MAINTENANCE and PRESERVATION

MAINTENANCE WORK:

1)      Shelving of documents

2)      Location of documents

3)      Shifting of collections

4)      Shelf rectification

5)      Maintenance of shelf list

6)      Keep vigilance and monitoring through CCTV Camera.

7)      Torned, soiled and damaged documents removed from the shelves for repair and re-binding at time to time.

8)      Withdrawal of out dated books consults with subject teacher.

PRESERVATION:

Preservation and conservation of reading materials are one of the most important aspects of library obligation and it is done by different ways-

a) Cleaning and dusting of collections.

b) Benzene-Thymol is spread over the fungus infected documents.

c) Naphthalene is used at regular basis.

d) Damaged documents are removed.

e) Mending and binding of documents.

Moreover, National Mission for Manuscript (NMM) is playing an important role for preservation of manuscript through close collaboration with chemists and paper technologists.

WEEDING OUT OF BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS:

A separate withdrawal register is maintained. Pedestrian books, books worn out, Reference books which are quite out of date whose later edition are available in the market  are weeded out. At present 4728 copies of books are withdrawal.

 1st phase: The books which are damaged, brittle condition and un refunded are recorded here. These books are checked by the subject teachers and approval of GB.

2nd phase: Higher Secondary books were donated to schools as the course was withdrawn from college. The whole process is done as per approval of GB.