Library
At a Glance
LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTRE Library is the nerve-center and
the heart of the Vidyalaya and plays a vital role in supporting, teaching and
learning activities, and provides the main source for individual demand at KV Karnal.
Library is meant to help academic community to keep abreast with the latest
development in their area of activities and to provide information support for
regular study and academic activities. At the same time for students, library
is a source to get information support for their course curriculum as well as
for their self-development. A well-stocked full automated library equipped with
latest books and magazines on fiction, non –fiction, science & commerce
stream related area.
The Library & Resource Center of Kendriya Vidyalaya Karnal
is a spacious and beautiful with a wealth of offers for those who seek
information. The Library & Resource Centre is a part of the Vidyalaya and
offers access to Books, Periodicals, & the internet with the automation
software e-Granthalaya 3.0 powered by NIC New Delhi. The library is open to all
working hours of the Vidyalaya and this gives students a rich opportunity to
pursue their studies at any hour. This flexibility is often needed when trying
to juggle a busy life of studying and maintaining a social life as well. The
School Library of Kendriya Vidyalaya Karnal caters to the information needs of 1020 students Primary:(446);Secondary(574) and 32 staff members of the Vidyalaya. With a collection of 6421 judiciously selected books,12 periodicals, 04 daily Newspapers. The
School Library is fully automated and it is managed by Mrs. Monika, Librarian.
Library Blog: https://learninghub1989.blogspot.com/
Library Activities
Ø Book Review Writing Competition: Book Review writing
Competition is being organized by the Readers Club.
Ø Career & Counseling: - Career counseling is a regular
feature in the library activities.
Ø Book Exhibition: A
Book Exhibition is being organized in the library on different occasions.
Ø Best Reader Award
and certificate:- Two students one each from secondary and one from senior
secondary are selected on the basis of number of books read and overall
utilization of library resources and were awarded best reader award and
certificate.
Ø Quiz Competition: -
Various Quiz competitions to include subject based quiz competitions for
classes VI to XII were organized from time to time as a part of Reader’s club
Activity and participation of the students is appreciated by one and all.
Library Areas: -
Circulation Area - This is place where books and
other library materials are loaned out. The library is available for readers
use.
Reference Section-
It houses up-dated reference resources like encyclopedias, dictionaries,
almanacs, yearbooks, atlases, directories, etc.
Reading Area - It houses the general collection of
books (books on generalities to history and biographies). Issues of children's
journals and periodicals can also be found here.
Fiction Book Section - Books written by Drama, Novel,
Poem, Prose, Short Story and Humor & satire authors.
Non-Fiction
Section - Home reading books are found here. A comfortable reading area is
also provided here.
Periodicals Area - Back issues of periodicals for
children are shelved here.
Technical Services - This is a working area where
books are technically processed: collating, stamping, accessioning, classifying
and cataloging.
LIBRARY SERVICE HOURS: - The library is open on all Vidyalaya
working days from 7.30 A.M. to 1.40 P.M.
LIBRARY OVERDUE FINES:- There is no provision of fine
from the students. However timely return of the books will be ensured by the
users. After two reminders, if a user fails to return the book, action will be
taken to recover the present cost of the book.
Library
Statistics 2024
TOTAL NO OF BOOKS: 6421
NO. OF BOOKS AVAILABLE:4349
NO. OF BOOKS WRITTEN OFF:2052
HINDI BOOKS:3074 HINDI TEXTBOOK:300
ENGLISH BOOKS:1272 ENGLISH TEXTBOOK:314
ENGLISH NON FICTION:200
ENGLISH FICTION BOOKS:500
ENGLISH GRAMMAR:36
HINDI GRAMMAR:25 BAAL NATAK:19
HINDI FICTION:-2000 HINDI POETRY BOOKS: 36
HINDI NON- FICTION BOOKS:500(126) 626
REFERENCE BOOKS: HIN(68),222(ENG),4(SKT) Total :294
NCERT BOOKS:
SPORTS & YOGA: 73 DICTIONARIES: HIN(8),ENG(19)
ARTS/MUSIC : 23 BIOGRAPHIES:HIN(45),ENG(77)
CAREER GUIDANCE & EDUCATION: 66 ENCYCLOPEDIAS: HIN(15),ENG(95)
