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WELCOME TO LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE – LIBRARY
Lady Brabourne College Library started it’s journey in a rented house in Park Circus, Kolkata, in the year 1939. The distinctive feature of our college lies in it’s cosmopolitan character, it’s multilingual and multi-religious entity. The library is located on the first floor of the main college building. This library has three wings:
- Main library
- Library Annex (in main college building)
- Electronic library (in Rama Choudhury building)
LIBRARY TIMING
Monday-Friday: 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
MANAGEMENT
Lady Brabourne College Library has a library committee with librarians and faculty members of different subjects for day to day management and smooth functioning of the library activities.
Library – Rules & Regulations
- Provide self library documents issue-return facility through Kiosk.
- Books are issued to students for a period of two weeks.
- Requisition slips are dropped in the demand box day before the issuing date to issue the book. Books are to be returned within 1.30 P.M. Books are to be issued within 3 P.M.
- Lending services are open to students from Monday to Friday. Only reading room service is available on Saturday.
- Each student is allowed to borrow two books at a time for home issue. No book will be issued on Saturday.
- Books may be reissued if there is no demand. An overdue charge of Rs.1.00 only per day is levied, if a book is kept beyond the due date.
- Any book lost, damaged or defaced must be replaced by the borrower.
- Books of special kind such as Reference Books (only one copy, Out of print, costly books, Dictionaries, Encyclopaedia’s etc.) marked as restricted / ‘Not for issue‘ and Bound volumes of Periodicals, Journals are not issued for home use.
- Reference Books are permitted for use within the library premises.
- Provide Book Return facility even on Sunday and Holidays through RFID based Book- drop system.
Our Team
| Dr. Abira Chakraborty M.Sc., B. Ed., M.L.I.S., Ph.D. Librarian (Associate) [View Profile] | ||
| E- mail | : | chakabira@gmail.com |
| Educational Qualifications | : | M.Sc. (Chemistry), B.Ed, M L I S, Ph.D. (C.U.) |
| Specialisation | : | Physical Chemistry (in M.Sc.) & Research and Technical Libraries (in MLIS) |
| Area of research | : | Preservation system of academic libraries |
| Experiences | : | 18+ yrs |
Our Professional Trainee
Maya Nandi
Library Group D Staff
Educational Qualifications : Class VIII
Work Experience: 8 Years
| Sutapa Golder M.A, M.L.I.S. (In Digital Library) (J.U.) Library Trainee | ||
| E- mail | : | sutapa.goldar@gmail.com |
| Educational Qualifications | : | M.A (Bengali), MLIS in Digital Library from Jadavpur University |
| Work Experience | : | Worked at Lady Brabourne college library as a Professional Trainee since 2010. |
| Indrani Ghatak Library Trainee | ||
| E- mail | : | indranighatak.ju@gmail.com |
| Educational Qualifications | : | M.A in Bengali & MLIS in Library Science. Certification in computer application and computer on Koha & Libsys. |
| Work Experience | : |
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Library - Collections
The library started it’s collection with 700 number of books. Now, the library is enriched with a collection of more than 1,04,999 printed books and journals (approx) and various kinds of electronic documents. E-books and E-journals are also included in our collection purchased from different financial grants – Govt. grant, CPE, UGC and RUSA. The library possesses various old and rare documents. Library also procures magazines and newspapers – ‘Ananada Bazar Patrika’, ‘The Telegraph’ and ‘Sanmarg’ on a regular basis for their users.
| Books (Text and Reference) | 1,04,999 (Approx) |
| Journals / Periodicals / Magazines | 55 |
| Bound volume of journals | 549 |
| CD’S | 158 |
| E-Books | 93 & available through N-LIST |
| Old and Rare Collections | 20 |
| Digitized documents [Books] [Patrikas] | 19 |
| Books from NBHM | 281 |
| Presentation Books | 5091 |
| Institutional Repository (IR) | 111 (Articles) |
LIST OF OLD AND RARE DOCUMENTS
| Sl.No. | TITLE OF THE BOOK | AUTHOR / EDITOR | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
| 1 | Dictionary of Bible | James Hastings | 1909 |
| 2 | Bihat Banga | Roy Bahadur Dinesh Chandra sen | 1342 bangabdo |
| 3 | Design from Orrissan temple | D P Ghosh | 1950 |
| 4 | Men of mathematics | E T Bell | 1937 |
| 5 | The Oxford companion to music | P A Scholes | 1947 |
| 6 | The elements of chemistry | H Bassett | 1923 |
| 7 | Chitralipi | Rabindranath Tagore | 1940 |
| 8 | Handbook of Greek Archaeology | A S Murrary | 1892 |
| 9 | IswarChandra Gupter Rachanabali | IswarChandra Gupta | 1486 |
| 10 | Akbarnama | Abul Fazal | |
| 11 | Ajanta plates (2 Vols.) | G Yazdani | |
| 12 | Tarikh-e- Adbiyat – Iran (Persian) | Razajada Shafaque | |
| 13. | The National Shakespear : a fac-smile of the kert of the first folio of 1623/1616 | Sir J. Noel Paton, R. S. A. | 1623 |
| 14 | Indian sculpture and painting : an introductory study | Karl Khandalavala | |
| 15 | For Pacifists | M K Gandhi | 1949 |
| 16 | Jiban charit | Michael Madhusudan Dutta | |
| 17 | Dictionary of foreign phrases and quotations | H P Jones | 1925 |
| 18 | The endless quest (Three hundred years of Science) | F W Westaway | 1934 |
| 19 | The outline of science | ||
| 20 | Relativity | Albert Einstein | 1920 |
| 21 | An atlas of Mughal empire | Irfan Habib | 1982 |
| 22 | Rgveda-Samhita | N. S. Sontakee Vaidik Samsodhana Mandala | 1946 |
| 23. | The modern readers : Shakespeare | 1909 | |
| 24 | Bengali books:
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| SL. NO. | NAME OF JOURNAL |
| 1 | Akbarnama by Abul Fazal. Pub Yr. 1886. |
| 2 | Choice of techniques and aspects of the theory of planned economic development by Amartya Kumar Sen. Pub Yr. 1960. |
| 3 | Poets and poetry of modern Persia by M. Ishaque. Pub Yr. 1933 (Persian Language) |
| 4 | Some current Persian tales by Asiatic Society of Bengal. Pub yr. 1906. |
| 5 | Atharvediya Kaushikagrihyasutram by Shri Thakur Udaynarayan Singh. Pub yr.01.07.1769. |
| 6 | A history of Persian literature in modern times 1500 A.D. to 1924 by Edward G. Browne. Pub yr. 1924. |
DIGITIZED PATRIKAS
| TATTOBODHINI PATRIKA |
| SABUJPATRA |
| BICHITRA |
| SHONIBARER CHITHI |
| BANGADARSHAN |
| DASI |
NEW ARRIVALS – E-BOOKS
ISBN | TITLE | SUB TITLE | AUTHOR |
PHYSICS | |||
9780191830426 | THERMODYNAMICS | A COMPLETE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE | A. STEANE |
CHEMISTRY | |||
9780191918162 | GENE TARGETING | A PRACTICAL APPROACH | A. JOYNER |
9780197560396 | A GUIDE TO PHOSPHOLIPID CHEMISTRY |
| D.J. HANAHAN |
STATISTICS | |||
9780191872280 | THE JOY OF STATISTICS | A TREASURY OF ELEMENTARY STATISTICAL TOOLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS | S. SELVIN |
9780191774881 | TIME SERIES ANALYSIS BY STATE SPACE METHODS |
| J. DURBIN ET AL |
MATHEMATI CS | |||
9780191713927 | FROM SETS AND TYPES TO TOPOLOGY AND ANALYSIS | TOWARDS PRACTICABLE FOUNDATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE MATHEMATICS | L. CROSILLA ET AL |
9781400848935 | ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS | THE LEGACY OF ELIAS M. STEIN | FEFFERMAN ET AL |
HISTORY | |||
9780199080366 | INDIA’S ANCIENT PAST |
| SHARMA |
9780199081424 | IN GANDHI’S FOOTSTEPS | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMNALAL BAJAJ | NANDA |
9780199081394 | GANDHI | PAN-ISLAMISM, IMPERIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN INDIA | NANDA |
9780199080670 | INDIA’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1857-1947 | A SHORT HISTORY | P. HEEHS |
SOCIOLOGY | |||
9780199082490 | THE LONG ROAD TO SOCIAL SECURITY | ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY INITIATIVES FOR THE WORKING POOR IN INDIA | KANNAN ET AL |
9780199089062 | SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN INDIA | STATUS, ISSUES, AND POLICIES | THORAT ET AL |
BOTANY | |||
9780199790265 | TRIUMPH OF THE FUNGI | A ROTTEN HISTORY | N.P. MONEY |
MICROBIOLOGY/ ZOOLOGY | |||
9780226520650 | VISIONS OF CELL BIOLOGY | REFLECTION INSPIRED BY COWDRY’S ‘GENERAL CYTOLOGY’ | MATLIN ET AL |
9780191853463 | SAMPLING THEORY | FOR THE ECOLOGICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES | D. HANKIN ET AL |
ECONOMICS | |||
9780199083084 | INDIA’S RISKS | DEMOCRATIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF THREATS TO ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND VALUES | MOOR ET AL |
PHILOSOPH Y | |||
9780199081417 | IN SEARCH OF GANDHI | ESSAYS AND REFLECTION | B.R. NANDA |
9780199080359 | DEBATES IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY | CLASSICAL, COLONIAL, AND CONTEMPORARY | RAGHURAMAR AJU |
9780199080076 | PERFORMING WOMEN | THEATRE, POLITICS, AND DISSENT IN NORTH INDIA | N. BHATIA |
POLITICAL SCIENCE | |||
9780199080069 | MAPPING CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA |
| A. ROY |
9780199080465 | BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS CIVIL SERVICE FOR 21ST CENTURY INDIA |
| S.K.D DAS |
LIST OF BRAILLE BOOKS
| Sl. No. | NAME OF THE BOOK | AUTHOR |
| 1 | Rajsinha | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| 2 | Pather Panchali | Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay |
| 3 | Nirbachita Rabindrakabita | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 4 | Letters from a father to his daughter | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 5 | Malgudi days | R. K. Narayan |
Library Activities
- Acquisition
- Technical Processing
- Periodicals Processing
- Circulation
- Preservation Work
- IT and Computer
- Orientation lectures
- Book exhibition / Book display
- User Awareness Program
- Organise Library Committee Meeting
- Organise Orientation lectures
- Manpower development Programme
CONTACT US:
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LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE P 1/2, Suhrawardy Avenue, Kolkata 700 017. West Bengal. Email:office@ladybrabourne.com
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Reference Desk Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Saturday: 10:30 am - 02:30 pm