Library

Introduction

This College library was started in 1947 with the existing college building in Jobner. The College library has an existing area of about 14000 sq. feet which is mainly scattered in different units with congenial environments to all readers and ventilated spacious air-conditioned reading rooms to provide dedicated services.

Mission and vision

The primary mission of the College library is to provide adequate support for teaching, research, and extension programs by maximizing digital information resources to teachers, scientists, students, researchers, farmers, trainees, agricultural officers, and other users of different units of SKNAU, Jobner. The vision of the College library is to make a Digital Resource Learning Center for all units of the College. The objectives behind the College library is to create a digital learning environment adhering to teaching, research, and extension programs of the College along with comprehensive collections of conventional documents and a digital learning environment that includes, modern ICT infrastructure facilities well equipped with RFID system, CCTV, UPS, AC, Xerox Machine, Dehumidifiers, Printers and Computers providing Internet Surfing with 24x7 hours high-speed Wi-Fi Internet Laptop zone facility in the library, campus & hostels. Online Public Access Catalog (Web-Opac, CeRa online Journals and, online theses, lifetime e-books access, and Digital database services also provided.

Achievements of 2023

During July 2023 Appointments of Assistant Librarians have been made to the colleges which will help in digitizing all the libraries and make a uniform data access facility to all the students of different constituent colleges of SKNAU, Jobner.
An Upgraded new Koha on Cloud (Version 23.05) was installed for Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture college so that every user can access the database available on our all campuses.

Available Books, Periodicals, Etc.

The College library has highly specialized collections of 54363 books in Agriculture and Allied Sciences which include Books, Theses, Bound Journals, Government Publications, Book Bank Textbooks, and CD-ROMs. etc. Central Library subscribes to 34 Indian print journals, 7 Newspapers, and 18Magazines. In addition to this, a 24x7-hour online access facility of 53eBooks (lifetime access), e-journals (CeRA access), and ICAR e-journals are also available on campus.

Book Bank Facility

A Computerized Book Bank facility is open to all students and staff of this college for their selection, issue along consultations of reading materials. An open access system has been adopted for consultation and selection of books. In this scheme books are issued to all SC/ST students free of charge and all other general categories of students are given textbooks on a rental basis (Rs 10 per book). The books are issued for complete one semester through a single window system i.e. RFID KIOSK system. More than 15000 UG/PG collections of textbooks are available to all students. The books are issued to students with10 books from the book bank and four books from the library.

Digitization of Library

The library is fully computerized with KOHA - RFID SYSTEM under library automation services. More than 54344 book collections of the library have been tagged with Radio Chips for computerized checkout/check-in services on RFID KIOSK. KOHA (library software) online catalogue (webspace) facilities have also been provided to all users. It includes about 60000 books consisting of books, theses, journals, and other textbooks, etc.

Facilities updated during this year

A separate Reading room (VACHNALAY) has been provided in the library to enhance better reading facility to students with provision of Internet Surfing and planning for one more VACHNALAY with 24x7 hours high speed Wi-Fi Internet Laptop zone facilities. Surplus number of purchased text books and other desired books have been provided through inter library loan services (on loan basis) to constituent colleges of SKNAU, Jobner

Other Information

More than 5000 catalogue records of the college library have been digitized and uploaded on koha Webopac Opac Login URL : https://sknca-opac.kohacloud.in/.

More than 3000 digitized materials (including Theses, Reports/ Question Paper / Manual/ Research Papers etc.) have been uploaded on ICAR- Krishikosh Portal (under Instuitional Repositories) (https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84614). Free / Open Access e- Journals (ICAR) is also available to all constituent colleges of SKNAU, Jobner through web link (http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/ ).

The other leading online central library resource services of university can be accessed through web page https://www.sknau.ac.in/central-library-2