LIBRARY
Libraries strive to foster a culture of reading, knowledge sharing, and lifelong learning by making knowledge available to all members of society or the institution they serve.
Library Management System
The Library Management System (LMS) at Bojjam Narasimhulu Pharmacy College for Women is a digital solution designed to manage the academic library’s resources and services efficiently. The system supports students, faculty, and staff by providing quick and easy access to books, journals, research papers, and digital content, DELNET, fostering a strong academic and research environment.
Objectives:
- To digitally manage book acquisition, classification, and circulation.
- To ensure accurate tracking of issued and returned books.
- To enable quick search and access to academic resources.
- To promote a paperless and efficient library environment.
- To support pharmacy-specific learning and research needs through a robust knowledge hub.
Key Features:
- Catalog Management: Organized listing of pharmacy books, journals, reference texts, and e-books.
- User Management: Maintains a database of students and faculty with individual login access.
- Issuing/Returning System: Tracks the status of borrowed books with due dates and fine calculation.
- Search Functionality: Find books by title, author, subject, or ISBN.
- Barcode Integration: For easy scanning and inventory updates.
- Digital Resources Integration: Access to e-journals and databases related to pharmacy and health sciences.
- Reports Generation: Usage statistics, overdue books, book stock, and user activity.
Benefits to Students and Faculty:
- Saves time and simplifies access to pharmacy-related literature.
- Encourages regular use of library services through automation.
- Provides up-to-date availability of textbooks and references.
- Improves academic efficiency, especially during exams and research work.
Future Scope:
- Integration with online learning platforms.
- Addition of remote access features for digital libraries.
- Inclusion of AI-based recommendation systems for study materials.
- Linking with institutional repositories for thesis and publications.
The institute has well equipped and furnished library with 1128 books. In addition to this Library has developed an excellent collection of books, journals and e-journals in B. Pharmacy. It maintains separate collections of Reference Books, Journals. New books purchased to the library are displayed on new arrival tables for the information to the users. Question bank of previous examinations pertaining to all semesters is available in the library. Reference section is available and the books are used by the users. Library subscribes 12 National and 12 International journals of Pharmacy.
Students and staffs are instructed for discipline management of library facilities. Students are provided with library card for borrowing books. Students are instructed to check the books while borrowing and they will be responsible for any type of damage at the time of return.
Books taken should be returned on or before the due date stamped, if returned late overdue fine will be charged for the delayed period. If the books are lost, then the lender shall replace the books of the same edition or latest edition or pay cost of the book after getting permission from the librarian.
Loss of borrower card should be reported to the librarian. Duplicate card may be issued against formal application and fine. No-dues certificate will be issued to students from the library after returning all the books.
