The DHSK College library is named as Ashwini Charan Choudhury Central Library in honour of the visionary and architect of DHSK College, Late Ashwini Charan Choudhury. The library was established in the year 1945, the same year when the college came into being. The present library is situated at the North of the college campus. It is a two storied building with approximate floor area of 5000 sq ft. The whole building is organized in separate sections for text books, reference collection, reading area, bound volume, computer section, circulation section, reprography section, Digital Library section and librarian’s room. The reading hall and a part of the text book section is housed at the first flood of the library. The reading hall of the library is a large area with a capacity of more than 100 users.
The objectives of the library are
- To support the classroom curriculum and extra curriculum activities of the students.
- To provide lifelong learning facility to the authentic users of the library.
- To promote reading habit among the users.
- To promote literacy and dissemination of information.
The library has a total collection of 42500 as on 31st March 2021.The collection covers the text and reference on wide range of subject areas. The library has a rich collection of Sanskrit books, back volumes of journals and college magazines since its very first publication and 86 number of rare books. The library subscribes to e-journals through N-List e-journal consortia. N-List consortia offers access to 6000+ e-journals and 7,64000+ e-books through N-List and NDL.(For Login id and password to access N- List resources please send mail to Librarian at dhsklibrary@gmail.com with details of your Name, Class, phone number and e-mail id). Library subscribes to 12 regional and national dailies and weeklies and also 6 popular magazines.
The various sections of the library are:
Property counter
Circulation section
Periodical Section
Newspaper Reading Area
Bound Volume Section
Stack area
Reference Section
Reprographic Section
Digital Library Section
Services offered:
Circulation Service
Reference Service
OPAC
Photocopy Service
Security is taken care of by the CCTV services.
Reading room services
User Assistance services
Staff Strength:
Librarian: 01
Library Asst/LDA: 01
Library Bearer: 02
Contractual: 02