The document discusses a case study of digital collections in college libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal. It found that while many libraries lack permanent staff, some have begun automating services using local software. A few colleges have subscribed to e-resources through UGC initiatives. Recommendations include increasing budgets for digital resources, training staff, and evaluating user feedback to better meet information needs.

1. Building Digital Collections: A Case Study of College Libraries in Howrah District, West Bengal Ms. Sarama Das Librarian Gokhale Memorial Girl’s College;Kolkata & Mr.Srijib Kr. Patra; Asstt. Librarian, Manbhum mahavidyalaya; Purulia, W.B.

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8. Findings of the Study

9. Sl. No. College Name No. of Books & Journals in Library (Approx.) No. of Computer In library No. of Computer In College Present status of library automation (Retro conversion) Software used No. of Professional & non professional Staff Internet facility 1 Bagnan College (Bagnan Block) 30,000+20 3 15 Nil Nil 1 (PT) +6 Library and others 2 Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College (Howrah Sadar 42,000+1 12 26 50% Local 1 + 4 Library and others 3 Dinabandhu Institution (Shibpur) 40,000+5 4 40 25% LIBSYS 1 + 4 Library and others 4 Lalbaba College (Bally) 27,000+10 2 20 Yet not started Local 1 + 2 In other place 5 Narasingha Dutta College (Howrah) 36,000+1 2 14 80% Local 1 + 3 Library and others 6 Joypur Panchanan Roy College (Amta II Block) 7,276+6 0 17 Nil Nil 1 (Clerk) Principal’s Room 7 Jagannath Kishore College 2 8 Local Partly (Only book database) 2 (part-time) 4 Individual Dept. 8 Mahatma Gandhi College 3 5 Local Partly (Only book database 1 (Permanent) 2 (part-time) Principal’s Room

10. Internet facility No. of Professional & non professional Staff Software used Present status of lib.automation (Retro conversion) No. of Computer In College No. of Computer In library No. of Books & Jour in Lib.(Approx.) College Name Sl. No. Library and others 1 + 2 Local Yet not started 8 1 9000+0 Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir 10 Library and others 1 + 2 Local Nil 55 1 21000+6 Ramsaday College (Amta I Block) 9 Principal’s Room 1 + 2 (casual) Local Just have started 15 1 15000+7 Puras Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya (Kanpur) 8 Principal’s Room 2 + 4 WINISIS 66% 15 1 18,000+6 Prabhu Jagatbandhu College (Andul) 7 Principal’s Room 0 + 1(Clerk) Nil Nil 17 0 7,276+6 Joypur Panchanan Roy College (Amta II Block) 6

11. Library and others 0 + 2 Local Uptodate 17 4 7200+3 Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College 11 Library and others 2 + 3 (casual) Migrated to KOHA Uptodate 230 11 45000+110 Ramkrishna Vidyamandir (belur) 12 Library and others 1 (Part time) + 3 Local (VLIS) 70% 10. 3 20,000+10 Shyampur Sidheswari Mahavidyalaya (Shyampur Block) 13 Internet facility No. of Professional & non professional Staff Software used Present status of library automation (Retro conversion) No. of Computer In College No. of Computer In library No. of Books & Jour in Library (Approx.) College Name Sl. No. Library and others 1+ 5 WINISIS 85% 40 4 33000+ 10 Uluberia College 15 Other places 1 + 1 Local 50% 18 1 16,000+12 Sovarani Girls College 14

18. Electronic Journal Databases 2,154 Total 1940 + 1 USA MathSciNet (Bibliographic Database) 11 1982 + 1.420 USA Wilson Omnifile 10 Ten years 29 U.K. Royal Society of Chemistry 9 1996 + 206 U.K. Oxford University Press 8 Vol. 1 + 46 U.K. Institute of Physics 7 2007 + 150 India Indian Journal.com 6 1966 + 1 India Economic and Political Weekly 5 Five years 240 U.K. Cambridge University Press 4 Ten years 33 USA Annual Reviews 3 Five years 10 USA American Physical Society 2 Five years 18 USA American Institute of Physics 1 Access to Back files No. of Journals Publishing Country Electronic Journals databases Sl.No.

19. Electronic Books Databases 297 51,746 Total 1 3,500 USA NetLibrary (open access books) 5 44 936 USA NetLibrary 4 1 902 U.K. Oxford Scholarship 3 1 1,308 USA Myilibrary-McGraw Hill 2 250 45,100 USA ERbrary 1 No. of Publishers No. of E-Books Publishing Country E-resources/Publishers of Electronic Books Sl.No.

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