ABOUT MY LIBRARY

Library at a Glance

Total no.of books.     = 4393

Total available books=4205

No.of Hindi books      =2680

English books.            = 1525

condemned books     =188

Total Newspapers  =06

 English                    =03

 Hindi                        =03

Total   magazines   =31

Monthly                    =24

Weekly.                     = 03

Fortnightly.              = 04

LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTRE

Library is the nerve-centre 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 Gurgaon. 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 Gurgaon 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, CDs & the internet with the automation software e-Granthalaya 4.0 V31  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 Gurgaon caters to the information needs of 1170 students approx and 46 staff members of the Vidyalaya. With a collection of 4205 judiciously selected books, 31 periodicals, 06 daily newspapers and Educational Multimedia the library complement the teaching learning process inspiring the students to dream high. The School Library is fully automated with the Library Management Software   “e-GRANTHALAYA 4

.0 V30” powered by National Informatics Center New Delhi & Recommended by KVS Delhi and it is managed by Mrs. Sangeeta, Librarian.

Library Blog/Social Networking : The Users of Library & Resource Center May interact on :  librarykvgurgaon2shift.blogspot.in

Library Activities

Ø  Book Review Writing Competition:  Book Review writing     Competition is being organized by the Readers Club, LRC. The students/users from class VI to VIII is being participated.

Ø  Library copy writing: Library copy is being maintained by the various classes from VI to IX. The Readers Club is managing to organize the various activities.

    Ø  Career & Counseling:- Career counseling is a regular feature in the Library activities.  Lectures and contact programmes of career counselors from the various fields are being conducted in the Vidyalaya to help the aspirants to choose right profession. Regular talk on upcoming entrance examination is being delivered in the Library and assembly.

Ø  Book Exhibition: A Book Exhibition is being organized in the library in connection with World Book and Copyright Day with the cooperation of various publication houses and distributors & NBT New Delhi

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 in LRC from time to time as a part of Reader’s club Activity and participation of the students is appreciated by one and all.

Ø  Science for Kids:- Learn more about the amazing world of science by enjoying our fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities, ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos & science fair projects. An entertaining site full of informative projects and activities.

 Primary Class Library :- 

The Primary Class Library plays a special role in the School. It provides books and other print materials and multi-media resources to meet the instructional needs of the community. These resources are properly manipulated and fully utilized with the expertise of the media librarians and skilled Library staff.

This is intended for the Class – I to Class V students. It includes picture books, story books, Rhyming book and children's reference materials. Every Class Teachers are playing the role of Librarian, they are organizing their class library by issued 100 books per section, Champak Magazines & CD-ROMs. They (Class Teachers) are really inculcating the reading habits with the help of Class Library among the budding authors to

Library Area:- 

 Circulation Area - This is place where books and other library materials are loaned out.  The library is available for client's use.

 Reference Section- It houses up-dated reference resources like encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, yearbooks, atlases, directories, etc. Vertical file materials are located here.

 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. (Including Nency Drew/ Enid Blyton/ Newbery award-winning books and classic books)

 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.

 Faculty Section - Professional books, journals, periodicals, manuals and guide books for teachers' instructional needs and professional growth are stationed 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 11.20 A.M. to 5.30 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.  However Rs. 1/- p.d. will be recovered from the staff for late submission of books.