Prananath College Library Building

Library

Jayee Rajguru Library

Prananath College Library-building Building

Prananath College (Autonomous), Khordha is the premier Institution for Higher Education in the State of Odisha and has completed 63 years of its existence. The Central Library, known as Jayee Rajguru Library, was established with a small number of books in the foundation year 1959 of the College. The Jayee Rajguru library is the hub of all academic activities providing access to knowledge and information to the college community. Its double storied building has spacious reading halls and compact stack area. Presently the Library holds 69,500 books including UGC, Book Bank, S.S.G./TBL and subscribes various national and international journals. The library also provides access to the different online journals under various consortiums from which more than 10,000 e-journals, full text article and e-books may be browsed and downloaded. The Library also subscribes 14 daily newspapers, 21 reputed magazines. The Library is using open source library management software “Smart Library” and implemented different technologies that are used most commonly in university libraries: Barcodes, RFID, and IoT for its smooth functioning of circulation operations. The Central Library serves its users from 9.00A.M. to 5.00 P.M. in all working days.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. – Albert Einstein
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Library at a Glance:

Established:
1959
Professor I/C:
Dr. Binodini Mishra, Associate Professor
Librarians:
  1. Mr. Sahadev Parida, B. A. & B. Lib. Sc.
  2. Mr. Manoj Kumar Samantaray, B. A. & B. Lib. Sc.
  3. Mrs. Madhusmita Rout, M. A. & M. Lib. Sc.
  4. Mrs. Sanghamitra Mangaraj, B. A., M. Lib. Sc. & PGDLAN
Attendants:
  1. Mr. Dinesh Behera
  2. Mr. Basudeba Sethy
Collection:
69447 (+3:46610, +2: 22837)
Current Periodicals:
35
No. of Encyclopedia, Autobiography, Reference Books & Dictionary:
2307
No. of CDs of study materials:
420
Total seating capacity in Library:
50
Membership:
6544
Working Hours:
8 am – 5 pm [all working days]
Automation:
Fully computerized
Library Management Software:
"smart library"
Email:
jrlibpnca@gmail [dot] com
Prananath College Library-4 Building