Siksha Satra Library

Siksha-Satra, established in 1924 in Santiniketan, and later shifted to Sriniketan (1927), caters to the children of villages deprived of opportunities of any form of education due to lack of facilities or poverty. That India lives in her villages and that it is impossible to maintain the organic health by enriching urban centres and neglecting rural India was the enduring truth which Tagore tried relentlessly to establish. Towards the upliftment of the rural people through education and development of self-reliance, Tagore devoted himself and directed his efforts. Tagore was conscious of the difference in needs of the rural and urban people and imaginatively developed curricula for such needs.

Siksha-Satra provides an atmosphere of openness of nature in which lessons are imparted in keeping with the syllabus shared with Patha-Bhavana. It also provides a large spectrum of work education subjects like Modeling, Woodwork, Weaving, Electrical Servicing and Maintenance, Horticulture, Artistic Handicraft and Drawing & Painting. Other student activities are the meetings of the literary forum (Sahitya Sabha), Sports and Games, N.C.C., N.S.S., excursions and participation in the University festivals.

Siksha-Satra was a residential school with facilities for day-scholars up to 1975. It is, at present, a non-residential school.

Area of Library:

Stack Room : 23 X 20 Ft.

Reading Room: 20 X 15 & 18 X 20 Ft.

Seating Capacity: 20 seats for Students & 10 for teachers

Library Collection: As on 31st March 2014

Books: 24847

Current Journals: 24

Newspapers : 9 

Library Users: Students, teachers and staffs of Visva-Bharati are the normal users of Library.

Academic Service: The Siksha Satra Library organises the Library Science course (vocational) of the pre-degree students.

Library Services:

• Lending Service

• Reference Service

• E-content services

• On-line Public Access Catalogue (http://172.16.2.2:8080/jopacgwt)

• Internet Searching & Browsing

Library Hours:

All days except weekly holidays (Wednesday & Sunday):

Day time: 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Morning time: 6.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. 

Important Links:

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

NCERT-Online books 

Books & Support Material----CBSE 

Visva-Bharati Library Network: The Library is part of the Visva-Bharati Library Network and is connected to the Central Library through the campus wide MHRD Wifi. The services that are available to the users through this network are:

1. Union catalogue of documents of all libraries in the network (WebOPAC: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard),

2. Integrated automation through Koha software,

3. Access to digital, electronic resources like online journals & databases, e-books, digitised books, theses

4. Information services like Newspaper Clipping, CAS, Scholarship update, New Arrivals, Institutional Repository consisting of syllabuses and question papers, IT-enabled services like access to plagiarism detection software (Urkund: http://www.urkund.com ), Single Window Search Engine (Discovery Service: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard), Web of Science, JGate+, EndNote etc 

5. Library Website: Gateway to everything about the Library: https://vblibrarynetwork.in/index.php

6. Inter - Library Loan System (DELNET)

7. Braille Library Service

8. Network e-Newsletter

Rabindra Bhavana Library

Rabindra-Bhavana situated in Uttaryana Complex was established in 1942 by the poet’s son Rathindranath Tagore as a memorial museum and research centre for Tagore studies. By the early 70s of the last century, the various activities of Rabindra-Bhavana gradually began to be organised into its different sections.

Rabindra-Bhavana Library is one of the most important units of Rabindra-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati. It is a special library. This library mainly serves the requirements of the Tagore Researchers from all over the world. It includes the personal library of Rabindranath, different editions of the poet’s works, Tagore’s books translated in different Indian and foreign languages and books written by the Tagore scholars on his life and works at different points of time. This library also has a newspaper clipping collection from 1912 to date and a valuable Pamphlets file collection.

Access to the Library: It’s a Reference Library and, hence, the documents have to be consulted within the Library during the working hours.

Permission for use of Library and Archive (separate applications required) a) Short term: Submit the filled up prescribed form along with an introductory letter from eminent scholars/head of departments/ guides etc, b) Long term: Submit the filled up prescribed form with an introductory letter from eminent

scholars/head of departments/ guides etc attaching 2 passport size photos. They will be issued a Library Card (extendable) for use both at Library and Archive.

How to obtain books: Fill up the requisition form by consulting the catalogue cards (Maximum of 4documents are issued at a time for consultation at the Reading Area).

Area of Library:

Stack Room : 508.365 Sq.m

Reading Room: 106.652 Sq.m

Seating Capacity: 16 seats for Scholars

Special Collections:

1. Pulinbehari Sen

2. Probodh Chandra Sen

3. Santidev Ghosh

4. S. Khastogi

Library Collection: As on 15^th November 2014

Books: 47830

Journals: 13474

Newspapers: 9 (Bengali-6 & English-3)

       E-Resources: 90000 including e-books, e-journals, e-database, etc.

Writings of and on Rabindranath Tagore are available from this sources.

Online Journal (UGC-Infonet)

1. Down to Earth (Password Based Access)

2. Economic & Political Weekly

3. J-CCC : (Database)

4. J-STOR

5. Oxford University Press

Open Access Digital Repository: Digital Library of India: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/

Library Users: Students, Research Scholars, Teachers, Staffs of Visva-Bharati are the normal users of Library. Outsiders can use this library with special permission.

Library Services:

• Reference Service

• E-content services

• On-line Public Access Catalogue (http://14.139.211.2:8380/opac/)

• Bibliographic Services

• Reprographic Services

• Access of E-Journals

• Newspaper cliping

Library Hours: Friday to Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Visva-Bharati Library Network: The Library is part of the Visva-Bharati Library Network and is connected to the Central Library through the campus wide MHRD Wifi. The services that are available to the users through this network are:

1. Union catalogue of documents of all libraries in the network (WebOPAC: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard),

2. Integrated automation through Koha software,

3. Access to digital, electronic resources like online journals & databases, e-books, digitised books, theses

4. Information services like Newspaper Clipping, CAS, Scholarship update, New Arrivals, Institutional Repository consisting of syllabuses and question papers, IT-enabled services like access to plagiarism detection software (Urkund: http://www.urkund.com ), Single Window Search Engine (Discovery Service: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard), Web of Science, JGate+, EndNote etc 

5. Library Website: Gateway to everything about the Library: https://vblibrarynetwork.in/index.php

6. Inter - Library Loan System (DELNET)

7. Braille Library Service

8. Network e-Newsletter

Siksha Bhavana Library

Introduction

Rabindranath Tagore’s interest in Science can be reiterated with his great remark One thing is certain, that all-embracing poverty which has overwhelmed our country cannot be removed by working with our hands to the neglect of Science- Rabindranath Tagore, 1925.

Siksha Bhavana Library

In the year 1972, all the science departments, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses, were brought under Siksha-Bhavana, which is now known as Institute of Science. Prof Dipankar Chatterjee, Adhyaksha of Siksha-Bhavana mooted a proposal for a separate Vigyan-Bhavana Library during 1970’s. The library building completed towards the end of 1989 started functioning from April 1990. Eventually, in the year 2014 Siksha-Bhavana library shifted to the new Integrated Science building. Total area of Siksha-Bhavana library is now approx.450 sq. meter. At present library caters to the Faculty members, Research Scholars and Students of both UG and PG for the following 10 departments in addition to Visva-Bharati community in general. The departments are: Department of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany, Statistics, Computer & System Sciences, Environment Studies, Biotechnology and Integrated Science Education & Research.

The Siksha-Bhavana Library is enabled with a large stack area accommodating around 17,000 books. The books are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) 23^rd edition with extreme care to the subject matter. Recently purchased books are being updated on a day-to-day basis with details through Library Management Software Koha. The edition and updating activities are in progress. 

Resources

The total number of print books crossed 16,856 during this time apart from considerable increase in the E- resources. To strengthen the print collection of the library Prof. Prasanta Chatterjee, Head, Mathematics and Prof. Pranab Sarkar, Co-ordinator-SAP-Chemistry transferred their project books to the Bhavana Library. The Siksha-Bhavana also subscribes to a large number of English and vernacular magazines and weeklies, apart from academic journals. Four newspapers in English and Bengali languages are subscribed to at the Siksha-Bhavana Library.

Facilities

The Siksha-Bhavana Library has its own Sub-Lan consisting of six (6) terminals, with Network Connection. Three (3) PCs are exclusively earmarked for the users for browsing e-resources. Photocopying facility is also made avaialable. Internet facility is open only for the regular members of the university and library. In additions to the three terminals, users are free to carry their laptops/notebooks/tablets to browse e-resources as library is Wi-Fi enabled so as to support their academic and research activities. 

Services

The Library is open from 9.30 am to 6 pm on all weekdays. The services provided are varied as given below:

• Book borrowing (mainly by Bhavana Students, Research Scholars, Staff and Faculty Members- Fully automated). Now, migrated to the new computerized circulation system through Koha

• Display of New Arrivals (Books, Journals, Newspapers and library e-newsletter).

• Syllabus & old question papers.

• Temporary membership.

• Photocopying Services on demand.

Visva-Bharati Library Network

The Library is part of the Visva-Bharati Library Network and is connected to the Central Library through the campus wide MHRD WiFi. The services that are available to the users through this network are:

• Union catalogue of documents of all libraries in the network (WebOPAC: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard),

• Integrated automation through Koha software,

• Access to digital, electronic resources like online journals & databases, e-books, digitized books, theses,

• Information services like Newspaper Clipping, CAS, Scholarship update, New Arrivals, Institutional Repository consisting of syllabuses and question papers, IT-enabled services like access to plagiarism detection software (Urkund: http://www.urkund.com), Single Window Search Engine (Discovery Service: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard), Web of Science, JGate+, EndNote etc

• Library Website: Gateway to everything about the Library: https://vblibrarynetwork.in/index.php

• Inter - Library Loan System (DELNET)

• Braille Library Service

• Library Network e-Newsletter

Future Plans

The Library is on the high road of an unwavering growth and expansion. Some of the plans for the immediate future are listed below:

• Development of library collections- books and journals

• More computers for increasing usage of e-resources as well as OPAC search.

• Introduction of in-house binding facilities

• Increasing library service hours for users

• Air-conditioning and captivating interior with more space and fitting furniture for reading area.

• Merging collections of departmental libraries with the Bhavana Library in the light of the comments made by NAAC peer team during their visit in 2015 as there is no need to maintain parallel seminar library as Bhavana Library is here.

The Siksha-Bhavana Library is now crossing its infancy and gradually progressing with a commitment to become a world class Science institute library. 

Palli Samganthan Vibhavaga Library

Palli Samgathana Vibhaga Library was set up at Sriniketan in the year 1927 as one of its section for providing information and library services to the villagers as part of Tagore’s mission on rural reconstruction in the surrounding villages of Sriniketan. Tagore set up Chalantika Library, mobile library service for the remote villagers. The Govt. of West Bengal came forward in 1952 to promote the rural development programmes undertaken by Tagore at Sriniketan , they sponsored and attached one Area Library to PSV Library providing with fund and staff. RRRLF has also extended their cooperation providing books, furniture, computers, etc. for the rural people. The Present Palli Samgathana Vibhaga (PSV) Library (having 52,675 of documents) is the combination of Chalantika Library, Sriniketan Sadharan Pathagar and Area Library.

PSV Library has connected with the Campus wide Fiber Optic Network named GitanjaliNet (INFLIBNET). Library has seven (07) PCs, two (02) printers, one Scanner for its Library and Library Management Software Koha (Unicode Web compliant) is being used for automating the library activity and services.

Goal of the PSV Library: To endeavour the legacy of Tagore through rural reconstruction. Helping users from Rural Extension Centre ,Silpa Sadan and others Department of Visva-Bharati to benefit from the resources of the Library to the maximum possible extension. Introduction of modern equipment and furniture, additional reading space, introduction of Wi-Fi facilities has increased more number of users at PSV Library than earlier. This year has witnessed about three thousand five hundred users at the Library which is expected to be much higher in coming days.

Area:

Area in (Sq. metres): 205.30

Seating Capacity: Sixty Users at a time.

Library Collection:

Books: 5,2675 (PSV Library:36833+ Area Library& RRLF:15740+ Gifts: 102)

      Bound Journals: 2,545

Special Collection:

Books on and about Tagore

Vishwa VdiyaSangraha .

Visva-Bharati Research Publication Collections

Birbhum Collection

History, development and activities of Sriniketan

Newspapers:

Anandabazar Patrika

Bartaman

Sambad Pratidin

Aajkal

The Statesman

Times of India

Magazines:

1. Economic and Political Weekly

2. The Indian Textile Journal

3. Colourage

4. Employment News

5. Man and Life

6. Aneek

7. Desh

8. Pesha Prabesh

9. Karma Kshetra

10. Suswastha

11. Asian Dyer

12. Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research

Library Services:

• Lending Service

• Reference Service

• On-line Public Access Catalogue ( http://172.16.2.2:8380/opac)

• Newspaper Clipping

• New Arrival Display

• Inter Library Loan Services through different Libraries.

• Wi-Fi Facilities for academic purpose.

• Internet searching & Browsing

Library Hours :

9:30 a.m to 6:00 p.m.

(Wednesday & Sunday is the weekly holidays).

Visva-Bharati Library Network: The Library is part of the Visva-Bharati Library Network and is connected to the Central Library through the campus wide MHRD Wifi. The services that are available to the users through this network are:

1. Union catalogue of documents of all libraries in the network (WebOPAC: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard),

2. Integrated automation through Koha software,

3. Access to digital, electronic resources like online journals & databases, e-books, digitised books, theses

4. Information services like Newspaper Clipping, CAS, Scholarship update, New Arrivals, Institutional Repository consisting of syllabuses and question papers, IT-enabled services like access to plagiarism detection software (Urkund: http://www.urkund.com ), Single Window Search Engine (Discovery Service: https://vbu.lsdiscovery.in/home/dashboard), Web of Science, JGate+, EndNote etc 

5. Library Website: Gateway to everything about the Library: https://vblibrarynetwork.in/index.php

6. Inter - Library Loan System (DELNET)

7. Braille Library Service

8. Network e-Newsletter