
Cirulation of books and journal
Current events notification
Book Bank facilities
Notification to students on aap
Books on loan from delnet
Free Internet Access to Users
1
MOU with Pravara Loni
Link
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Resolution with Central Library
Link
1.
Institutional Library
OPAC (cloud 9 software)
Partial Automation
2.
Central Library
SoftLib 6.0
Partial Automation
Library Area
1.
DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY
Area Total
UG & PG reading hall, Issue -Return section, Journal Section, Reference section etc.
2000sq. Ft
2.
CENTRAL LIBRARY
UG & PG reading hall, Issue -Return section, Journal Section, Reference section, internet section etc.