Department Details | Majuli University of Culture

About Library

Background

The Central Library of the Majuli University of Culture (MUC) aims to provide quality knowledge and useful resources to the users of the university. The library is well-organized in terms of its presently available resources. The Central Library, MUC is committed to serve the institution and the society at large. The initial works like purchasing bookshelves, books and collecting donated documents for establishing a library was started at the temporary office of the University at Kamalabari. The existing set up of the Central Library was shifted in the month of February, 2023 to the present transit campus at Chitadarchuk, Garamur Majuli.

The Central Library, MUC has been serving the user community since March, 2023. Apart from the documents relevant to the needs of the readers of academic departments of the University, the Central Library, MUC has separate collections like “Collection of Asam Sahitya Sabha (অসম সাহিত্য সভাৰ গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, “Dr. Surjya Kanta Hazarika Book Collection (ড° সূৰ্য্য কান্ত হাজৰিকা গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, “Munin Bhuyan Book Collection (মুনীন ভূঞা গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, “Dr. Heramba Kumar Bharali Book Collection (ড° হেৰম্ব কুমাৰ ভৰালী গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, “Mousumi Kakoti Book Collection (মৌচুমী কাকতি গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)” . The Central Library, MUC has a number of plans like establishment of different special book collections e.g., “Collection on Majuli (মাজুলী বিষয়ক গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, “Collection on Sankaradeva-Madhabdeva (শঙ্কৰদেৱ-মাধৱদেৱ গ্ৰন্থ সম্ভাৰ)”, etc, and other plans like establishment of Digital Archive of the Manuscripts of Assam, establishment of a Museum to Showcase the Cultural Heritage of the indigenous tribes and other communities of Majuli, etc.

Mission & Vision:

Mission:

- To support teaching-learning, research and recreational needs of the Academic fraternity of the University by fulfilling the needs of the users.
- To develop a comprehensive collection of books, journals and other library resources useful for the academic fraternity of the University.

Vision:

- The Cental Library intends to incorporate the latest technology and adopt user friendly approach to provide the right information to the right user.
- The Central Library aims to build a strong bridge with society by extending its services to the society at large.

Library Hours

On University working days-

Library Hours

:

9.30 AM to 8.00 PM

Circulation Hours

:

10.00 AM to 4.00 PM

The change of library timings (if any) will duly be notified in the Notice Board from time to time.

Library Collections

On University working days-

Print Books

:

4500+

Print Journals

:

06 Nos

Back Volumes

:

20 Nos

Magazines

:

06 Nos

Newspaper

:

04 Nos

Library Team

Sl No	Name	Designation	Responsibilities
1	Shekharjyoti Neog	Assistant Librarian	Library Administration & Management Library Policy and Decision Making Book Acquisition Journal/Periodical Subscription Coordinate Information Literacy and User Orientation Programme
2	Brahmadutta Baruah	Library Assistant	Accessioning of Books and Process of Bills for Payment Classification of Books Cataloguing of Books Duty in Circulation Section Library Office Maintenance Maintenance of the Library
3	Dipamoni Regon	Peon (MTS)	Physical Processing of Books Shelving & Books Arrangement Duty in Reading Section Maintenance of Cleanliness of Library Office, Stack & Reading Areas of the Library Duty in Reprography Service

Library Committee

The Central Library, MUC is governed by a Library Committee constituted of the following members:

Sl No	Members	Designation
1	Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Majuli University of Culture	Chairperson
2	Registrar, Majuli University of Culture	Member
3	HoD, Department of Assamese, Majuli University of Culture	Member
4	HoD, Department of History, Majuli University of Culture	Member
5	HoD, Department of Performing Arts, Majuli University of Culture	Member
6	Assistant Librarian, Majuli University of Culture	Member-Secretary

Print Journals & Magazines

The Central Library, MUC subscribes the following Journals and Magazines of National and International repute.

Journals:

Sl No	Title	ISSN	Language
1	Indian Literature	0019-5804	English
2	Indian Linguistics	0378-0759	English
3	Indian Historical Review	0975-5977	English
4	The Journal of Indian History and Culture	0975-7805	English
5	The Medieval History Journal	0971-9458	English
6	Economic & Political Weekly	0012-9976	English

Magazines:

Sl No	Title	Language
1	Civil resources Chronicle Current Affairs Magazine	English
2	Pratiyogita Darpan	English
3	Competition Success Review	English
4	Prantik	Assamese
5	Satsari	Assamese
6	Gariyashi	Assamese

Electronic Resources

ONOS (https://www.onos.gov.in/publishers)
E-Books @ NDLI (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/he_browse/learningResourceType?learningResourceType%5B%5D=book)
Project Gutenberg Free e-books (https://www.gutenberg.org/)
Open Access Books (https://www.intechopen.com/books)

Open Educational Resources

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (https://www.onos.gov.in/publishers)
DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books (https://www.doabooks.org/)
OpenDOAR (https://opendoar.ac.uk/)
ePG Pathshala (https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/)
Open Textbook Library (https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/)
OER Commons (https://oercommons.org/)
Vidya Mitra (https://vidyamitra.inflibnet.ac.in/)

Membership

The following are eligible to join as members of the Central Library, MUC:

All the faculty members of the University.
All the regular PhD scholars of the University.
All the regular Students of the University.
All other regular officers and employees of the University.

Associate Membership:

Provision for Associate Membership is also available to the following:

Former teachers, officers and employees of the University residing in Majuli.

Temporary Membership:

Provision for temporary membership is available to the following:

Academicians, Research Scholars, Students of other academic institutions.

Privileges:

Sl No	Category of Member	No. of Books
1	Faculty	4
2	Officers & Staff	2
3	Research Scholars	4
4	Students	2

Overdue Fine Policy:

Sl No	Category of Member	Fine Amount (In Rs.)
1	Faculty	10
2	Officers & Staff	10
3	Research Scholars	10
4	Students	3

Circulation Service:

The Central Library, MUC provides the facility of Issue, Return and Renewal of library books to the Bonafide Library members. Circulation Hours: 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM (On all working days)

Reference and Information Services:

The reference and information services encompasses the followings:

Research assistance to teacher (eg, searching literature, retrieving qualitative materials)
Instruction and help in using library and its resources

Information Literacy Programme:

The reference and information services encompasses the followings:

Research assistance to teacher (eg, searching literature, retrieving qualitative materials)
Instruction and help in using library and its resources

Information Literacy Programme:

The library used to conduct user orientation and training programmes to equip the patrons with the knowledge of search strategies and other search strategies for e-resources.

Current Awareness Service:

To keep the patrons up-to-date with the most recent happenings and development in the Central Library, MUC, the library provides CAS to its users posting in the Social Media Pages of the Central Library, MUC.

Research Support Service:

INFLIBNET Services

Reference Management Tools