LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER

LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER (LIC)

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The Mace library program offers the students and faculty an open access atmosphere that promotes inquiry, creativity, self-direction and ability to find and use information.

The College library is over 400 Sqm and has a seating capacity of 100 patrons at a time.

The MACE Library consists of over 12000 volumes of resources, such as, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, and Project reports, Dissertations, CD-ROMs and Internet etc. The book collection, which included are: Prescribed course texts, course related supplementary books, reference books, fiction and non-fiction titles, and other books in general.

The Mace library is organized in such an efficient manner and is fully automated in a LAN environment with its services, such as, OPAC, Cataloguing and Classification, Circulation and Internet etc... DDC (Dewey decimal classification), AACR (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) and Sear's Subject list are followed for technical process of the library resources.

Smart cards are used for library transactions.

Library Services

Library orientation and Information literacy skills to use, locate, evaluate information . (Teachers are encouraged to bring their classes for Library orientation).
Reading, Borrowing, Surfing Internet (for research purposes only).
Helping to use Reference books, Journals / Magazines, Newspapers, Projects, Internet & Delnet Etc
Any usefull library service required by users.

General Informaion

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Location : On Ground floor of the Administrative block

Membership : Open to MACE Community on request

Working Hours : 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (MON - SAT)

Circulation Hours : 9:15 am to 4:15 pm

Lunch Break : 1:40 am to 2:30 pm

Friday Break : 1:00 am to 2:00 pm

No Library on Holidays

Help Desk : Email : library@macev.org

Phone : 0472 - 2873886

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Faculty

K P ANANDA PADMANABHAN Librarian

He has 30 years Natioanl and International Expertise as a professional librarian in the University of Calicut and as an HOD in the Media Center of Al-Bayan international School, Kuwait. Qualifications MA, MLIS Certificate in Academic Librariansship (AMU) Certificate in Computer information Retrieval (NISAT and SCTIMST) Certification in Library Automation (Follett Software Company,USA)

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TEAM LIC
S . ANAND MLISc	Asst Librarian e-mail : sanand@macev.org
S. BENAZIR	Library Attender
A. MOHAMED IQBAL	Library Attender
M. BASHEER ALI	Library Attender

Rules & Regulations

Circulation & Book Borrowing Privileges and Renewal

1. Faculty and all Teachers:    30 day loan; one renewal 7 book limit

2. Non-Faculty Staff (only for part-time students):   30 day loan; one renewal 3 book limit

3. Students:     10 day loan; two renewal 3 book limit

Borrowing Privileges for Reference Books & Magazines:

a. Reference books, Journals, project reports & Newspapers are IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY.

b. Overnight Issue (24 hour loan): One copy of each these materials may be borrowed for one day for all teachers, Students and it should be returned on the next day morning before class.

c. Classroom use: Reference materials may be borrowed for class room purpose and returned it promptly after class use.

Reservation & Recall

a. Patrons/users have right to reserve materials on first come first basis.

b. Reserve materials must be returned to the circulation desk from which they were borrowed.

c. Material may be recalled at any time if it is needed for library reserve.

d. Material may be recalled for use by another patron after it has been circulated to a borrower for 7 days.

e. Patron borrowing privileges will be suspended if recalls Notices are not honored within 7 days.

Library Class

Teachers should schedule the library period to bring students for library class/research/project work/check-in & check-out of books. A library schedule form is with the Librarians to reserve library periods in advance. No instananeous service is possible on short notice. Library class/ service is an intellectual collaboration between users and Librarian for finding appropriate curriculum assigned information in a professional manner at scheduled time. Return Fines , Lost & Replacement costs: a. All materials issued to borrowers may be returned on due date.

b. Fines are applied to borrowers who do not return books on due date.

c. The library borrower is responsible for the replacement cost of any item lost or Irreparably-damaged during Circulation.

d. Replacement prices are based on the actual current cost for the materials in the market plus,Overdue fines and Processing charges.

e. Extra fees/charges are added to the replacement cost.

Add in / out

Requests for adding / deleting new books / magazines should be forwarded to Librarian.
Request forms are avilable with librarian and fill in it appropriate information forward it to Librarian in hand or mailto:librarian@macev.org. Better copy this request form in your computer and mail at maailto:librarian@macev.org

Complaints & suggestions : Suggestions / Complaints are always welcome and forward it to Librarian in hand or the Principal.

ID CARD, Transfer of books and Use of Library: ID is mandatory for all library use and transactions.

No transfer or No subletting of Books after borrowing. Patrons may lose library privilege up on misuse of library rules.

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Reference Section

A large number of Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Standards, Reports, Proceedings, Abstracts & Indexes, Data Books, standards, (National & International) are available in the Library.

Journals/Periodicals Section

Journals being the primary source of information are essential to supplement the research activities and are required regularly, Hence Library has good collections of Indian and foreign journals on various subjects of science & technology.

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Automation of Library

The Mace library is organized in such an efficient manner and is fully automated in a LAN environment with its services, such as, OPAC, Cataloguing and Classification, Circulation and Internet etc. The Campus Dimension software is used to check the status of resources available in the MACE Library , The whole database is available over mace intranet maintained by MCC

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Electronic Resource Centre

Electronic and Digital Database: Apart from high-speed internet access, the library subscribes, the Developing Network (DELNET) digital database which provides students and teachers easy and up-to-date information on Engineering, Technology, Science and other related subjects..

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New Arrivals

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