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information of their interest, with the help of the librarians. The library has kept pace
with the changes taking place in teaching-learning processes.

4.2.1. Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of
such a committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the
committee to render the library student/user friendly?

Yes, the library has an Advisory Committee. It is constituted every year under the
direction of the Principal. The committee has 15 members including HODs, Librarian,
Vice Principals, teachers from various departments and student representatives. They
meet at least once every semester and prepare general instructions and guidelines for
the smooth functioning and improvement of the library. The IQAC representative also
examines quality aspects by way of feedback. The composition of the Advisory
Committee is presented in Table 4.6 below:

Table 4.5: Composition of the Library Advisory Committee
S. Name Designation
No
1. Dr. Fr. Victor Lobo SJ Principal & Chairperson
2. Mr. Syed Ahmed Sailani Librarian & Coordinator
3. Mr. T.C. Shivakumar Librarian
4. Dr. Fr. Richard Rego SJ Director of PG & Research Centre
5. Prof. Clement D‘ Souza for Humanities
6. Dr. Cheriyan Alexander for English
7. Dr. Jayaram Reddy for Science
8. Dr. Poornima for Languages
9. Dr. M Nachappa for Computer Science
10. Mrs. Anusuya B N PG Librarian
11. Mrs. Radhika for Commerce
12. Ms. Kavya PG Student Representative
13. Mr. Ancel Castelino UG Student Representative
14. Dr. Subhashini IQAC representative
Muthukrishnan
15. Dr. Christo Selvan for Commerce

Regular meetings of the library committee have resulted in initiating changes that
seek to improve the quality of services provided by the library to students and
teachers.
 The library is computerized and all books are bar-coded.
 The library maintains a book recommendation register, wherein the students enter
the details of books they require that are not found in the library. It is scrutinized by
the librarian and forwarded to the department concerned for the final selection of the
title.
 Orientation is given to first year students and newly appointed staff on library use
and assistance is given in registering for INFLIBNET and DELNET.
 Improved collection of printed general knowledge resources for competitive exams
(Periodicals & Books).
 Display of new signboards to help locate books in the library.

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