The Library is the brain of an institution. The college has a well stocked library with a treasure of books of different interest like general books, personality development, general knowledge, reference books and subject related books periodically added to the collection. To cater the rising demand of information the library has subscribed 25 Journals, Periodicals, Magazines, of different streams along with national and regional dailies to keep student abreast of the day to day happening in the world and their fields of study. The library has also subscribed 10 Newspapers in three languages to keep students and faculty members well aware of the present scenario. ‘Giani Ditt Singh’ library is well stocked with a large collection of books, journals, magazines and several newspapers. The collection is augmented on regular basis according to the requirements of students and faculty. It provides a congenial atmosphere for reading. The library has subscribed many scholarly journals from Nlist (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content), Inflibnet (Information and Library Network) and NDLI (National Digital Library of India) to cater to the multi-dimensional needs of the users. The library has Reprographic facility and CCTV cameras in addition to Wifi facility.

Mission of ‘Giani Ditt Singh’ library:

Connecting people and resources for academic success by unlocking the power of information for all.

Library Services:- The library has been divided into different section for its smooth functioning.
1) Circulation Section: The service is being provided for the benefit of users community. The staff members & students can borrow books as per rules
2) Reference & Reader’s Advisory Services: The Library is extending to the users of the library.
3) Current Awareness Services : Library provides current awareness service to inform the students as well as staff for new arrival of books, journals and newspapers.
4) Reprography Services: Library users to get copies of journals and articles or many other documents housed at library.
5) Newspaper Clipping Services: The news records are well maintained by making hard bound files. The news clips are related to college academic, cultural and sports activities and UGC, SGPC & Punjab Govt. rules etc.
6) Book Bank Services: To help the poor and meritorious students. It has a separate book bank. Books are issued to the brilliant and deserving students for the whole session.
7) Internet Services: The vast reservoir of knowledge the library has spacious reading hall. Computer in the library with internet connection are also available for the use of students and faculty members.



Library Committee

The Library Committee of the College mainly performs the following functions:
1. To enforce rules for updating of library records, maintenance of books, issue /submission of books.
2. Maintenance of proper environment for reading in library.
3. To purchase new books as per the requirement.
4. To provide necessary infrastructure for the library.



Library Rules

1. Every student can get three books issued at a time for 14 days.
2. Students will have to pay a fine of Rs. 5/- per book per day if not deposited at the proper time.
3. Magazines and reference books which have pictures/maps are not allowed to be taken out of the library without Principal's permission.
4. Librarian has the right to demand the books back under urgency.
5. Damaged or lost books have to be replaced or double amount will have to be paid. If the lost book is the part of a whole set, then the double price of whole of the set will have to be deposited.
6. Students cannot lend the book to any other student.
7. Once issued, the same book will not be issued to the same student if someone else needs it.
8. If Identity card is lost, student can get a duplicate card only if F.I.R. is shown and a fine of Rs. 50/- will be charged.
9. Library security will be refunded within one year of leaving the college.


Links to E Resources:
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
https://nptel.ac.in/
https://swayam.gov.in/
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
https://ess.inflibnet.ac.in/
https://epathshala.nic.in/
https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/
http://www.rarebookroom.org/
https://www.doabooks.org/




Library Committee

Library committee has been constituted to ensure the smooth functioning of the library, develop and implement library policies, and promote the library’s services and resources to students and faculty.

 

Name	Designation	Position in committee	Contact no. & E mail ID
Amrita Sekhon	Assistant Prof. Computer Science	Convenor	9463680940 amritakaursandhu@gmail.com
Sukhvir Kaur	Assistant Prof. Political Science	Member	9815437930 sukhvir12486@gmail.com
Sukhwinder Kaur	Assistant Prof. Punjabi	Member	9041060986 sukhwindergiran1988@gail.com
Jashanpreet Kaur	Assistant Prof. Commerce	Member	9888662563 jashanpreetkaur91@gmail.com
Dr. Narinderjit Kaur	Assistant Prof.Science	Member	8146376663 narinderjit006@gmail.com
Manjinder Kaur	Assistant Librarian	Member	8198050405 basaatimanjinder@gmail.com

Student representatives :-

Arts :Taranpreet Kaur (B.A.)

Commerce :Ramanjot Kaur (B.Com.)

Science :Manjot Kaur (B.Sc.)

Computer Science :Sukhpreet Kaur (BCA)

 

The main functions of the committee will be –

1. To develop and implement policies for the library.
2. To supervise the acquisition and maintenance of library resources.
3. To ensure that the library meets the information needs of students and faculty members.
4. To promote the library and its services.