Central University of Karnataka

CENTRAL LIBRARY

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಯ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ
कर्नाटक केंद्रीय विश्‍वविद्यालय
Central University of Karnataka

(Eshtablished by an Act of Parliament in 2009)

Library Sections

Acquistion Section

  • Receiving requests from Heads of Dept. for new books
  • Duplicate checking
  • Ordering books
  • Accessioning of Books and processing bills for payments

Periodicals Section

  • Ordering and maintaining of both Indian and Foreign journals
  • Ordering current subscription
  • Newspaper and popular magazines

Catalogue Section

  • The bibliographic details like Title, edition, year of publication, subjects, keyword, vendor, price, etc., are feeded which can be retrieved later through Web-OPAC service.

Classification Section

  • Central Library uses Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme for classifying books according to the subjects.

Thesis/Dissertation Section

  • All hard/soft copies of PhD and M.Phil thesis, disseration of the university are maintained.
  • Soft copies abstracts are hosted in the DSPACE locally.

General Stack Section

  • The library has an excellent reference collections consisting of various Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Year Books, Al manacs, Atlases, Biographics, etc.

IT Section

  • 1 GB leased line Internet connectivity
  • Libsys Management Server
  • Library WebServer
  • Ezproxy remote access server
  • Firewall
  • DSpace server
  • Prowess and SPSS (Database)
  • RFID gates/pads, anti-theft detection gates
  • Hand reader for stock verification
  • Barcode scanner, etc.

Circulation Section

  • Circulation counter is fully automated with smart issue/return and reservation of books on priority facility is available.

Book Bank Section

  • This section is completely dedicated to SC/ST students where books are issued on Semester basis.