C K Nair Library
The college library was established on August 18, 1968, with Julius Caesar as the first accessed book. Starting with 856 titles in its first year, the library grew to 2,800 titles by 1978, thanks to the dedication of Principal Prof. C.K. Narayanan and the efforts of Prof. Jacob Mathew. By 1985, the library had acquired 8,000 books, subscribed to 40 periodicals, and added Encyclopedia Britannica to its collection in 1989. In 2005, the library was moved to a spacious new 6,000 sq. ft. building and is now known as CK Nair Library.
Working Hours
Working Hours of the Library : 9.00 am to 4.30 pm
Circulation of Books : 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Membership
Library Membership is offered to the current students, researchers and staff of the college.
Library reference facilities are extended to non-members and alumni also.
The birth of the college was the birth of the library also on 18th August 1968, with William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as the first accessed book. Though functioned as a junior college, we could access 856 titles in the first year itself. Sri Rajendran Nair joined as Librarian in 1971.
With a period of ten years the college became a senior college and the library was able to collect 2800 titles.It was the peculiar devotion of Prof. C.K.Narayanan, who became the principal in 1978, and the particular interest of Prof. Jacob Mathew, Dept. of English, that became instrumental in the fast growth of the library. The honest and industrious effort of librarian brought order, discipline and strength for the library. The whole hearted cooperation of Sri C.K. Nair, Manager, in providing for the needs of the college library was the foundation of the strength. In 1985, even before the college came under the purview of UGC grant schemes the library was able to acquire 8000 books and subscribe to 40 periodicals and 8 newspapers. The generous cooperation and effort of the faculty members of various teaching departments in the acquisition of books must be specially mentioned here.
The technical work of cataloguing and classification was completed in 1988, with index cards under Author, Title, and Subject Classification separately according to International Dewey Decimal system. The work was done by the particular effort of Sri Rajendran Nair, librarian and Sri P.Padmanabhan, library assistant, under the guidance of Prof. Jacob Mathew. Addition of Encyclopedia Britannica to the library collection on 5th February 1989 was a landmark in the listing of our library
Sri. Rajendran Nair, the founder librarian of the college retired from the service on 30th June 2005. Library is shifted to the new building of 6000 sq. ft. area in 2 floors named as CK Nair Library. The new library is well ventilated, lighted and aired to facilitate comfortable reading and learning. Thereafter Sri. P Padmanabhan took the charge of the library as Librarian IV grade and got retired from the service in the year 2009. Mr. Manoj Kumar P, the current librarian joined the college as UGC Librarian in 1st July 2010.
An active Library Advisory Committee, working under the chairmanship of Principal, meets at regular intervals for discussing the policy matters related with the library. The other members of the committee include Heads of the Departments, faculty members, Librarian and a representative from the student community. The committee will be reconstituted every year and the members of the Library Advisory committee for the academic year 2024-25 are:
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Library Advisory Committee (2024-25)
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Sl. No. |
Name |
Designation |
Role |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
Dr. K.V. Murali |
Principal |
Chairman |
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2 |
Mr. Manoj Kumar P. |
Librarian |
Secretary |
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3 |
Dr. Dinesh T. |
Associate Prof., Maths Dept. |
Member |
|
4 |
Dr. Agretious Thomas |
HoD, Botany Dept. |
Member |
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5 |
Mr. V. Vijayakumar |
HoD, Commerce Dept. |
Member |
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6 |
Dr. Athira K.M. |
HoD, Physics Dept. |
Member |
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7 |
Dr. Dhanya Keeperi |
HoD, Malayalam Dept. |
Member |
|
8 |
Adithyan T.V. |
College Union Chairperson |
Student Representative |
Guidelines to Users
- Users have to sign the gate register at the entrance before entering the library.
- Users of library have to keep their personal belongings at the property counter at the entrance.
- Personal copies of books or other printed materials are not permitted inside the library.
- Strict silence should be observed inside the library.
- Library provides 'open access' facility to the users. Users are advised not to replace the books on shelves. They may leave the books on table after use. A misplaced book is similar to a lost book.
- Books, journals, other documents, library materials etc. should be handled with utmost care. Students are not supposed to write, deface, damage, mark or mutilate library materials. Such instances shall render the user liable to the payment of the full replacement cost of the material.
- Users will have to produce identity card along with the borrower’s ticket at the time of issue of books.
- Books are normally issued for a fortnight’s period to the students. Period of loan is two months for Teaching Staff and one month for Non-Teaching and Research Scholars.
- An amount of Re. 1/- per day per volume shall be collected for the late return of borrowed books.
- Reference books, journals, damaged or worn out books will not be issued to the users.
- One time renewal of books is allowed through email: librarynasc@gmail.com. For further renewals the books are to be presented physically in the library. Subsequent renewal requests will be considered only in the absence of prior reservations against the borrowed book.
- Users have to examine the books carefully and report damages if any to the staff on duty while borrowing. The borrower will be held responsible for any damage discovered subsequent to the issue of book to him.
- A penalty of Rs.10 will be imposed when a date label or book pocket from the issued book is found missing or damaged.
- If an issued book is lost or damaged, the matter should be reported to the Librarian immediately. Borrower has to replace it with a new copy of the same edition/ subsequent edition within the due date or has to pay the fine as per rules.
- When a Borrower’s ticket is lost, the matter should be brought immediately to the notice of the librarian for necessary action.
- Books issued can be recalled at any time by the librarian in case of an urgent demand for the same.
- Loss of the library ticket will entail a fine of Rs. 10/-
- Users/ members have to surrender the library ticket when they leave the institute. 'Non-liability certificate' will be issued to a user, only after the entire tickets are returned and the dues, if any, to the library are cleared.
- Users have to leave ten minutes before the closing hour of library.
- All documents borrowed from the library by the students and the members of the staff should be returned on or before the last working day of the Academic Year or on the date fixed by the librarian.
Library Personnel
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Print Resources
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Sl. No. |
Item |
Count |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Books |
36094 |
|
 |
Book (Titles) |
23305 |
|
2 |
Journals and Magazines |
74 |
|
 |
Journals |
48 |
|
 |
Magazines (Malayalam and English) |
26 |
|
 |
Bound Volumes |
1439 |
|
3 |
Newspapers |
11 |
|
4 |
Career Resources |
 |
|
 |
Books |
112 |
|
 |
Magazines |
10 |
|
5 |
Books Under Various Schemes |
174 |
|
 |
NET Coaching |
66 |
|
 |
Entry-In-Service |
46 |
|
 |
Remedial Coaching |
62 |
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Electronic Resources
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Sl. No. |
Item |
Count |
|---|---|---|
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1 |
NLIST Resources |
 |
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 |
E-Books |
199500+ |
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 |
E-Journals |
6000+ |
|
 |
E-Books via NDLI |
600000+ |
|
2 |
Subscription Access to British Council Libraries |
 |
|
3 |
CD/DVD |
432 |
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Circulation Services
Books are circulated among the users of the college and they are eligible to borrow books.
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Category |
No. of Books |
Loan Period(Days) |
|---|---|---|
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Teaching Staff |
10 |
14 |
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Students (U.G.) |
3 |
14 |
|
Students (P.G.) |
5 |
14 |
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Research Scholars |
5 |
14 |
|
Non - Teaching Staff |
5 |
14 |
|
Guest Lecturers |
5 |
14 |
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Reference Services
Library has a very good collection of reference books and bound volumes of magazines and journals. The reference collection consists of Multi volumes of Mc Graw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and technology, Britannica Encyclopedia, Book of knowledge etc.
Online services
Library catalog can be accessed online anywhere in the campus. Institutional repository of scholarly contents of our faculty members is set up with open source software ‘Dspace’ also can be accessed through our intranet.
Consultancy Services
Library provides support for other libraries in setting up of collection, designing library, library automation, building digital library etc.
Library Personnel
Contact Us
C K NAIR LIBRARY
NAS COLLEGE KANHANGAD
PADNEKAT POST
KASARAGOD DISTRICT
KERALA- 671314
librarynasc@gmail.com
Technology at Library
The NASC library is equipped with advanced technology to enhance user experience and streamline operations. It has been automated using the open-source software 'Koha' since 2011, offering an online public access catalogue (OPAC) that allows users to browse books using various search criteria. The library employs barcode and RFID technologies to improve circulation services, minimizing errors and boosting efficiency. Wireless internet and web browsing facilities are available for quick information retrieval, while specially-abled users benefit from the Kibo computer-assisted scanning technology, which reads and translates web pages and scanned content into multiple languages. Security is maintained with a CCTV system, and users can access digital books through Kindle e-book readers. Additionally, the library offers reprography services, including scanning, printing, and photocopying at affordable rates.
