LIBRARY AT A GLANCE

 

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)

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:42                                                              ATLAS: (12),OTHERS(19)