- The college library functions with the objective of providing quality service to its members and promote excellence in education by housing several latest edition books, journals, monographs, magazines etc. Library resources are available to encourage research, engage students in pleasure reading, support the curriculum, and address individual needs and interests.
- The college has a Main Library and 08 departmental libraries that collectively support the teaching, research and extension programs.
- The library remains functional on all working days from 7:30 a.m. in the morning till 5:30 p.m. in the evening.
- The college library has a spacious reading room which is adequately lighted and contains furnishings appropriate to the student population.
- It houses over 1, 11,955 books titles, subscribes to 72 Journals/periodicals and 14 newspapers in three languages.
- It also has more than 250 educational CDs and about 20 sets of encyclopedias.
- Students are provided with the facility of computers with high speed connectivity and access to e-journals.
- All e-resources available on UGC-N-LIST are available to college students and staff.
- The library is fully automated and uses Bar Code System and standard integrated Library Management Software .
- Books for Competitive examinations are issued to the students.
- Book exhibitions on campus are organized from time to time.
- Faculty members encourage their research scholars to use e-resources hosted through INFLIBNET services.
- Our library has a novel DOOR (Digital Online Offline Resources) facility for students and we have a blog ( http://psgvplib.blogspot.com ).
- The college library also has a Book Bank facility available to students that provide books for the whole session to needy students.
The central Library has the following facilities:
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- INFLIBNET
- Access e-books and e-journals
- Reference books
- Periodicals, journals, magazines
- Separate study room for researchers
- Reprographic facilities:
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- a) Computers
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- b) Bar code printer
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- c) Printer
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- d) Scanner
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- e) Photo copying machine
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- Competitive Exam Section-Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Vachan Katta
- Innovative DOOR- Digital Online Offline Resources
Number of books, reference books, journals, e-books in library .
Nos.
Amount(Rs)
Text Books
70,437
35,20,810
Reference Books
43,821
29,36,289
e-Books
1,35,180
5,000
Journals & Periodicals
422
4,09,005
e-Journals
6,000
5,000
Digital Database
60
6,300
CD & DVD
160
3100
Agriculture College Library
A separate Library Hall is established by our college with all facilities.
Details of Library Information
Sr. No.
Department
T/B
Cost
Ref. Book
Cost
BOOK
1
Agronomy
731
170770
211
121679
942
2
Animal Husbandry & Dairy Science
63
45555
93
23055
156
3
Agricultural Botany
586
139712
163
84523
749
4
Agricultural Economics
254
65815
152
10656
406
5
Agricultural Engineering
282
67370
183
70323
465
6
Agricultural Entomology
254
78204
150
45920
404
7
Agricultural Extension
267
61529
139
42895
406
8
General Agriculture
87
28498
51
8260
138
9
Horticulture
462
111611
235
173558
697
10
Language (English)
43
4615
14
57
11
Marathi Books
405
33849
66
3400
471
12
Mathematics
35
4265
2
37
13
Other
33
9079
46
14053
79
14
Plant Pathology
294
61525
31
12330
325
15
Soil Science & Agri. Chem
335
80453
100
38330
415
16
Statistics
66
23579
4
810
70
17
Food Technology
24
3000
38
66701
62
Total
4221
979429
1688
716493
5899
Text Books
4221
Reference Books
1688
Total
5909
Question paper sets: – Available of all courses of all semesters.
Student Consumer store:-Under this facility students can purchase Krishi Darshani, Theory notes, Practical manuals, Uniform (college dress code) & RAWE schedule sets & files etc.
Online sources: