ABOUT US

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Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital is situated in Nanded city of Maharashtra. It was established in 1988. The college is affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik and recognized by National Medical Commission (NMC) India. The medical college has an annual intake of 150 MBBS seats and 82 seats in 19 Departments for Post-Graduate studies.
The Central Library of the institute occupies a place of pride in Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital and it is an essential component of the institute’s quality research and education mission. The state-of-the-art Central Library has a separate building and enables learning and advancement of knowledge.
It caters to the information needs of Medical Professionals, Students and Faculty. With an area of 2500 Sq.mts, it provides separate two reading halls each having 200 capacities for under graduate, and postgraduate students.
It acquires more than 20,000 copies of books in its collection and has a rich collection of Textbooks, Reference books, Journals, Bound volumes, Theses, and other reading materials in the discipline of Medicine and allied fields. The library is equipped with modern technology and provides various library services considering standards given by the ‘National Medical Council’. For hustle free transactions, a library facilitates an automated library system using library management software called E-Granthalaya. The books and the library membership cards of the library have been barcoded for systematic transactions. Library provides Home Lending, OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue), E-Library, Reference Service, and Book-Bank services to the students. Library has always aimed to provide the best services to the users in terms of collection, research and facilities.

Ground Floor	Monday to Saturday: 10.00 am to 5.45 pm The library will remain closed only on 2nd & 4th Saturday and Sundays and other Public Holidays during the year.
First Floor	The First Floor Reading Room is open 24X7 to users only for reading purposes with wi-fi facility.

Objectives/Mission:

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1. To Develop and Maintain Relevant, Current and Retrospective Medical Literature in the Library.
2. To Provide Best Services to Support the Curriculum and Research Needs of Users.
3. To Make Users Aware of the Library’s Collection and Services to get Optimum Benefits.
4. To Contribute in the Growth and Research Development of the Users and Institute.

             

Library Committee:

__________________________________________________________________________________ The Library has a group responsible for overseeing a library’s operation and management known as library committee. The library committee works in strategic planning, decision-making, and policy-making of the library and its activities. Following are the members of the Library Committee.  

1.	Dr. Vijay Kapase	Chairman
2.	Dr. Atish Gujarathi	Member MemberMemb       Member
3.	Dr. Poorva Kardile	Member
4.	Mr. Wakade S. U.	A. O. & Member
5.	Mr. Ingale S. T.	Librarian & Member Secretory
6.	Mr. Khairnar M. P.	Asst. Librarian & Member

The Library has Professional as well as Non-professional staff working efficiently for the development and advancement of the library and its services. Following are the staff members of the library.

Designation	Name of the Staff	Photo
Librarian	Mr. Satish Tukaram Ingale B. A., M. Lib. I.Sc.
Assistant Librarian	Mr. Machindrakumar Pandurang  Khairnar M. Com., B. Lib. I. Sc.
Library Assistant	Mr. Sahebrao Madhavrao Pandit B. A., M. Lib. I. Sc.
Library Assistant	Mr. Sudarshan Sonaji Gholap B. A. B. Lib. I.Sc.
Library Assistant	Ms. Aditi  Ravindra  Bhujbal B. A. M. Lib. I.Sc. (UGC-NET)
Library Assistant	Mr. Balasaheb Karbhari Nirwal B. Sc., B. Lib. I.Sc.
Documentalist	Mr. Yogesh Bhagwan Kolhe B. E., M. Lib. I. Sc. (MH-SET)
Peon	Mr. Dhanaji Devrao Sonkamble
Peon	Mr. Kashinath Punjaji Khokale
Peon	Mr. Motiram Hanmantrao Pohare

Library Layout:

The well-established state-of-the-art Central Library is situated in the campus of Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital. The Library has a separate building with area 2500 Sq.mts. It provides separate two reading halls each having 200 capacities for undergraduate, and postgraduate students. The library layout is as follows:

 

Floor	Sections
Stack Room	●      Chief Librarian’s Cabin ●      Library Staff Room ●      Circulation Desk ●      Books & Thesis Collection ●      Journals & Bound Volume Collection ●      E-Library
First Floor	●      UG & PG Reading Hall

LIBRARY COLLECTION.

The library has a specialized collection in Medicine and its allied fields. The library can boast of a rich collection of Textbooks, Reference books, Journals, Theses, etc. Library does even maintain a small collection of non-academic books such as Story books, Novels, Biographies, etc.  for recreational activities.

●    Books (Textbooks and Reference Books)

The library contains more than 20,000 print books. It contains textbooks and reference books from various disciplines of Medicine. Books from various well-known publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, Oxford University Press, Springer, McGraw Hill, etc. are available in the library.       Library Currently have:

Books	20750
No. of Titles	9268
Book-Bank Books	4346

●    Thesis

Library has a collection of print thesis submitted by the students of various departments of the Institute. The hard copies of these documents are available for reference within the library premises only. Library Currently have:

Total No. of Thesis

573

●    Journals

The library has subscribed to more than 200 national and international print journals of well-known publishers such as Wiley, Springer, Elsevier, Sage, Nature, etc.Print Journals are procured as per the guidelines given by the National Medical Council and also with the recommendation given by the faculty of each department.Users can access print journals in the library with the permission of library staff. Library Currently have:

Total No. of Journals	223
Foreign Journals	151
Indian Journals	72

●    Journals Bound Volumes

The previous year’s received issues of the particular journal are bound together to make a single bound volume of a particular journal. The library has more than 4000 bound volumes journals available for users.

  Library Currently have:

Journals Bound Volume

4429

●    Newspapers

The library subscribes to over 07 Marathi and 01 English newspapers.

Subject wise LIST OF JOURNALS FOR THE YEAR 2020.

Our Central Library caters to the information needs of students, faculty, researchers, and scholars in medicine and allied fields.

Our Users Includes:

 

• Students

It includes UG and PG students of MBBS & Paramedical courses of the institute.  

• Faculty

It includes all working teaching faculties of the institute.

How to Get Library Membership?

• Users can get library membership only with the permission of the librarian.
• Users can borrow books only when they get a library membership card.
• To get a library membership user have to personally visit the library with their details such as:
• Current/Correspondence Address
• Valid Email Id
• Valid Mobile No
• Current Passport size Photo

 

Services & Facilities:

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1.   Reading Space

 

• Library has a separate reading area for UG students and PG students.
• Reading area at the First floor of the library will be available 24X7 for the students.
• Library has an Open Access system. Students can see and handle the books available in the library stack.
• Library is under CCTV surveillance 24X7.

2.   Home Lending

 

• Users of the library with their valid Library I-Card, can borrow library books for a specific period of time to home for their studies. And can return it to the library by following the library’s rules and regulations. Library has successfully automated the home lending services with the help of eg4 software to make the home lending process systematically and transparently.

3.   Library automation

 

• The library has successfully performed the modernization and automation of the library function. It has implemented the e-Granthalaya 4.0 software to carry out the library activities efficiently and smoothly.
• The automated library system maintains the records of all the collections in the library including books & journals. It generates reports and keeps all the data securely in the system.
• It manages the user’s membership and helps in carrying out the systemic circulation of books.
• Library automation has helped users to track the records of the books they have borrowed from the library. Users get the email notification about their transaction, overdue and return of the book.
• Users because of the automated system can even search the library collection from anywhere with the help of an online public access catalog.

 

4.   Online Public Access Catalogue

• DSCGMClibrary has provided the OPAC facility to the students. OPAC is the online catalogue of the library that is accessible publicly from anywhere. Users can search a particular book through OPAC to see its availability in the library.
• To access our Library OPAC, Click the given URL: https://eg4.nic.in/medicallibraries/opac/Default.aspx

Follow the given steps to search books through OPAC.

1. In ‘ALL LIBRARIES’ Select Library name as ‘ SHANKARRAO CHAVAN GOVT. MEDICAL COLLEGE, NANDED (DSCGMCN)
2. Besides the search box, ‘Select field’ as ‘ALL’.
3. Enter ‘Author/Title/Subject’ into the search box and search.
4. Based on your search, you can see the list of titles of the books or journals available in the library.
5. Click on ‘View holding’, to see the availability of the title.

 

5.   Book Bank

• State Government of Maharashtra in association with the ‘Social Justice and Special Assistance Department’ provides the ‘Book Bank’ facility to the scheduled caste students. In this scheme libraries provide the set of books to the SC/ST students for the particular academic year for their studies. At the end of the academic year students return all the books given to them.
• DSCGMC library has implemented a ‘Book Bank’ facility for the students for their studies. Till now many students have benefited due to the scheme.

 

6.   Reference Service

• Library provides reference services to the users. Students can request required articles, books or any other reference materials related to their studies to the library.